Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES HC dismisses jute mills assn plea against bag order MR Justice P.C. Ghose of the Calcutta High Court today dismissed the writ petition filed by the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) challenging the Union Government's decision on compulsory packaging of jute bags to the extent of 80 per cent for ... More ECONOMY External debt situation improves INDIA'S external debt stands at $98.4 billion at the end of December 2001, which includes $95.6 billion long-term debt and $2.75 billion short-term debt. The total external debt in end-December 2001 has declined by 2.9 per cent as compared to ... More FOREIGN TRADE It's time to tap Latam for exports: Envoy THE current crises in Latin American countries have in a way created opportunities for Indian exporters to tap these markets, according to the Indian Ambassador to Venezuela, Mr R. Vishwanathan. Addressing a seminar on `Building exports with ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Hudco ready to fund works in Thiruvananthapuram THE Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Mr O. Rajagopal, has conveyed the willingness of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) to extend financial assistance for a series of developmental works planned for ... More PHARMACEUTICALS DPCO courting controversy over life-saving drugs THE issue of price control over life-saving drugs continues to dog the Pharmaceutical Policy 2002 and the yet-to-be-announced new Drug Price Control Order (DPCO). Senior officials with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers confirmed that ... More POWER 
Prabhu's problems began much earlierTHE omens weren't auguring well. About a month ago, the Shiv Sena leader, Mr Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, wrote to the Prime Minister, Mr A.B. Vajpayee, complaining about the performance of his friend, party and Cabinet colleague, the Power Minister, ... More STEEL Constraints galore for ferro alloy units: Panel Raw materials, such as manganese ore, chrome ore, quartz, reductants and fluxes (limestone and dolomite) are available within the country, but the quality of certain raw materials is posing problems. More
SAIL plants told to share best practices TEXTILES PM to open global meet on textiles THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will inaugurate a three-day international conference on textiles in New Delhi on October 28. This conference, which was being held under the aegis of the International Textile Manufacturers' ... More SSI Windals solution for small, medium biz WINDALS Infotech Pvt Ltd, has come out with an enterprise management solution (EMS) for small and medium-sized businesses. The EMS has been developed in-house with the expertise of Windals Auto Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Windals Infotech. ... More WATER MANAGEMENT Marginal rise in water levels in Kerala THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water levels in the major reservoirs in the State— Kallada, Idukki and Idamalayar — have risen following rains during the past few days. At Idamalayar, the level rose by 15.68 ft to 477.56 ft from ... More EDUCATION Few takers for IT course in polytechnic colleges Till a few years ago, Karnataka was the only State in the South offering good technical courses and students from other States flocked to these polytechnic colleges for admission. More
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION 
Middle-class surgeAn apartment complex coming up in Kochi. Flats are becoming popular in the urban areas of Kerala due to population pressure and high cost of land. |
