The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 14, 2002

PM announces 8-point agenda for 8% growth
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has outlined an eight-point economic agenda to achieve "an ambitious GDP growth target of eight per cent during the Tenth Five-Year Plan." In his opening remarks at the meeting of his Economic ... More

Farm support price to continue
THE Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has ruled out dispensing with the minimum support price (MSP) scheme for agricultural crops, even as he said that measures would be taken to reduce subsidies. Speaking to presspersons soon after the ... More

Essar Steel plans to convert loan to equity
ESSAR Steel has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company is considering conversion of promoters' loans and other unsecured borrowings into equity. The company told the exchange that its board will meet on July 19 to take on record the ... More

Forex reserves up $43 m, cross $58 b
THE country's forex reserves rose by $43 million to touch $58.005 billion for the week ended July 5, 2002 as compared to $57.962 billion in the previous week, according to the Weekly Statistical Supplement of the Reserve Bank of India ... More

IA, Jet hit pay dirt with apex fares
THE decision of the two major domestic airlines Indian Airlines and Jet Airways to offer huge discounts on tickets purchased under the newly introduced apex scheme has literally set the sky on fire. IA officials told Business Line that ... More

Has Jaswant brought in the feel-good factor?
Braving the scorching heat through powerless and waterless days and nights, many in the North, especially in the Capital, may not have felt it. But if the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the week-old Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant ... More

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