The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Interim chief for Kerala SHRC
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has provisionally appointed Mr V. Ram Kumar, Law Secretary, who is also the most senior district judge in the State, as the third member of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). The court also ... More

ECONOMY

Earnings growth at 31.7 pc in Sept quarter
A SUBSTANTIAL decline in interest costs and spurt in other income have helped India Inc overcome pressures on operating profits and report a healthy growth of 31.7 per cent in post-tax earnings. Topline growth has been much lower at 11.3 per ... More

Campaign for birth certificate
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A week-long campaign for issue of birth certificates is being launched nationally on November 14, according to the Census Director, Ms Sheela Thomas. All children up to the age of 9 (born on or after January 1, 1994) ... More

Socio-economic survey of Srivilliputtur

FOREIGN TRADE

Hungary's EU accession to help Indian exports
WHILE expressing his desire to forge enhanced trade and investment links with India, Mr Peter Medgyessy, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, today stated that Hungary's accession to the European Union on May 1, 2004 would make it an ... More

HEALTH

5 healthcare projects in WB
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Government has identified five healthcare projects that will be taken up with private partners, according to Mr Sumit Mazumdar, President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI). He was briefing ... More

Anti-anaemia drug launched
TARGETTING the side-effects posed by the drugs used to treat iron deficiency (anaemia), Vanguard Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (VTPL), the city-based pharmaceutical formulations company, has launched a drug using novel drug delivery system. Addressing a ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Plea to make core sector funding more transparent'
THERE should be more transparency in the dealings for funding for infrastructure from both the lenders side as well as the client's side, even while the public-private model to meet the growing demands of the country needs to be encouraged, ... More

PETROLEUM

Kerala to hike tax on `white' kerosene
THE State Government is considering the possibility of raising the tax on `white' kerosene as part of its efforts to curb fuel adulteration and the resulting revenue losses,Mr R. Balakrishna Pillai, State Minister for Transport, has said. An ... More

POWER

Bengal SEB to get rebate for timely payment of bills
THE West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB), which is on a recovery path, has won rebates of Rs 182 crore from the central public sector utilities (CPSUs) for making timely payment of electricity bills. The State Power Minister, Mr Mrinal ... More

Transco gets Centre's nod to swap high-cost loans
THE Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (AP Transco) has received Government of India nod to restructure Rs 2,600-crore outstanding loans in the Andhra Pradesh power sector and thereby swap it with low-cost loans. In a recent ... More

TAXATION

Singareni Collieries gives a boost to tax revenues
TAX collections have registered a substantial jump in the Vijayawada region with the good performance of Singareni Collieries and the resultant hike in revenue, Mr P.K Sinha, Chief Income-Tax Commissioner, has said. At a press meet here on ... More

TEXTILES

PM offers facilities for handmade carpet secretariat
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday said that India was prepared to offer the necessary infrastructural support and other facilities for setting up the Secretariat of the World Forum for Handmade Carpets in the country. ... More

India says EU bed linen probe contains legal holes
INDIA has taken up the issue of anti-subsidy investigation launched against exports of its bed linen for the fifth time by the European Commission by maintaining that the EC proceedings, probing now into subsidies allegedly bestowed on Indian bed ... More

WATER

Talks on river-linking still on
HYDERABAD: Almost all the riparian States in the country have agreed to the proposal for interlinking of rivers. Talks with Kerala in this regard were still being continued, according to Mr Suresh Prabhu, Chairman of the Task Force on ... More

BREWERIES

IMFL Bill tabled in TN Assembly
THE Tamil Nadu Government introduced in the Assembly today a bill to replace an ordinance that abolished private trade in retail sales of Indian Made Foreign Liquor. The Tamil Nadu Prohibition (Amendment) Bill, 2003, seeks to grant exclusive ... More

EDUCATION

`Akshaya' to put Kerala online
The Government plans to roll out the Malappuram model across Kerala in about two years. More

CM demands IIT in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, has requested the Centre that the State, which has been making consistent efforts to improve the quality of higher education, should be given preference while deciding on a new base ... More

METALS

Metal stocks ride crest of success
WITH the benchmark international prices of metals such as aluminium and copper touching new highs, the market appears to be riding the crest of `metal' success. Metal stocks such as Hindalco, Nalco, Sterlite and Tata Steel have all been gaining ... More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY

Tirupur exporters seek RBI permission for rupee invoicing
The Tirupur Exporters' Association has requested RBI to permit rupee invoicing in view of the rise of the rupee against the dollar. Reacting to the mid-term review of Credit policy by the RBI Governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, the TEA President, Mr A. ... More

PAINTS

Paint industry draws a rosy picture
FOR the Indian paint industry, the September quarter's performance was testimony of its optimism about sales growth continuing in the backdrop of good monsoon and the return of the feel-good factor. Despite high raw material costs constricting ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Govt invites bids for advisors for selling residual stake in CMC
THE Ministry of Disinvestment on Monday invited expressions of interest (EoIs) to select an advisor to assist and advise the Government for selling its residual stake of 26.25 per cent in software firm CMC Ltd through a domestic offering. EoIs ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Ramanathapuram credit plan

Madurai distinction

EVENTS

IIM-Kozhikode set for management seminar
INDIAN Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) will organise its fourth Annual Management Seminar on November 15 and 16. Titled `Horizons: Exploring the Frontiers of Management', the two-day programme would seek to reflect upon and ... More

Preserve holistic approach: Prince Charles
IT was a royal recognition for Mumbai's dabbawallas. Britain's Prince Charles, on a nine-day tour of India, met up with the city's meal providers, whose distribution of tiffin boxes is a case study globally on efficient logistics. "I have just ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Pepper exports down 24 pc
PEPPER exports from the country during the first nine months of the calendar year 2003 decreased by 24 per cent to 12,800 tonnes from 16,950 tonnes during the same period of 2002, according to Jakarta-based International Pepper Community ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

`By 2020, quality should be every Indian's birth right'
INDIA Inc may have found its B.G. Tilak in Mr Anand Mahindra today. At the 11th CII Quality Summit, which opened here, the CII President urged industry to whip up a national quality movement, ensure that "Quality was every Indian's birth-right" ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Vigilance awareness week in Mangalore
MANGALORE: The former Vice-Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Prof B.M. Hegde, has emphasised the need for the individuals to strive for a corruption-free world. Participating in a function to observe `Vigilance ... More

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