Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, March 21, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, March 21, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT Environmental study of Vizag on the cards A COMPREHENSIVE study of the Visakhapatnam area is to be taken up soon by various Government agencies and industries "to provide a sound and scientific basis for obtaining environmental clearances and setting of industries," according to Mr S.V. ... More
Centre may grant forestland for Sabarimala project EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Imports under advance licence — Proposal to exempt sugar mills from 7.5 pc customs duty A PROPOSAL has been mooted to exempt mills from payment of 7.5 per cent customs duty on raw sugar imports under the advance licence (AL) scheme. The proposal, currently doing the rounds of the market, comes even as a senior official at the ... More INFRASTRUCTURE SEZ plan: ONGC puts ball in Karnataka court THE Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Mr Subir Raha, has said that the company stands by its memorandum of understanding on the formation of a special economic zone in Mangalore. However, the Karnataka ... More
Centre may grant forestland for Sabarimala project PETROLEUM BPCL opens RVI outlet at Nagole HYDERABAD: As part of its new marketing initiative, BPCL has opened a `Retail Visual Identity' (RVI) outlet, the first in Andhra Pradesh, at nearby Nagole and plans to set up 1,000 such outlets by September. Speaking to newspersons after ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Pre-VAT jitters: Drug cos work out plans to allay trade fears WITH less than a fortnight to go for the implementation of value-added tax (VAT), drug companies are devising different methods to smoothen the transition into the new regime from April 1. The VAT on medicines is 4 per cent, but the trade has ... More TAXATION Experts flay timing of VAT launch in West Bengal EVEN as the countdown for introduction of value-added tax system in West Bengal (from April 1) begins, a motley bunch of speakers (an HR consultant, a TV journalist and a professional manager) had veered round to the view that while in principle, ... More
TN chamber pushes for VAT implementation
Global tax conference in Hyderabad TEXTILES Textile exporters may lose out on EU preferential rates Some players are confident that even if they miss out on concessional tariffs, Indian exports would still make up in the due course. More
Six Italian textile cos to exhibit products on April 7 WATER World Water Day 05 at Kottayam KOTTAYAM: Kerala State Office of the World Wide Fund For Nature-India is organising the World Water Day 05 at Consult Inn, Kottayam on Tuesday in collaboration with ATMA Nature Club, Erumely. The technical sessions will discuss the ... More LEATHER Call to set up environment mission for leather sector THE leather industry has called for establishing an environment mission under the Cluster Development Scheme to implement an action plan for pollution prevention and control. The action plan, submitted to the Centre recently by the ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Extend benefits of agriculture to all value-added agri-processing: CII THE Government should consider all value-added agri-processing as agriculture and provide benefits such as zero taxation, zero VAT, zero octroi and zero excise in order to help realise the country's potential in the area, according to the ... More
New chief for CII Karnataka READYMADE GARMENTS Policy mix vital for apparel sector: Study IN the current post-quota regime governing global trade in textiles and clothing, the domestic apparel sector must be nurtured through a judicious mix of policy interventions. This is important now because in the current free trade regime, the ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Award for DRDL scientist HYDERABAD: Mr R.N. Bhattacharjee, Senior Scientist at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), has been honoured for his contribution to Rockets and related technologies (Rocketry) for the year 2003 by the Astronautical ... More SMALL SAVINGS Delay in report on computerisation — EPFO meet postponed THE meeting of the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) scheduled for today was cancelled. Officials said that the board could again be expected to meet in April. The meeting was cancelled on grounds ... More HUMAN RESOURCES Training for AP masons HYDERABAD: The National Academy of Construction (NAC), through its constituent unit, Housing Development Institute (HDI), Hyderabad, with the support of UltraTech Cements, is organising a two-day skill upgradation programme for ... More INTERVIEW 
`India has to focus on building strong corporations'THE most recognised barometer of business success, the Fortune magazine, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In an interview with Business Line, Fortune's international editor, Mr Robert Friedman, shares his ... More EVENTS 
`Education sans attitude does not count for much'EQUIPPING oneself with education is an "absolute waste" if attitude doesn't come into play. Attitude is everything to do with determination and a burning desire to succeed, about learning from oneself, not about age, looks or strength, said Mr ... More
NATURAL CALAMITIES `Tsunami Court' in Prakasam district BATTUSOMAYAPALEM, a village in Prakasam district, will have a novel court named `Tsunami Court'. In fact, it is not a court but a cluster of houses built for some of the tsunami victims. While the district administration allotted land to house ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Mar. 13-Mar. 19 Is US education losing its attraction? Govt plans to introduce rating system for SSIs Improving overall climate key to FDI flows: IMF Exports touch $70 b during April-Feb IDBI allots Rs 100 cr for hotel projects On fringe taxes and all that — Rollback is not a dirty word Dairy products export set to cross Rs 500 cr — GCMMF pegs export turnover at Rs 125 cr Gujarat flags off bio-diesel buses `Withdrawal tax may drive depositors to post offices' EU emerges largest Indian seafood buyer Budget: Innovative and worrisome Indian drug firms focus on micro-organisms `Tsunami reconstruction to cost India $1.2 b' ICICI Bank micro credit disbursements treble Tractor sales set to record 31 pc growth this fiscal Oil from Sakhalin field this year: Aiyar Cars to cost more from April `ST to continue in States that do not opt for VAT' PTC to offer coal intermediation services Truck, bus tyre production up year-on-year in Jan IT's good bet for realtors across cities Reliance refining margins rise as light, heavy crude prices diverge Govt scraps cess on coffee exports States opting for VAT may not get full compensation |
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