The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 19, 2006

NRIS
CONTRA ENTRY
Hail the NRIs
Vande mataram, or hail the nation is our national song. Non-resident Indians (NRIs), who doubtless hail their nation despite migrating to greener pastures, should, in turn, be hailed by India. In fact, this is being done in the form of ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Ethanol: TN sugar mills submit bids
Gasohol programme may cover entire State More

Solar power for rural branches
Faced with severe power shortages in the rural areas, Vijaya Bank has kicked off a project for installing solar power units in all its rural branches. Speaking about the project, Vijaya Bank's Executive Director, Mr T. Valliappan, said: "The ... More

ECONOMY
Planning Commission approves 11th Plan Approach Paper
Agriculture must be one of the central elements: PM More

AP per capita income
The per capita income of Andhra Pradesh has been put at Rs 25,625 (less than Rs 200 of national average). The State shifts the base year for measuring State Domestic Product from 1993-94 to 1999-2000, becoming the first State to ... More

HEALTH
AP Govt convenes meet on mosquito menace
Andhra Pradesh is in the grip of mosquito-induced fevers such as malaria, chikungunya and dengue. Official figures put the number of people affected (or suspected to be affected) by these fevers at one lakh, one-fifth of them in Visakhapatnam ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
GMR achieves TN road project financial closure
Rs 596 cr to be raised for Tindivanam-Ulundurpet project More

Perambalur SEZ: Tidco invites bids
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (Tidco) has invited bids to identify a private partner to promote a special economic zone in Perambalur district. It said that the Perambalur SEZ, approved in principle by the Commerce Ministry, ... More

PETROLEUM
Why public sector oil companies fight shy of actively hedging price risks
The nature of risk exposure of an organisation to fluctuations in oil prices considerably depends on its position in the oil value chain. MR PARTHA BARDHAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KPMG (INDIA) More

Gas pipeline policy soon
Issues such as open access, multiple players, pipeline capacities as well as marketing and infrastructure exclusivity are to be addressed in the policy for natural gas pipelines and city or local natural gas distribution networks, which is likely ... More

POWER
Lanco's Mangalore power project achieves financial closure
Power Finance leads consortium of banks, FIs More

TAXATION
CBEC clarifies on air travel service tax
The Finance Ministry has declined to provide any relief to the aviation industry on the levy of service tax on first and business class international air travel. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has said that international ... More

SSI
S. Rajagopal is FASII President
Mr S. Rajagopal, a small sector entrepreneur from Madurai, has taken over as President of the Federation of Associations of Small Industries of India for 2006-08. Mr Rajagopal has been holding senior offices in the State-level ... More

Tiny industries' assn office-bearers
Ms Latha R. Kini, Managing Partner of Pilot Paints and Bell Paints, Mangalore, has been elected the President of Dakshina Kannada District Tiny Industries Association (DKDTIA) for 2006-07. Following are the other office-bearers ... More

RADIO/TV
The second coming
Chennai is awash with FM radio stations, with more to come. Find out how they all plan to add ears to their lives. More

Ear to the ground
FM players are trying various programming and packaging tactics to keep ears pinned to their channels. More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Fortis Healthcare plans to set up unit in Gujarat
Files red herring prospectus with SEBI to enter market More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
DLF to invest Rs 8,000 cr in MP
Real estate player DLF Ltd has announced plans to invest Rs 8,000 crore in projects in Madhya Pradesh. The investment will be used for residential, industrial SEZs, and IT park projects. The properties will come up in Bhopal, ... More

GOLD & SILVER
PNB gold coin scheme
PAMP CERTIFICATION: Mr S.C. Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director, Punjab National Bank, at the launch of `Gold Coin Scheme' in the Capital on Wednesday. Gold coins weighing 5 gm, 8 gm, 10 gm and 20 gm would be made available at the 267 ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
PM reviews space, atomic schemes
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, reviewed the country's space and atomic energy programmes on Tuesday. A Government statement said that detailed presentations were made by the Chairmen of the Space Commission and the Atomic ... More

GENDER
SMS helpline for women staff
Amidst growing security concern for women employees in the BPO sector, IT back-end solution provider, ValueFirst, has launched a SMS helpline that could be used by women to reach out for help. With this, any women employee can ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Diversion of ration rice stocks for exports is not ruled out
Recent reports suggesting large-scale diversion of rice meant for food-for-work schemes to exports may not be wholly unfounded. To understand why this cannot be ruled out, one needs to only look at data on rice production, Governmental ... More

Housing facilities for poor women
Syndicate Bank, Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation and the Uttara Kannada-based Kadamba Charitable Trust have come forward to provide housing facilities to nearly 1,000 poor women in Uttara Kannada district. A release from ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Mobile operators to replicate `Grameen Phone' concept
Move to bring mobile PCOs to rural areas More

Art Gallery to promote SHGs
Gansan Artistes Syndicate has opened an art gallery and studio with a difference. The Gansan studio trains women from self-help groups (SHGs) in traditional arts and thereby empowers them with a new career path. The Director ... More

ROADWAYS
GMR achieves TN road project financial closure
Rs 596 cr to be raised for Tindivanam-Ulundurpet project More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
H1 cashew exports down
Shipments turn positive in Sept More

Rural India going global
Small manufacturers are determined to take giant steps to be part of the globalisation process, and they are doing so on their own terms too. More