The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 18, 2003

Plan panel charts large-scale bio-fuel production plan
AS the country faces the tough task of balancing its growing energy needs, the environmental damage from fossil energy sources and the energy security, a programme to produce bio-fuels that can be transport-fuel substitutes and blend them - ... More

ECONOMY

CII sees positive trend in growth
The only worry, according to CII, is the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation that is yet to be tamed. More

Kerala for fiscal discipline
LAST week saw an attempt by the State Government to bring about some discipline in its fiscal policy. The State Assembly passed the Kerala Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2003, making it mandatory for the Government to bring down the revenue deficit ... More

Jaitley recipe to rev up manufacturing
SETTING a three-point reform agenda to rev up the manufacturing industry, Mr Arun Jaitley, Minister of Commerce and Industry, has called for bringing down interest rates, modernising labour laws, while lowering power tariff. These three ... More

Industries in North to perform better in next 6 months: Study
INDUSTRIES in North India are hopeful of improving upon their current business performance during the next six months, a `Business Perception Survey of Northern States' conducted by the Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry ... More

PETROLEUM

Gujarat Gas mulls distribution joint venture in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Gas Company Ltd (GGCL) would keep its options open for a possible joint venture arrangement in the distribution of piped gas in Ahmedabad over the next one year. The company is considering this option for the lucrative distribution ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

Pharma cos plan awareness campaign against fake drugs
AN enlightened consumer may read the fine print to differentiate a `Crocin' from `Crosin'. But no guarantees on whether your paracetamol is, in fact, not talcum powder. Even as the Government seeks to tighten the noose around spurious drug ... More

TAXATION

Badminton star unveils Mahabill scheme in AP
IN a bid to count on the estimated Rs 100 crore-loss to the State exchequer due to transactions sans bills, the Andhra Pradesh Government today introduced the `Mahabill scheme' to encourage people to insist on bills while they make ... More

RADIO/TV

RPG Netcom offers CAS package for Kolkata viewers
RPG Netcom Ltd, a multi systems operator (MSO) having a 70 per cent share of the cable TV market in Kolkata, on Sunday announced details of plans to implement the conditional access systems (CAS) in the first notified zone of Kolkata South-West ... More

AIR-CONDITIONERS & REFRIGERATORS

Affordability, heat factor drive room AC sales
"Though ACs still remain a third priority purchase when compared with refrigerators and televisions, the sales have been boosted by the increasing demand in the middle- income group and small offices home-office segments." More

TEXTILE MACHINERY

Tech Mission rejects TN ginners' plea for easing norms
THE Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), which handles the mini-mission IV programme on ginning factory modernisation, has said that it was not possible to dilute norms relating to the minimum number of ginning machines to be installed to avail ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

`Tech initiative progressing well'
THE New Millennium India Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI), the Centre's major programme to catalyse development of indigenous technology will get a funding of Rs 40 crore per year during the entire 10th Five-year Plan period. The ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Time running out for Kerala Govt to salvage FACT
The State Government may not be able to run this big an establishment productively. The State simply does not have the capacity to shoulder the liabilities of FACT. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Empowerment centre in Kalamassery

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Bouncing back in business
Here's one determined lady who let nothing stand in the way of her aspirations. Anisha Shakdher and her all women team bring "creative hot shoppe" to people. More

TOURISM

Time-bound development plan for Varkala
THE Rs 30-crore master plan for development of the costal town of Varkala near Thiruvananthapuram will be implemented in a time-bound manner. This decision was taken at a recent meeting to review development projects, says an official release. ... More

S Africa to sell AP as a tourist destination
AHEAD of the upcoming Afro-Asian Games in the State, South Africa is keen to sell Andhra Pradesh as a destination to the prospective tourists in their country. A 16-member delegation, comprising tour operators, travel agents and media, visited ... More

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