The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 29, 2002

CCMB signs pact with Cardiff School
THE Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here and the Cardiff School of Biosciences, UK, have decided to collaborate in stem cell research, bioinformatics and transgenic studies. A major initiative planned is to use the ... More

Excellence possible only through R&D: Minister
TECHNOLOGICAL excellence is possible only through research and development and application of information technology and for this funds would have to be provided by the industry on a sustained basis, Mr K. Vidyadhar Rao, Minister for Major ... More

AUTOMOBILES

Dynamic Logistics plans one-stop shop for auto cos
THE Pune-based third party logistics service provider Dynamic Logistics is geared up to foray into auto logistics toprovide CBU/SKD importers with a one-stop destination for all their logistics needs. The service, expected to kick off a couple ... More

ECONOMY

More leeway sought on reforms
STATES should be left to their discretion in carrying out reforms related to issues which need to instil confidence in investors. One of the areas is labour and issues concerning local clearances, the Minister for Medium and Large Industries, Mr ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

`French season' in India to boost ties
A FRENCH season in India, enabling "a Rendez-vous with France" and all that France stand for— liberty, equality and fraternity — would be celebrated for two and a half months from February 2003 in which the stress would subtly shift ... More

Belarus keen to strengthen ties with India
BELARUS is keen to strengthen economic and commercial ties with India, the Prime Minister of Belarus, Mr Gennady Novitsky, has said. Addressing a meeting jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of ... More

Netherlands offers to be link to Europe
THE Netherlands is keen to be a bridge-builder for India to the rest of Europe. Speaking at the Indo-Dutch Business Conference, jointly organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Embassy of Netherlands ... More

India, Chile sign agreement to boost trade

TAXATION

States oppose Kelkar on indirect taxes
STATES have virtually shot down the recommendation made by the Kelkar panel on indirect taxes to enter into a "binding agreement" with the Centre on levy and collection of any tax by them in the value added tax (VAT) regime. The Task Force, in ... More

TYRES

ATMA chief stresses value strategy for business success
MEDIUM-sized enterprises in the automotive supplier industry should pursue value strategies rather than merely looking at cost strategies, the Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA), Mr Raghupati Singhania, suggested ... More

WATER

Maharashtra calls for water tribunal

EDUCATION

Plan to stem substandard biotech academic courses
THE Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) is likely to introduce a regulation to prevent the mushrooming of sub-standard biotechnology courses in the country. A discussion on this issue was taken up in the Ministry recently, on the ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

BMP networking property records

HANDLOOM

`Co-operate with handloom survey'

DISINVESTMENT

State Govt to sell stake in TN Industrial Explosives
THE Tamil Nadu Government has kick-started the process of selling its stake in Government-owned undertakings by inviting bids for an adviser to help it in selling its stake in Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Ltd. According to reliable sources, ... More

Ministry seeks stripping Rs 300 cr of EIL reserves
THE Petroleum Ministry has written to the Disinvestment Ministry seeking stripping of Rs 300 crore from Engineers India Ltd's reserves, prior to its proposed privatisation, according to a top Disinvestment Ministry official. EIL has reserves of ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Unctad may study FDI flow into India, China
THE United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) is looking at the possibility of making a comparative study of foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns of India and China. A senior UN official told newspersons here that the ... More

Singapore team to explore FDI avenues

WTO

Bargain hard on non-tariff norms, FICCI tells Govt
FICCI has urged the Government to be extremely cautious with regard to negotiations on non-tariff measures (NTMs) in the current round of market access negotiations for industrial goods. FICCI said that NTMs affecting developing countries' ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE

SC/ST Commission chief coming

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Rs 40 cr from Nabard for 66 projects
NATIONAL Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 40.08 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to the State Government. According to Mr S. Abdul Kareem, Chief General Manger, Nabard, ... More

LABOUR REFORMS

`Decision on Labour Commission report only after debate'

EVENTS

Indian firms invited for German fair
ORGANISERS of leading Germans fairs such as Gifa, Metec, ermProcess and NewCast have invited Indian industrialists for participation and visit. These fairs are organised by Messe Dusseldorf GmbH and the fairs will held from June 16 to 21. The ... More

ITPO embarks on promos for Russia, Malaysia fairs

Hyderabad Engagements

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Bengal export policy to stress on agri-business
THE much-awaited State Export Policy of West Bengal is now in the final stages of preparation, and is likely to be announced soon. Addressing the inaugural session of the 148th annual general meeting of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry ... More

Draft rules on changes to drug import norms
THE Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has published draft rules for the purpose of amending certain provisions of Part IV of the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 pertaining to import and registration. It has been proposed under these rules that ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

`Migration of farm labour on the rise'
THERE has been a steep increase in migration of farm labour from the border districts of Andhra Pradesh to neighbouring States. This is causing concern for the local administrations in these States, which needs to be immediately addressed, a ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Money Laundering Bill passed
PARLIAMENT has approved the long-pending legislation to prevent the offence of money laundering, with the Lok Sabha giving its nod to the technical amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha. The passage of the Prevention of Money Laundering Bill ... More

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