The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 11, 2005

Travel agents put Air Deccan's credit card offer on hold
AIR Deccan has hit its first air pocket with the travel agents taking a decision to keep in abeyance the co-branded credit card offer with ICICI till the issue of commission to the agents is resolved. "We don't want to jump at the offer just ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Boosting connectivity in Orissa — Push for Central funding for rail, road projects
With Orissa poised for an industrial revolution of sorts, especially in steel, and a huge spurt in freight movement likely in the next couple of years, the authorities are reviving languishing rail and road projects and launching new ones. Apart from pinning its hopes on some big names, both Indian and foreign, to undertake many of these projects, the State Government is pushing for special Central funding for some of this vital connectivity. More

`CIAL is now a cash-rich company'
HAVING turned around and posted profit and dividend within five years, the Cochin International Airport Ltd has been a success story among the infrastructure providing companies in India. The first airport in the country to have been ... More

`AAI must be given free hand in modernisation'
THE need to modernise and expand the two airports in Mumbai, which recorded a 20-per cent growth in passenger traffic, was discussed at a meeting organised by the Air Passengers Association of India (APAI). Issues such as overcrowding, transit ... More

SHIPPING

Huge demand spurt for box berths foreseen — Ports must race to keep pace
HOW DO Indian container ports compare vis-à-vis the top 30 box ports of the world? The only Indian container port which held the 30th position in 2003, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in New Mumbai, does not figure in ... More

ROADWAYS

Truck rentals slip on VAT confusion
THE confusion over the haphazard implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) regime has lowered truck rentals 7-8 per cent. This is quite contrary to the usual trend at this time of year — financial year-end ... More

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