Accountancy
ICAI prescribes new norm for taxes on income
Agriculture
Procurement issue -- Fresh rice stocks riddle AP
Orphan status responsible for pulses stagnation: Paroda
Banking and Finance
RBI norms on equity financing take effect
Cement
`Rise in cement prices was a long over due correction'
Commodities
Global cotton output up despite falling prices
Derivatives leave little impact on gold market
No move to ban tobacco: Minister
Plan to boost gem exports cleared
Corporate
HS classification -- Bid for a new product database
Graphite India to invest Rs 48 cr for capacity hike
Tyche Peripherals bags BSES order
MSTC to expand import basket
Over 40 cos to take part in K 2001 fair
Dumping duty on sodium ferrocyanide
The politics of Balco
Courts
Hindujas plea: Hearing adjourned
Economy
Industrial growth slips to 4.9 per cent in 2000-01
Case for revision of economic policies
Hefty refunds hit direct tax mop-up
Fujairah trade zone woos India again
`Awareness on WTO provisions lacking'
PM to sign 10 MoUs in Malaysia meet
FDI inflows up 39% in Jan-March
Editorial
Grand gesture, but...
Fast track
A calm before the storm?
Financial Performance
Mid-Day Multimedia: Quite a hot prospect
Finolex Cables net at Rs 72.51 cr
LMW declares 35 pc dividend
Mid-day Multimedia post higher net
TNPL net profit zooms, to pay Rs 2.5
Orchid net drops 7 pc to Rs 35.75 cr
Food & Dairy Products
Malt in the fine-print
Foreign Trade
Tajik President invites capital in hydro power
Sinha to hardsell India at Hong Kong
Horticulture
Farm fresh fruits from Vanashree
Hotels
Delay in Hotel Corporation divestment plan likely
Impact
Advanced Micronic: Some upside
Ballarpur: Acquiring the competition
Infrastructure
NHAI, Kvaerner pact for NH-4 project
Mutual Funds
HDFC MF sees subdued earnings growth in H1
SBI MF to revise brokerage structure
PSU
NGEF to go in for global tendering yet again
Division among unions comes to the fore -- `Jogi ditched Balco workers'
Paper/Packaging
BILT buys Sinar Mas in Rs 530-cr deal
Pharmaceuticals
Cadila expects Rs 20 cr from HIV test kit export
Plantations
India expected to benefit from international coffee accord
Coffee sector plea to revamp tax structure
Sharp rise in pepper prices on short-supply
Politics
Right (not) to vote
Power
Energy crisis in US -- Aggressive new policy on anvil
Talks begin on Dabhol issue
Gokak nominated to Dabhol panel
Hirma power project faces coal linkage problem
Funds crunch forces Govt to hasten KPCL divestment plan
Panel charts revival plan for ailing SEBs
Shipping
Plea to resolve `go slow' at Chennai box terminal
States
Smuggled cigarettes seized in AP
Bengal rural energy corpn in fix over manpower shortage
Steel
Finished steel output up 7 pc
Stocks
Non-compliance of disclosure norms -- HSE warns erring cos of penal action
Lyons Range
Sensex down on lack of confidence
Taxation
`Bureautocrat'
Abolition of Sec. 230A, I-T Act
Stripping and washing
Settlement Commission: Benefits and barriers
Squeezing substance out of procedure
Finance Secys to meet
Technical Analysis
Downtrend triggered
Textiles
Cotton import entry curbs plug mills
Transport
SC Rly unveils expansion plans
