The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 16, 2003

PM gives new thrust to infrastructure — Plan for 20 lakh jobs in rural areas
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today announced a slew of new initiatives to beef up the country's infrastructure, create 20 lakh jobs in rural areas and provide better amenities for the village folk. Alongside, marking the 57th ... More

ENVIRONMENT

TERI study to suggest better utilisation of natural resources
THE country's forest cover is on the rise, air pollution is declining, and there is a greater policy thrust on environmental issues. These are good news on environment. However, there are many areas of concern, with rivers getting more ... More

Felling of trees an offence

HEALTH

Want to donate blood? Just SMS
IN an endeavour to facilitate easy registration and availability of `safe blood' to the people of Chennai, Jeevan Blood Bank and Airtel have launched the `Be a blood donor — Save a life' project on Thursday. With this initiative, getting ... More

Global seminar on `Cochlear implants'
THE Clarke School for the Deaf and Mentally Retarded here will hold an `international seminar on Cochlear implants' in October, the School's Founder-Director, Ms Leelavathy Patrick, told journalists here. The school, which has three units (for ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Chhattisgarh to get new Capital; major reforms on the anvil
THE Chhattisgarh Government proposes to build a new capital for the State near Raipur airport, which will be named New Raipur. In addition, the infrastructure of six municipal corporations and 20 municipalities of the State will be upgraded ... More

Coimbatore drainage scheme gets a push
THE proposal to provide underground drainage facility in three zones of the Coimbatore Corporation, which has been hanging fire for years, appears to have cleared the last major hurdle with the all party leaders of the Corporation Council ... More

PETROLEUM

LNG terminal crucial to Kerala's growth: Experts
The Petronet LNG has proposed to set up a 2.5-million tonne LNG terminal in Kochi but the translation of this proposal into a terminal still hangs fire for want of an assured market. More

Diesel sales dip in July
A FALL in demand from farmers using diesel engines for irrigation last month thanks to a good rainfall led to a 2.5 per cent fall in diesel sales compared with July last year. Officials of PSU oil companies said another reason for the marginal ... More

STEEL

Govt to focus on completion of steel expansion projects
WITH the fortunes picking up for the steel sector as a whole, the Project Coordination Group (PCG) under the Ministry of Steel has now decided to focus on completion of the various expansion plans of the domestic steel companies which are in the ... More

TEXTILES

Textile mills reforms in labour law
THE Northern India Textile Mills' Association (NITMA) has urged the Textile Ministry to take up labour law reforms with the Government in order to prepare the domestic textile and clothing industry to face competition once the extant quota regime ... More

WATER

Excess fluoride found in Bengal groundwater
The strategy that is now being followed includes avoidance of ground water source where feasible and use of deeper level of aquifer. More

COAL

Plan at last to put out Jharia coalfield fires
IT took no less than the President to intervene, but the Jharia coalfield fires that have been raging for the last 90 years, may soon be brought under control. A Rs 5,000-crore package to tackle the fires, which have been estimated to have ... More

MANAGEMENT

ICFAI university centre seeking base in Kerala
THE Hyderabad-based Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) is looking to set up full-fledged university-level operations in Kerala. The `multi-State university' model that ICFAI is promoting has seen `ICFAI University' ... More

EDUCATION

ICFAI varsity seeking base in Kerala
ICFAI offers a range of programmes in finance, banking, insurance, accounting, law, management and science and technology on full-time campus format and distance learning format. More

IIMC launches 2003 Business Plan contest
THE Entrepreneurship Cell of Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta (IIMC), in association with ITC Ltd, has launched its annual Business Plan competition - Ideas to Implementation (i2I) in the city. Briefing newspersons, Prof B.N. ... More

Training in construction tech

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Naresh Chandra panel recommendations — Chamber says infrastructure vital for implementation
NC-II has suggested that very small shareholders should be encouraged to sell their shares to the company or allow companies to buy-back the shares. The intention behind this is to encourage small investors to make investment only through financial i nstitutions and mutual funds. More

Assocham retreat for CEOs

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Take a ride on Bengal's new spaceship
TAKE a journey to the Sun. Touch down on the moon en route and graze past the Mars and Jupiter on your way back. Welcome aboard space ship `Kalpana Chawla' as it readies to transport (or teleport) you several light years away into the ... More

DISINVESTMENT

AP: Disinvestment move evokes interest
WITH the Implementation Secretariat extending the deadline for expression of interest in divesting Andhra Pradesh Government's stake in some listed companies, a whole lot of companies, brokerages including the competitor of VST - Godfrey ... More

`No move to privatise KSRTC'
THERE will be neither dilution of interests in the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) nor privatisation of the corporation under any pressure or compulsion, the State Transport Minister, Mr B. Ramanatha Rai, assured on ... More

WTO

`India plans on industrial tariffs may not do well'
WILL India gain the maximum if its proposal on industrial tariffs were to be accepted by all other member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? The answer is a big "No", according to eminent economist, Prof. T.N. Srinivasan of Yale ... More

World Trade Report: A reality check for trade envoys
A cursory study of the WTR would serve as a timely reality-check for our trade envoys as to where to wrest concessions while being ready to give grounds in the proposed round. More

EU norms: Indian food cos treading trip-wired path?
IS India sending out conflicting signals to global trade, when it seeks to adopt the European Union (EU) norms for its food products? The issue reeks of déjà vu - for, soft drink companies are walking the same path, as did the bottled-water ... More

EVENTS

Two-day seminar on performance management
MR Gary Cokins, an internationally recognised speaker, author, and practitioner in performance management systems with SAS Inc, will host a two-day seminar on the need for an integrated approach to Corporate Performance Management (CPM) in Mumbai ... More

`Sphere of influence, key tool in beating back competition'
ADVISING corporate managers on the ways of beating competition hollow, Prof. Richard D'Aveni, an expert on competitive strategies, has said that the companies should establish a sphere of influence and beat back the forces of competitive pressure ... More

Call to popularise aero derivative engines
MANGALORE: The three-day international aero derivative user summit started here on Friday with a call to popularise aero derivative engines for optimising industrial production in an environmentally-sound atmosphere. The summit organised ... More

Hyderabad Engagements

CONSUMERISM

CUTS urges cola majors to recall unsafe products
CONSUMER Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) has asked the Cola-majors to withdraw their "unsafe goods" from the marketplace. The consumer organisation "would not hesitate" to move the apex consumer court to get these products withdrawn from the ... More

TOURISM

Adverse weather hits tourism in Madurai
The dwindling patronage to the package tours offered by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) revealed the same, it is said. At present, the TTDC offers four package tours. Of them, only the Madurai sightseeing tour, which ... More

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