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Friday, October 10, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY 8% growth target difficult without reforms: NCAER THE National Council of Applied Economic Research projects the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) at 7.1 per cent in 2003-04. It contends that it is difficult to achieve a targeted growth of 8 per cent in the Tenth Plan "without reforms", ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Finance Ministry clarification on excise rules — Drawback tagged to Cenvat facility CENTRAL excise allocation of duty drawback rates would now be permitted only if the exporters furnish evidence that they are not availing the Cenvat facility and rebates of inputs/materials under the Central Excise rules. The Finance Ministry has ... More FOREIGN TRADE `India, Thailand need to widen trade basket' THE base of commodities trade between Thailand and India needs to be widened. At the fifth meeting of the Thailand-India Joint Business Council (JBC) held on Thursday at Bangkok, the Thai and Indian business leaders expressed the desire to ... More
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HEALTH Health Ministry queried on draft norms for pesticide residue THE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) questioned the Union Health Ministry on Thursday on why it issued a draft notification outlining the pesticide residue norms for beverages, even as such an exercise was being undertaken by it. According ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Project finance: Investors are still playing safe EVEN as there are few projects and fewer financiers, the project finance market in India is undergoing a sea change. Debt equity ratios are being watched more closely and new concepts such as `sell down of assets' are gaining ... More TEXTILES Additional quota for man-made fibre export released THE Government has released an additional quantity of 1.2 million sq metres under the FCGS Ready Goods System for export of man-made fibre (MMF) textiles to the US covered under the Group II MMF quota. This will be opened for allotment on October ... More
Bonus talks on in textile units SSI Small-scale units to celebrate bread day on Oct 12 THE Madurai District tiny And Small-Scale Industries Association (Maditssia), the Rotary Club of Madurai West along with the Madurai Bakers' Association are jointly organising "International Bread Day" on October 12, at Maditssia Hall, in the ... More
Maditssia team to visit China TYRES Truck, bus tyre production slips in Aug AFTER registering strong performance in the months of June and July 2003, truck and bus tyre production slipped in the month of August 2003 to touch a level of 9 lakh tyres. Production in this category stood at 9.53 lakh tyres in July and 9.10 ... More TERRORISM 
Bitta for separate security wingTHE Chairman of All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AATF), Mr M.S. Bitta, today called for a separate security wing in each State to take care of the security of the VVIPs, a law and a special military court to effectively counter ... More EDUCATION Cut in education funds opposed PUBLIC expenditure on education in the country is steadily declining over the years and any further cut may have adverse consequences, Prof. J.B.J Tilak, head of the Economics unit, the National Institute of Educational Planning and ... More GEMS & JEWELLERY 
Gold fest set for a glittering startTHE Kerala Gold Festival, `Swarnam 03', is all set to begin on October 10 with the State-level inauguration to be held in Thiruvananthapuram. Mr K. Sankaranarayanan, State Finance Minister, is scheduled to inaugurate the event, while Mr ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Builders' body seeks PM's help SADDLED with an additional cost burden of Rs 4,500-6,800 crore on account of the spiralling prices of steel, the construction industry on Wednesday sought the Prime Minister's help to insert non-escalation clauses in the contracts with steel ... More PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT Price increase in paper varieties in the offing A MODERATE price increase in all varieties of writing and printing paper is in the offing. An Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IMPA) source - the association looks after the interest of integrated large mills — said the ... More DISINVESTMENT STC employees oppose disinvestment move At a time when the fortunes of the company are turning for the better with employees' morale upbeat, the Government has lined up STC for sell-off. More
Divestment of Karnataka Soaps, 2 more PSEs soon EVENTS EXPORTS & IMPORTS Oilmeal exports may top 35 lakh t "Demand will not be confined just to soyameal. We see a good demand for groundnut meal and rapeseed meal also." More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Nutraceutical Summit stresses on legislation AT the start of the first Nutraceutical Summit here, participants were upbeat about the prospects for the segment, while also emphasising the need for adequate research and development and legislation. While the country is becoming a force to ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES India ranks 83 in corruption index INDIA has yielded 12 positions year-on-year to be ranked 83 in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2003 of 133 countries released by the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI). Speaking to Business ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Cola Controversy The Cable tangle Indo-China Relations Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma In Depth Swati CA In Kashmir Simple Economics Slowburn Tax Talk NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Looking back Sep. 28-Oct. 4 More gains likely for garment trade in post-quota regime Publishing industry making it big in foreign markets Car demand seen registering 8 per cent annual growth `Post-2005, watch out for textile tariff barriers' 11.6 pc rise in foreign tourist arrivals in India Insat 3E to free ISRO from leased transponders Export growth slows in Aug — April-Aug trade deficit zooms to $6,044.68 m `EU water norms for finished beverages will be tough to follow' Zee to launch DTH without other major broadcasters on board What ails introduction of new drugs `38 pc of small industry units staying closed' |
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