Sinha may ease import duty, M&A norms -- Hints at fillip to agriculture, infrastructure sectors
FISCAL incentives for the core sector, a slew of radical policy pronouncements for the agriculture sector including an income support system for farmers, and a massive step-up in Plan investment to reverse the current economic slowdown are on the cards f or the coming fiscal.

With D-day round the corner -- Package soon for UTI's smooth transition
THE Government and the Unit Trust of India (UTI) are expected to announce a package of measures shortly to enable a smooth transition for the mutual fund when the ban on sales and repurchase of over 3,000 units of its flagship scheme, US-64, is lifted on January1, 2002.

Fresh directive to banks on bad loans recovery
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to devise a scheme for recovery of dues for loans outstanding up to Rs 25,000, the guidelines for which will be operative up to June 30, 2002, according to an RBI release.

Postal dept told to clear Rs 90-cr dues to IA
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation has written to the Posts and Telegraph Department asking that it clear the arrears of close to Rs 90 crore owed to Indian Airlines (IA) for the cargo that the airline has carried.

Search on Great Eastern ship continues
BRITISH anti-terrorist forces are still searching the cargo ship, MV Nisha, which was seized off the London coast on Friday for suspected terrorist links.

`It's team work that matters': Sinha
HAS the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, decided to do away with the post of the Finance Secretary? Was it a conscious decision?

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