Coal
CIL arm keen on overseas assignments
THE Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), an in-house mining consultancy organisation of Coal India Ltd (CIL), feels that there are good opportunities to secure consultancy jobs in Africa and Asia provided it gets support from the Centre as well as from Government-funding agencies.

Policy
Cabinet okays Cycle Corpn, MAPL wind-up
THE Union Cabinet today approved the winding-up of Maharashtra Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd (MAPL) and Cycle Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL).

Steel
More to your edible oil than meets the stomach
THE refined oil or vanaspati or whatever edible oil that you may be buying, packed in those 16-litre tins, may land you in trouble any day. For, after pouring the contents, if you cut open the tin, you may be shocked to find that the inside surface is pa inted, displaying the name or logo of some foreign company. These paints are poisonous, and therefore, deadly.

Technology
NSIC working on brand promotion initiative
NATIONAL Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC) has engaged a consultant to go into the issue of brand promotion for the products manufactured by the small-scale industries (SSI) sector to help it meet competition from cheaper imports in the post WTO-re gime.

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