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EXCISE AND CUSTOMS


No excise on duty-paid twisted filament yarns
THE Finance Ministry has now ruled that basic excise duty and special excise duty would not be applicable on twisted filament yarns (including crepe yarns) manufactured by an independent twister from filament yarns on which excise duty has ... More

HEALTH


Bengal to invite bids soon for pipeline gas supply systems
THE West Bengal Government is to shortly invite bids from gas producers to install pipeline gas supply systems in its district hospitals, according to Mr Surya Kanta Mishra, West Bengal Health Minister. Inaugurating BOC India Ltd's `Oxyline', ... More

PETROLEUM


Petro product pricing dispute unresolved
THE Law Ministry has washed its hands off the dispute between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and the public sector oil marketing companies with regard to the price at which LPG and kerosene was purchased by the oil PSUs from RIL's 27-million-tonne ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Pharma industry growth the unsung story, says Jaitley
PROVING the apprehensions unsubstantiated on the high cost of medicine in the country post-2005 due to WTO norms, India has successfully turned the global pharmaceutical battle in its favour with the help of quality production at cheapest cost of ... More

POWER


Srei Capital bags mandate for Rs 600-cr Gridco term loan
GRID Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Gridco) has awarded the mandate for term loan syndication, for an amount of Rs 600 crore, to Srei Capital Markets, the Merchant Banking arm of Srei International Finance. The tenure of the Rs 600-crore term loan ... More

TEXTILES


Grasim to set up textile research centre in Gujarat
Grasim Industries Ltd is setting up a Textile Research and Application Development Centre (TRADC) at Kharach in Gujarat. The facility, to be set up with an initial investment of Rs 30 crore, will be ready by July-August 2004. According to Mr ... More

RADIO/TV


Rates for Hindi film TV rights zoom again
FILM director-producer Rakesh Roshan seems to be waiting for the best rates before selling the television rights to his latest Hrithik Roshan-Preity Zinta film, Koi Mile Gaya. Year 2003 has been good for the Hindi film industry with a ... More

CARS


Car makers see women in driver's seat
HOLD the car door open for the lady? Forget about it: the new woman wants you to move over and let her do the driving. In recent ads for Mahindra Bolero, Mahindra Scorpio and Hyundai Santro, women are seen taking the wheel — a trend that ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


Chandrayaan to herald ISRO's planetary pursuits
THE Chandrayaan-1 mission announced by the Prime Minister during his Independence Day address is only the first of the many extra-terrestrial pursuits that ISRO promises to take up from 2008 onwards. According to the national space agency, ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS


Manufacturers allowed to self-seal export consignments
ALL manufacturer-exporters from now on can self-seal as well as self-certify their export consignments. Hitherto, this facility was granted only to large manufacturer-exporters who have paid excise duty exceeding Rs 10 crore during the ... More
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