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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


  • Kerala: Procedures on probes overhauled

    ECONOMY


    Kerala: Special zones planned to lure investments
    AS part of its efforts to ensure regular inflow of investments, the Kerala Government has drawn up a plan to create special zones for various sectors across the State. These zones will be exclusively earmarked for areas such as information ... More

    War fear has not hit foreign investors
    THE fear of outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan has not yet dampened the appetite of foreign investors in India as an attractive investment destination. Officials of the two apex chambers of commerce and industry -- the ... More

    ENVIRONMENT


    AP: Ozone depleting substances registration made mandatory
    INDUSTRIAL units involved in the production, consumption and handling of ozone depleting substances (ODS) have to register before July 19, according to a Government release. The registration of units under ODS regulation rules with the ... More

    FOREIGN TRADE


    Concessions to Pakistan -- India-EU trade talks likely next month
    INDIA is expected to hold a third and final round of consultations with the European Union (EU) during the second week of July regarding the latter's concessions to Pakistan under the Drug Control Window of Generalised System of Preferences ... More

    PSU


    PSUs divested via strategic sales yielded better returns: FICCI
    Public sector units divested through strategic sales has yielded better returns with the stocks of the disinvested PSUs showing better PE ratios (price of share divided by earnings per share), according to a study conducted by the Federation of ... More

    PHARMACEUTICALS


    Bulk drugs SMEs in tech upgrade mode
    THE Technology Upgradation (UPTECH) initiative for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially in the bulk drug sector in Hyderabad, is all set to get onto phase 2 of consolidation. A meeting of the participating organisations with the ... More

    TAXATION


    TN Govt sets up 5-member panel for tax reforms
    The commission will study the State's tax structure and commercial tax, excise duties, land revenue and registration fees, and tax on motor vehicles and electricity. More

    TEXTILES


    Safeguards for textiles against Chinese `threat'
    THE Government is working out the details of the mechanism for imposing textiles safeguards to protect the domestic industry from injury or threat thereof arising from imports from China. Addressing a CII workshop on Textiles here, Mr S.N. ... More

    Rana sees need for upgradation of powerlooms
    THE Union Textile Minister, Mr Kashiram Rana, has cautioned that as globalisation of world textile trade would have a serious impact on powerloom sector, there was a need for effective, concerted and time-bound efforts to upgrade the technology, ... More

    `Textile exports not hit by tension on Indo-Pak border'
    THE Union Textiles Minister, Mr Kashiram Rana, has said the $15-billion export target fixed for the textile sector for the current fiscal is achievable and the tension in the Indo-Pak borders have not made any impact on textile exports. "On the ... More

    SSI


    SMEs urged to take up ICAI-prescribed norms
    SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India, many of which operate in emerging sectors, need to pay special attention to accounting standards prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). This was stated here by Mr ... More

    WATER MANAGEMENT


  • BMP move on rain water harvesting

    KNITWEAR & HOSIERY


    TN hosiery producers want CST Act norms relaxed
    THE Federation of Hosiery Manufacturers Association (FOHMA), which is holding its annual general meeting in Tirupur on Friday, wants the Centre to exempt the hosiery goods from the amended provisions of the Central Sales Tax (CST) Act that makes ... More

    BIO-TECH & GENETICS


    CII biotech team to visit Canada, US
    A 20-member biotech mission of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is to visit the US and Canada from June 9. The main objective of the delegation's 10-day visit is to explore the possibilities of setting up partnership and joint ... More

    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


    CII, ISRO mull working group for hardware needs
    THE Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Space Research Organisation are planning a joint working group in providing systems and hardware for the space activities. The suggestion from the CII Karnataka President, Mr K. ... More

    DISINVESTMENT


    RCF wants to bid for HOCL stake
    IN what could pose an additional complication for the Ministry of Disinvestment, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF) has sought permission to acquire a 32.61 per cent stake in Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd (HOCL), yet another PSU under ... More

    SMALL SAVINGS


    Plea to cut rates on Seamens PF rejected
    THE board of trustees of Seamens Provident Fund (SPF) has rejected a proposal to reduce the interest rates paid on the fund to 3.5 per cent from 9 per cent as a way to make up a part of the losses suffered by SPF in the government securities ... More

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


    Not much difference in FDI flows to India, China: IFC
    IFC argues that the adoption of standard computation would raise India's net FDI inflows from $2-3 billion a year to about $8 billion, while China's inflows, net of round-tripping, are about $20 billion, against the much-ballyhooed $40-45 billion. More

    EVENTS


  • Bangalore Engagements
  • Workshop for ayurveda doctors
  • Kerala: Dak Adalat to be held this month

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    Piracy eats into publishers' profits
    HAVE you bought Harry Potter for Rs 50 or a medical college text for less than Rs 200 off the streets of your city? Then you are as responsible for robbing the exchequer of over Rs 100 crore as the printers of these pirated versions, says the ... More
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