The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 06, 2003

Dumping duty on sun control polyester film mooted
THE Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imported sun/dust control polyester film from Taiwan and the UAE. In its preliminary findings, notified recently, the authority ... More

Dumping duty on SBR 1900 series to be reviewed

ECONOMY

Industrial stagnation attributed to lack of innovative ideas
KERALA, despite having made significant achievements in social welfare, literacy etc., still lacks in innovative ideas inevitable for industrial development. Lack of an innovative mind is the cause as well as consequence of underdevelopment, ... More

Cooperative federalism vital for reforms: Rangarajan
Fiscal federalism must enable national and sub-national governments to operate in such a way that it should lead to efficiency in the use of resources. More

FERTILISERS

For private urea producers ...
Group pricing pinches, but does not bite
COMPANIES manufacturing and marketing urea have just reported their first financial numbers after they made the crucial transition from a cost-plus system of subsidy to one that reimburses each producer just a flat sum, irrespective of costs. ... More

HEALTH

District-specific plan up to tackle AIDS menace in TN
A DISTRICT-SPECIFIC plan of action for all districts with a common objective for the State has been taken up as a first step to curb the spread of AIDS, according to Mr Deenabandu, Project Director, Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society ... More

IVF awareness campaign

HOTELS

Occupancy level in Chennai hotels up 75 pc in July
OCCUPANCY levels in Chennai hotels went up to around 75 per cent in July, after declining to less than 50 per cent during March and April because of the Gulf war and SARS. However, though discounting is still the order of the day, hotel ... More

STEEL

Rise in steel exports to China
INDIA has exported more steel to China during the first six months of calendar 2003 than it has exported during the past four years. As a matter of fact, steel exported during the six-month period this year is almost double in value terms as ... More

Steel Ministry to form interface between FIs and industry
The Ministry will provide information on market demand-supply position, both present as well as expected future trends, various techno-economic data and prices in both the domestic and international markets. More

WATER

JBIC-aided water scheme all set to begin
THE work on the water supply schemes being implemented with assistance from the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will be launched this month. The Water Resources Minister, Mr. T.M. Jacob, told the Assembly on Tuesday that the ... More

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING

Media sector norms will be followed in letter and spirit: PM
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today assured the Indian Media Group (IMG) that the Government would ensure that guidelines pertaining to the media sector are implemented in both letter and spirit. The IMG comprising Mr N. Ram ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Centre has become more sensitive in sell-off: Ajit Jogi
THE Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Mr Ajit Jogi, finds the Centre's disinvestment policy much more transparent now compared with what it was during the Balco (Bharat Aluminium Co.) disinvestment period. When it was suggested that perhaps he was ... More

Divestment panel for 49% stake sale in PFC
THE Disinvestment Commission has said that the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) should remain under Government control for some time to come and suggested induction of a minority partner holding 49 per cent stake in the development finance ... More

IPR

Patent Act changes to take care of public health issues
In respect of TRIPs, India has amended its law and as a result, the extant patent law provides for a strong and comprehensive set of safeguards, says Mr Jaitley. More

SOCIAL WELFARE

Secunderabad Rotary Club to adopt school
IN an effort to adopt the Government Secondary School at Suraram village near here, Rotary Club of Secunderabad will stage the play Biwi O Biwi at Shilpakala Vedika on Aug 10. The proceeds will be utilised to take care of the school, ... More

INTERVIEW

`AP sure to get a mother industry soon'
DESPITE being projected as the "most happening State" in the country, Andhra Pradesh has so far been unable to attract any major mother industry or a manufacturing enterprise to set up shop on its 2.76 lakh sq. m. of land. The Chief Minister, ... More

EVENTS

Electric Fair to open on Aug 9

PIRACY

Fakes of big FMCG brands make fast buck: Study
FICCI's Brand Protection Committee has come out with similar findings — look-alike popular FMCG brands account for 5-15 per cent of the original brand sales volumes, with as many as 20 lakh dealers involved in the marketing of these products. More

TOURISM

`Domestic tourism has Rs 126 cr potential'
WITH inbound inflows getting a beating thanks to 9/11 and global slowdown, tourism industry in the country can rely on its own population, who, according to a survey, held a potential of Rs 126 crore last year. What's more, there's a potential ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Coke, Pepsi contain pesticide residues: Study
IT was the two multinational cola giants — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — who were in the environmentalists' dock today, with the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) uncorking its study that revealed a `cocktail of pesticide ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

Star: What's in it for Indian shareholders?
THE Star Group is not only exercising editorial control over Star News, but it also seems to be depriving the Indian shareholders in the company the benefits of a multi-party agreement. Generally, in a shareholders' agreement involving more ... More

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