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Wednesday, October 15, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER M.P. hopeful of good rainfall MANGALORE: The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Digvijay Singh, has said that the proposed special economic zone (SEZ) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh will contribute to the development of export-oriented units in the State. Addressing ... More PENSION PLANS Directive to pensioners HYDERABAD: The Director of Treasuries & Accounts has said that all the pensioners should submit their life certificate by the end of November. Instructions have been issued to all District Treasury Officers, Pension Payment Office, ... More INVESTMENTS Jersey woos Indian business JERSEY, one of the world's major international finance centres has a lot to offer NRIs and resident Indians with global interests and assets. Institutions in the British Channel Island are catering to Indian clientele in larger numbers in ... More FOREIGN TRADE Saudi keen to double bilateral trade SAUDI Arabia is keen on doubling the bilateral trade with India from the extant $4 billion to $8 billion in the short-term taking advantage of the long-standing economic and commercial cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia. Talking to ... More
HEALTH When the doc waits for you A Coimbatore hospital is using software to help the doc manage his schedule and cut patient waiting time. More INFRASTRUCTURE Buoyant revenue, site demand help BDA retain safety rating RIDING on the back of buoyant revenues and sustained creation of new sites for sale, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has no reason to worry about honouring its commitment towards the Rs 100-crore bond issue floated last year, even ... More PHARMACEUTICALS What ails pharma PSUs? Defenders of PSUs maintain that meeting social obligations — such as supplying drugs at subsidised prices for nation-wide health-related programmes — made them unviable. More
Good potential for export of generic drugs: Study
Pharma majors in race for painless insulin POWER E-payment of power bills BILLDESK and Central Power Distribution Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd have partnered to introduce electronic bill payment service for the latter's customers. The service has been branded as CPDCL BillDesk. This new facility allows consumers ... More STEEL Steel output up 6.4 pc in April-Aug THE total production of finished steel during April to August this fiscal has been provisionally estimated at 140.75 lakh tonnes, up 6.4 per cent as compared to the output of 132.25 lakh tonnes during the same period last year. The total ... More TAXATION State Govts urged to peg entertainment tax at 45 pc THE Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has requested the State Governments to try and bring down the entertainment tax to about 45 per cent. Speaking to newspersons, the I&B Minister, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, said, "A sub-committee ... More TEXTILES Pdexcil seeks steps to boost exports THE decentralised powerloom sector is apprehensive that the exports from the powerloom sector may decelerate during the current year due to the prevailing adverse factors including the hardening rupee which the sector says would render powerloom ... More SSI Steel shortage hits SSIs hard SMALL-scale engineering units in Chennai and surrounding areas have been hit with a shortage of steel following the continued closure of the Steel Authority of India Ltd stockyard here, according to industry sources. Small industries' ... More
Looking beyond honey RADIO/TV Authority for cable TV mooted MADURAI: The Cable Operators Guild, a city-based organisation, has demanded that the State Government should form a separate authority for regulating the activities of cable television industry. Mr S. Pandi, Secretary of the Guild has ... More CARS Sept cars sales up 12.8% HELPED by higher sales of Maruti and Tata Motors, car sales grew by 12.8 per cent in September 2003. Lower interest rates on car loans and lump sum price offs continued to enthuse consumer demand in the period. Car sales went up to 56,764 ... More HANDLOOM Subsidy for handloom sought MADURAI: The Madurai Urban District Unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) has urged the Central and State Governments to extend subsidy for handloom goods and tax relief on hank yarn to help the handloom weavers in the city to ... More JUTE Jute exchange hit by membership feud Senior members of the exchange are still grappling with the problem and seeking legal advice on how to solve the crisis. More CINEMA Film cover yet to gain flavour "The products will do well in the future, with the corporatisation of film-producing firms. Ten films have come up for insurance. The Tamil Nadu Film Producers Association had come forward to discuss the product with United India". More DISINVESTMENT AP Cabinet clears sale of four sugar co-ops THE Cabinet Sub-committee has approved the sale of four cooperative sugar units in the State after the Commissioner and Director of Sugar and Registrar of Cooperative Societies on Tuesday gave their assent for sale. However, the sale of the ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 22 FDI proposals worth Rs 22 cr cleared THE Government today cleared 22 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals envisaging inflow of Rs 21.76 crore. This included a Rs 12.16-crore plan by an Australian company, Techino Pty to transfer shares from resident to non-resident shareholders ... More IPR Task Force formed to check piracy in film, music sectors "The task force will not take cases of piracy and counterfeiting on individual company basis but will campaign at the national level", Dr Mitra said. More
A systematic way to innovation? HUMAN RESOURCES `Look at East to evolve theories on HR issues' "IN today's environment, providing a humane context to the workplace, creating an environment for teamwork, managing aspirations and empowering employees at all levels would be the critical differentiator for businesses. We need to look at the ... More LABOUR REFORMS Child labour on decline in AP? CHILD labour in Andhra Pradesh is gradually coming down, thanks to the steps initiated by the State Government and voluntary efforts of NGOs, even though the State still has the dubious distinction of being the number one in the country in this ... More EVENTS Meet on Factories Act MANGALORE: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), in association with the Kanara Small Industries Association (KSIA) and the District Small Industries Association (DSIA), will conduct an interactive meeting with the Director ... More
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