Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, February 01, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, February 01, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY GDP growth pared to 4 pc THE Government has yet again revised downwards its estimates of growth in the country's real gross domestic product (GDP) for 2000-01. According to the `quick' estimates of national income for 2000-01, released by the Central Statistical ... More
Fiscal deficit up 37.7 pc FOREIGN TRADE Swiss cos keen on Indian market SWISS companies have shown interest in collaborative ventures with Indian entrepreneurs in areas such as environmental technology, food processing, packaging and engineering, in which the Swiss entrepreneurs excel. Describing India as a market ... More POWER Naphtha duty waiver for units switching to LNG THE Finance Ministry on Thursday accorded a full waiver on excise duty on naphtha for power generation, which earlier attracted a rate of 27.6 per cent. The 740-MW Dabhol power project has been excluded from the duty waiver. The exemption was ... More SSI Alcatel solution for SMEs MUMBAI: Alcatel has announced the launch of Alcatel OmniPCX Office, an integrated communications system for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). OmniPCX Office provides fully integrated Internet, voice and data services in a single ... More RADIO/TV Viewers must have choice of channels, says panel THE Task Force on Conditional Access constituted under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has submitted its report on issues pertaining to transparency, conditional access and addressibility in the cable TV ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Construction majors to visit Kabul WHILE five major cement and power companies have proposed to undertake revamp of the existing cement and power plants in Afghanistan, more than 10 construction majors are likely to visit Kabul shortly for exploring reconstruction of roads, ... More LEATHER Integrated tannery projects in offing TO promote foreign investment in the leather sector, the Union Government proposes to set up integrated tannery projects on a pilot basis, according to the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr Murasoli Maran. Inaugurating the India ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS `Proactive, but penumbral' INDIA Inc has termed the mid-term export strategy for 2002-07 as "proactive and progressive but penumbral". Mr S.K. Saraf, Vice-President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), said that the documents provided a detailed ... More
ICC urges multi-pronged strategy to boost exports
Nasscom urges Govt to retain software sops
Financial planners' body launch likely this month CINEMA Insure, be secure is the tinsel town motto TINSEL town is lending glamour to the staid life insurance business. Quite a few of its stars are either insuring themselves for large sums, or as actor Naseerudin Shah did recently, choosing to endorse insurance products. Southern superstar ... More DISINVESTMENT Seven bids for IBP; 2 from Reliance SEVEN companies have submitted bids for acquiring a controlling stake in the State-run petro marketing company, IBP Ltd. These are Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Petroleum Ltd, Shell, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, ... More
Delhi HC rejects ModiCorp plea on VSNL divestment
HCI sale: Ajit Keskar seeks more time
Disinvestment verdict hailed REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS FIPB defers decision on Suzuki proposal THE Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on Thursday decided to defer a decision on Suzuki Motor Corporation's proposal to set up a two- and three-wheeler manufacturing facility in the country. Sources said that the Government had sought ... More INCOME TAX HC stays I-T notice on allowances THE Andhra Pradesh High Court has stayed the operation of the Income-Tax notification issued in September last year for recovery of tax on perquisites and allowances to the employees and officers working in the public sector units, particularly ... More TOURISM `Taxation norms hurting tourism' NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in a study jointly conducted with AF Ferguson, has found that the high rate of taxation on tourists is one of the major burden on tourism in the country. ... More
`Look South' tourism meet in Hyderabad Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Jan. 20-Jan. 26 AIRIA, Capexil to chalk out rubber subsidy scheme Software: Losing the sizzle? Steel industry: Rolled flat out Realty may get access to overseas borrowings Railways shelves variable tariff plan for petro-products Bharti pact with cell cos heading for a jam Status quo in EPF rate for now -- Linking to Special Deposit Scheme mooted Insat-3C launch successful Firm policy needed to revive economy: Manmohan Pvt sector to be in N-power field |
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