The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Concrete incentives for cement sector urged
THE Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (Assocham) has urged the Finance Ministry to extend credit on equipment and consumables used for mining of limestone for the manufacture of cement, reduction in import duty on non-coking ... More

ECONOMY

Low inflation rate is a mirage: Chidambaram
THE prevailing low inflation rate should not tempt the Government to "reflate" the economy by "artificial measures" as the current low inflation rate is "extremely deceptive", according to the former Union Finance Minister, Mr P. ... More

ENGINEERING

The power that drives
What is fluid power? How does a fluid power system work? Fluid power is generation and control of energy using pressurised liquid in the form of water or oil (hydraulics) or air (pneumatics) to move machines and their parts. Fluid power is found ... More

What makes it work
In the rapidly changing world of machine control, machine designers may select one of three drive technologies for their motion control applications — electrohydraulic drives, electromechanical drives, electropneumatic drives. While each ... More

Powered to perform
With the massive explosion of the Internet, companies worldwide have been scrambling to provide the infrastructure required to support these telecommunication needs. The task of laying these lines typically requires the services of an ROV ... More

EEPC expects last quarter surge
ENGINEERING exports during April-October 2001 dropped marginally to $ 3.35 billion from the $ 3.36 billion for the corresponding period of 1999-2000. In a statement, Mr J.S.Bhasin, Chairman of Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC), ... More

TAXATION

Transfer pricing mechanism `a taxing maze' for enforcers
`Two regrettable aspects of the Indian transfer pricing regulations are the broad scope of the definition of associated enterprise and the stipulation that the arithmetic mean should be used in cases where more than one price can be determined by the most appropriate method.' More

RADIO/TV

CTMA plans for regulatory body
THE Cable TV Equipment Traders & Manufacturers' Association (CTMA) has suggested the setting up of a regulatory body that would lay down guidelines for the cable television industry in India. According to Mr Sanjay Mansukhani, Secretary of ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Price bids for Jessop likely next month
EVEN as the employees have launched an agitation to stall the privatisation of Jessop, the Centre has decided to ask for the price bids by next month. The process of handing over the company is expected to be completed within the first half of ... More

Gazprom pulls out of IBP race
RUSSIAN oil major Gazprom is set to pull out of the race for acquiring controlling stake in the state-owned petro-marketing company, IBP Ltd. This leaves Reliance, Essar, Shell and the public sector petro-marketing companies as key bidders for ... More

CONSUMER ACTIVISM

Handbook for consumers

IMPORTS & EXPORTS

RBI relaxes export realisation norms
IN a move that will enable exporters to give credit to overseas buyers for a longer time, the Reserve Bank of India has permitted authorised dealers to extend the period of realisation beyond six months from the date of export for amounts up to ... More

TOURISM

Get going, says travel ad campaign
IN an effort to encourage people to travel more, the Association of Asian Pacific Airlines (AAPA) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) are launching a print and television campaign called `Travel moves people' from Tuesday. ... More

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