The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 13, 2006

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Seminar on Vizag development
A seminar on the integrated development of Visakhapatnam district is being organised by Prajasakti, the Telugu daily and organ of the CPM, at 10 a.m. on Friday at the Vizag Journalists' Forum on the occasion of the ... More

EMPLOYMENT
Job creation may surpass expectation in 2006: Survey
While the BFSI sector is growing, it is not generating enough employment. More

INVESTMENTS
Mangalore better place to invest, says Govt
CM-led team to meet President, PM on recent violence More

ECONOMY
Gandhi-giri in education
In line with emerging opportunities, we need to foster employment- or vocation-oriented learning systems. More

Industrial production up 9.7 pc in August
The buoyant growth rates in consumer goods, consumer durables and non-durables and the capital goods sectors in August this year has offset the slowdown in power generation, mining and basic goods production and has raised the Index for ... More

For a different quote
Scribes in the capital have developed a new art to elicit comments from reticent Ministers and the target, more often than not, is the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram. Normally, it goes something like this. First, the Minister makes it clear ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Bond with the river
Apart from reviving a dying river, this effort aims at boosting "responsible tourism". More

Eco-park likely for Kadapa
An eco-park with an investment of Rs 16 crore is planned in Kadapa, the home district of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC). To be located about 57 kms from ... More

HEALTH
No chikungunya - related deaths: Minister
There have been no chikungunya-related deaths," said the Union Minister of Health and Family welfare, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss. The Minister was addressing a press conference after meeting the Health Ministers of chikungunya-affected States. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
All questions, no answers
Last weekend, the Planning Commission held yet another day-long session on infrastructure development. The conference had top billing — the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Finance, Commerce and Industry, Railways and Shipping and Road ... More

Beaten track
If Lalu Prasad had the audience at the conference in splits, someone should tell him about the dangers of back-to-back events. While the infrastructure conference was held on Saturday, Lalu was back at a railway conference the following ... More

Kerala move for petro complex at Kasaragod
Ongoing irrigation projects to be expedited More

PETROLEUM
Ministry targets 26% increase in crude output
Natural gas target up by 41% in XI plan More

POWER
Power generation up 11 pc in Sept
Power generation was up 11.3 per cent in September this year at 54.193 billion units, compared to 48.694 billion units recorded during the corresponding month last year. During April-September 2006, the actual generation of ... More

BHEL, Russian co to jointly upgrade UP power station
Tie-up involves supply of parts, components More

EC plans € 100-m energy fund
The European Commission has announced it proposes the creation of a global risk capital fund to mobilise private investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in developing countries. The Commission intends to ... More

BHEL bags Rs 950-cr order in M.P.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged a Rs 950-crore order to set up a 99-MW captive power plant for Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd (BORL) in Madhya Pradesh. The project, which would be executed on a turnkey basis, is the ... More

STEEL
Call to prepare `corrosion map of India'
National meet suggests corrosion audit at major structures More

TEXTILES
Textile units in TN work out bonus accords
Most textile units in Coimbatore and neighbouring Erode district have worked out agreements with their unions on payment of bonus for 2005-06. According to trade union sources, in the bonus parleys held over the past week, some 100 textile ... More

Kinfra textile park at Kanjikode
Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is setting up an integrated textile park at Kanjikode in Palakkad district. The park will be established on 350 acres of land, a Kinfra press release said. ... More

TERRORISM
Why a sentence should not be disturbed?
The power to commute death sentence vested in the President by the Constitution bristles with possibilities. It is not that it has been abused by any occupant of the august office. But like with any discretionary power, its existence is ... More

EDUCATION
Hewitt Associates for curricula changes in educational institutions
Hewitt Associates, a global consulting firm for the outsourcing industry, will provide a road map to the State Governments for creating educational institutions that would match the requirement of the industry. The company will propose changes ... More

`Entrepreneurs must have a desire to achieve'
Entrepreneurs should have an optimistic sense, vision and mission, said Mr K. Premanathan, Managing Director of Anand Engineering Products Pvt Ltd, here. He was inaugurating the Business Line club at Adaikalamatha Institute of Management at ... More

IIM-A courses for defence personnel
With a view to arming them with a soft-landing device in civil life after retirement from the armed forces, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Thursday launched a unique "Certificate Course in Business Administration" for the ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Mobile cancer unit launched
A mobile cancer and heat screening unit from the Yashoda Group of Corporate Hospitals was formally launched today by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The hospital is planning to drive the mobile unit in a fully ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
DLF plans bigger IPO; more land acquired
To re-file draft red herring prospectus "very soon'' More

Green building congress kicks off
The two-day Green Building Congress started here on Thursday with speakers highlighting the importance of conservation of materials and promoting an eco-friendly living environment. Growing response to the concept is reflected in its ... More

Jaipuria to invest in Nepal, Lanka realty projects
Jaipuria Sunrise, the real estate arm of RJ Corp, said that it would invest about Rs 350 crore to develop residential complexes in Sri Lanka and Nepal in the next 2-3 years, on the sidelines of an announcement about its tie-up with the Walt ... More

Bengal Govt to commission land survey
West Bengal has decided to commission a State-wide land survey to preparing a roadmap for land usage for the next 25 years. This was announced here today by Mr Abdur Razzak Mollah, West Bengal's Minister for Land and Land Reforms. Mr Mollah's ... More

LEATHER
`New marketing window' opens for leather industry
EU imposition of dumping duty against China, Vietnam More

MINING & QUARRYING
Dempos inks MoU for mining project in Maharashtra
Phase I production may begin in 2008 More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Insurance Bill to lift FDI cap to 49 pc
The comprehensive Bill on insurance provides for an increase in the paid-up capital of Life Insurance Corporation of India to Rs 100 crore from the current Rs 5 crore. Mr G.C. Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, said that the Bill ... More

`US companies look for investment security'
US biz delegations may visit India by Dec-end More

EVENTS
Seminar on leadership
The Vizagapatam Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising a two-day workshop on the theme - Discover the leader in you - on October 25-26 here. It is being conducted in association with FICCI Ladies organisation, New ... More

Airline CEOs to meet on Oct 16
The problems faced by the domestic airline industry would come under close scrutiny on October 16 when the Chief Executive Officers of various airlines meet in Mumbai. The meeting is not only to consider what the informal airline association ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL
New Enterprise to invest $125 m in SMEs
Eyes IT, healthcare, energy sectors More