The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 28, 2002

Commerce Ministry mulls SEZ Act
WITH a little over two months to go for the EXIM policy announcements, the Commerce Ministry is firming up a separate legislative framework for Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The broad objective of the proposed SEZ Act is to give greater degree ... More

STATES

Dues to oil cos threaten to deepen Kerala power crisis
Dues to NTPC Kayamkulam plant and the oil companies which supplied diesel to the Kozhikode and Brahmapuram diesel power plants run into around Rs 800 crore. The Kozhikode plant (KDPP) with ``eight generators of a total capacity of 128 MW was virtuall y on ventilator, due to the non- payment of fuel cost to Bharat Petroleum (BP),'' KSEB sources said. More

Kondapalli power project -- Inadequate gas supply may hit expansion: Lanco chief
THE 368-MW Kondapalli power project of the Lanco group near here is now operating at only 80 per cent plant load factor (PLF) for want of adequate natural gas. The proposed expansion of the project (700-MW more) too hinges on gas linkage, Mr Y. ... More

Directive to KPTCL may lead to reopening of PPA
THE Karnataka Government's directive to the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) to honour fixed charge commitments of Tanir Bhavi Power Company Ltd (TBPCL) is now finally expected to lead to the reopening of the power purchase ... More

Kerala bags tourism award this year too
KERALA has bagged the ``best tourism performing State'' award for 2000-01 instituted by the Union Ministry of Tourism. Kerala is winning this award for the third consecutive year for excellence in tourism. Earlier, the State had won the award in ... More

TAXATION

`Karnataka coastal project may push up municipal taxes'
THERE will be a three-fold increase in water supply charges and municipal taxes if the Karnataka Government goes ahead with its coastal infrastructure and environment management project for which a large chunk of the funds have been raised in the ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Retention price: Govt move keeps urea units on tenterhooks
THE introduction of drastic changes in the urea pricing policy parameters being contemplated by the Government has the domestic nitrogenous fertiliser industry on tenterhooks. The proposed changes pertain to the 7th and 8th pricing periods ... More

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