The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 16, 2003

Cos tapping the wind for more energy
WIND power is back in favour. In 2002-03 and 2001-02, the country added 241 MW and 288 MW of installed capacity of wind power, against 172 MW and 143 MW in the previous two years. At the beginning of the current year, the installed capacity is ... More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

VCD sales revive demand for film rights
OVER a decade since the video rights of films peaked in the golden days of VHS, rates are back on par courtesy the surging sales of VCDs. Alongside, given the industry's complexion and the pattern of its evolution set by the boom and bust of ... More

ECONOMY

Rs 487-cr dip in bank credit
TOTAL bank credit dipped by Rs 487 crore in the fortnight ended May 30, 2003 due to a slump in non-food credit in spite of an increase in food credit. For the fortnight ended May 16, non-food credit had increased by Rs 526 crore while food ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

FICCI team to spot more tie-up areas with China
A 25-MEMBER business delegation led by Mr Yogendra K. Modi, Senior Vice-President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), will be leaving for Beijing and Shanghai on June 22, coinciding with the visit of the Prime ... More

POWER

Wind farms looking for carbon credits
AN estimate drawn up by the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC), each unit of electricity produced by wind power, could earn 15 paise worth of carbon credits. According to the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA), the country ... More

APTransco undertakes energy audit exercise
THE Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (APTransco) has undertaken an energy audit exercise at all the 33/11 kV sub-stations and feeders throughout the State as it was proved that there was a substantial improvement in identifying and ... More

KPCL invites bids for Bellary thermal project
THE State-owned utility, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), has invited bids for engineering procurement and construction (EPC) of the proposed 500 MW Bellary thermal project. Sources said here that despite this move , the project would ... More

RADIO/TV

Revenue split tricky affair for pay channels
WITH the CAS (conditional access system) coming into play from July 15, bundling of channels is going to be a tricky affair with broadcasters fighting it out among themselves on the revenue-sharing arrangement. Sources in the broadcasting ... More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT

`Paper bags use should be consumer-driven'
"THE success of switching over to paper bags from plastic carry bags, especially at the larger department stores, depends entirely upon the consumer. This is what happened in the West, as the consumers wanted only paper bags and not plastic carry ... More

MINING & QUARRYING

Mining for controversy
Mr Sudheeran's voice cannot be ignored. If he feels that the mineral sand-mining issue is a fit case for a judicial inquiry, that is a sufficiently serious allegation for the UDF to take note of. More

DISINVESTMENT

JSEB to privatise Ranchi supply circle
According to a Mecon source, JSEB's objective of privatisation is to provide power access to interested consumers, to achieve 24-hour availability of quality power to consumers, and to make power supply to consumers at an affordable price. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Netravati bank programme on self-help groups
NETRAVATI Grameena Bank, one of the regional rural banks sponsored by Syndicate Bank, recently conducted a `sensitisation programme' on self-help groups (SHGs) for its branch managers. The programme was organised in collaboration with ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Food product exporters bracing for US Act
In the wake of impending threat after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and subsequent developments, the US Congress has passed the Public Health Security and Bio-Terrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. More

TOURISM

APTDC plans sea cruise service
THE Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation is planning to introduce sea cruise in the Bay of Bengal to attract more tourists and some private companies have evinced interest in taking up the project, Mr C. Anjaneya Reddy, Chairman and ... More

PEOPLE

New DG of biotech body
MR Nitin Deshmukh has been appointed the first Director-General of Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE). The ABLE, formed in April this year, is the Nasscom equivalent of the national biotech sector. Mr Deshmukh, until ... More

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