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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT AMP Sanmar to help in rural job generation AMP Sanmar Assurance Company Ltd, the life insurance joint venture of the Chennai-based Sanmar group with AMP of Australia, has entered into a strategic alliance with the State Government for helping it in its efforts to generate rural employment ... More CLIMATE & WEATHER Monsoon active in Dakshina Kannada MANGALORE: With the South-West monsoon now seeming to have picked up after an initial delay, the Dakshina Kannada district has recorded 1,123.7 mm of rainfall between June 8 and June 17 compared to 1,397 mm during the same period last ... More ECONOMY 9.4 m.t. grains given under food-for-work programme THE Union Government has distributed 9.4 million tonnes of foodgrains from the buffer stock as part of wages under the wage-employment programmes. These foodgrains have been given free of cost to the State Governments to take up food for work ... More ENVIRONMENT Global protocol sought to protect urban lakes GIVING a major thrust to the efforts to protect lakes in urban areas world over, the three-day International Workshop on Urban Lakes, which concluded here on Wednesday, has called for establishment of an international protocol and setting up of ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Car excise duty halved for disabled persons THE Finance Ministry has reduced the basic excise duty imposed on cars for physically handicapped persons from the current level of 16 per cent to 8 per cent. Sources said that such cars have also been exempted from the one per cent national ... More PSU CAG puts Kerala PSU losses at Rs 364 cr The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, with an accumulated loss of Rs 898.77 crore, came in for special mention in the report. More PETROLEUM 
GAIL strikes oil, gas in CambayGAIL India Ltd has struck oil and associated gas at an onshore block near Ahmedabad in the Cambay basin, Mr Ram Naik, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has said. This is the first oil-find by GAIL which has been exploring for oil ... More
GAIL plans pipeline to supply Petronet's LNG POWER Monsoon weak in Kerala's catchment areas THE southwest monsoon is playing out its `shock and awe' display true to fashion in the northern districts leaving a worried Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) wondering if it would take too long for the weather gods to trigger the ... More
Call to review levy on generator produced power
Electricity Act, a threat to SEBs: Bengal Minister SUGAR Ethanol pricing issue — TN Sugar mills seek State, Centre's intervention THE South Indian Sugar Mills Association in Tamil Nadu hopes to meet with State Government officials and the Union Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik, to urge their intervention in reaching a settlement on ethanol pricing issue for supply to oil ... More WATER It's between UV, RO in water treatment IT'S a water-war out there, with corporates in the water-treatment business subtly influencing consumer psyche to overhaul their old water filters, with more efficient and specialised systems. And the biggest casualty in this tussle is said to be ... More
HUDA plans to restore 50 pc of polluted lakes
Rs 748 crore for Krishna water project COAL Bengal mulls tie-ups with pvt players for coal mining DESPITE the fact that the Left Front Government in West Bengal is against privatisation of the public sector coal companies, it has no qualms in proposing development of coal mines jointly with private promoters. This is evident in the State ... More RADIO/TV Pay channels meet draws a blank — Govt threatens Cable Act changes for smooth CAS rollout THE over two-hour-long meeting between the broadcasters and the multi-system operators (MSOs) seemed to be straight out of the saas-bahu soaps, with both parties failing to arrive at a consensus on pricing of pay channels. And in ... More
`Regulator must for pay channels under CAS' EDUCATION REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Bengal Silver Springs project gets conditional NOC THE controversial Bengal Silver Springs Projects Ltd, a Rs 100-crore housing project in the city which was slapped with a work stoppage order on environmental grounds, has been given a provisional `no-objection' certificate (NOC) by the West ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Assocham to focus on Chinese partnerships A 10-MEMBER Assocham team accompanying the Prime Minister's delegation to China proposes to focus on formation of partnerships with their Chinese counterparts as also to establish contacts with the commodity-based organisations to facilitate ... More
KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Tirupur exporters in fix over Customs circular A CIRCULAR of the Customs department, saying that only exports made through the Chennai, Mumbai, Nhava Sheva, Kandla and Kolkata ports would be eligible for export-related benefits such as DEPB and Advance Licence, has put exporters situated in ... More DISINVESTMENT GAIL divestment at appropriate time: CMD THE Union Government will dilute its equity in GAIL India at an appropriate time, Mr Prashanto Banerjee, Chairman and Managing Director, told newpersons on Wednesday. The Government owns 67.34 per cent equity in GAIL India. "It is only matter ... More
CITU to resist RINL privatisation move HUMAN RESOURCES Site to ease campus interviews JUST look at the statistics: Every year, Patni Computers recruited about 700 people from campuses across the country, HLL about 50-70 people, Colgate Palmolive about 30 people, Infosys, Wipro and TCS takes in at least 30 per cent of its new ... More EVENTS EXPORTS & IMPORTS `China can be gateway for third country exports' A SURVEY conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Indian companies doing business with China has said that China could act as an additional window for third country exports with greater value-addition, ... More TOURISM Kerala tourism Web site to be updated THE State Government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 18 lakh for the development of the Kerala Tourism Web site. According to an official release, the amount will be spent on improving the site, More STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS `Make BIS autonomous' THE role of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Export Inspection Council of India (EIC) against a changing global environment came in for review at a seminar on the `Changing role of standards and conformity assessment in the era of ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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