Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, February 09, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CHEMICALS Chemical cos seek changes in duty structure IN a memorandum to the Centre, chemical manufacturers have asked for amendment of some provisions of customs and excise duties on a number of chemicals while proposing a couple of changes in direct taxes. The Indian Chemical Manufacturers ... More ECONOMY Malnutrition takes heavy toll on economy The economic loss incurred due to micronutrient deficiencies is in the range of 3 to 5 per cent of the gross domestic product. In the southern States, the loss is estimated to be Rs 14,400 crore per annum. Of this, Andhra Pradesh accounts for Rs 4,51 1 crore, Karnataka Rs 3,322 crore, Kerala Rs 2,178 crore and Tamil Nadu Rs 4,431 crore. More POWER Defaulting States may get lower power allocation IN a move intended to discipline the States defaulting in payments to Central Power Generating Utilities (CPGU), the Union Ministry of Power has proposed a scaling down of capacity allocations. This would imply capacities from CPGUs dedicated to ... More
Cost accounting norms for power sector promulgated
`Lack of power reforms affecting Kerala industries' TAXATION Tax revenue may fall THE Special Commissioner and Commissioner for Commercial Taxes, Mr J. Arun Ramananthan, has said that there would be "poor growth in the commercial tax revenue" during the current fiscal due to industrial recession and negative growth in some ... More TEXTILES Bengal textiles chamber peeved IS the West Bengal Government serious in its endeavour to attract fresh investments to the State? The question has been raised by the city-based Chamber of Textile Trade and Industry (COTTI) following lukewarm response by the State Government to ... More
`Budget will have good news for textile sector' LEATHER Keep DEPB for 3 more years, says leather body THE Indian Finished Leather Manufacturers and Exporters Association (IFLMEA) has requested the Union Commerce Ministry to continue the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) for at least three more years, since it provides greater competitive ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY `Tech advances must focus on rural areas' HAVING made rapid strides in material sciences research, India now needs to focus on technologies that will change the way about two-thirds of the country's rural populace lives, according to the Principal Scientific Advisor, Dr R. Chidam- ... More
`Promote India as hub for R&D outsourcing' DISINVESTMENT Zuari-Chambal bids for Paradeep Phos Most of the contenders appear to have quit the race for PPL despite an assurance from the Government that it will clean up the balance sheet of the company. More REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS NPPA increases Rifampicin price NEW DELHI: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Friday increased the price of anti-tuberculosis drug, Rifampicin, from Rs 4,167 per kg to Rs 4,200 per kg. The price of the bulk drug had been revised under the ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS Strike shrinks Vizag EPZ turnover THE turnover of Vizag Export Processing Zone has been significantly affected in the wake of the ongoing strike by workers of the Belgium-based Worldwide Diamond Manufacturers Ltd and subsequent lock-out of the company. With the turnover of the ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS ECGC factoring for exporters from April THE Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) of India plans to launch factoring business for exporters from April, said Mr G.M. Ganapathy, General Manager. Explaining the benefits of factoring to exporters at its branch here, Mr Ganapathy ... More
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Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Economic growth likely to be below 5 pc: CEO poll Bowling over `Star-stuck' advertisers Fiscal deficit up 37.7 pc Viewers must have choice of channels, says panel GDP growth pared to 4 pc Tatas, Reliance bid for VSNL Taiwan wooing India Inc with hardware tech Govt moves to speed up APM regime phase-out |
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