The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, September 07, 2003

A guide to fixed income investing
GONE are the days when you could just put aside some money in a corporate fixed deposit scheme and sit back while it earned a handsome return based on a two-digit interest rate. Now you need to manage your fixed ... More

PPF: Investors need to be vigilant
In its quest to reduce interest costs, the Government seems prepared to go any length. Scrapping PPF now appears to be on the agenda. There are, however, better ways to reduce its burden rather than jettisoning an instrument that has served society well. More

ECONOMY

Fight protectionist actions: Raghuram Rajan
INDIA, which has reached the take-off stage to face global competition, will continue to face protectionist tendencies from the West, according to Mr Raghuram Rajan, IMF chief economist-designate. Addressing a function organised by IDFC Asset ... More

HEALTH

UNICEF chief lauds progress on children health
THE Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ms Carol Bellamy, on Saturday acknowledged India's progress and commitment to children and expressed appreciation for the bold and ambitious measures taken to create a ... More

TAXATION

`Tax tribunal no solution for recovery of arrears'
THE taxation benches of High Courts should be headed by judges having adequate tax law background, and ideally, members of the bar, practising at High Courts could be inducted to hear taxation matters. This was the only way to reduce the ... More

COAL

Uncertainty over coal capacity in Tenth Plan
UNCERTAINTY over the creation of additional coal production capacity during the Tenth Plan has surfaced following tardy progress in implementation of new projects by the State-owned coal companies and also by the private sector. Coal India Ltd ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS

Toothpaste majors shun promos, battle on price
FOR those of you who got free toothbrushes or a free tube and extra paste with the toothpaste you bought last year, the good times are over. Well, almost. In a reversal of the trend in the past two years, when toothpaste majors Colgate-Palmolive ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS

Auto parts cos wilt under increasing steel prices
INCREASING steel prices are putting pressure on the operating margins of the automotive industry. According to Mr Deep Kapuria, outgoing president of the Auto Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the operating margins for the automotive ... More

PACKAGING

`India can become outsourcing hub for packaging'
THE Indian `package' printing and production industry is set to become the outsourcing hub for global packaging requirements, with industry watchers forecasting its growth to 22 million tonnes by 2005 from the present figure of 9.5 million ... More

WTO

WTO negotiations: CETMA against tariff removal for electrical, electronic goods
WILL the fifth ministerial WTO conference at Cancun bring some cheer for the electronic and electrical goods industry? The Indian consumer electronics industry, burdened with certain disability factors that are curbing its competitiveness in the ... More

EVENTS

Benefits of technology should be evenly shared, says Royal Philips CEO
SOME years ago, the world was divided by the points of the compass: Pro-Western, the Eastern Bloc, and the non-aligned nations. There was also a north-south divide based on economics. But today, there is a new — and perhaps even deeper ... More

INCOME TAX

TDS: I-T dept working towards single return
THE Income-Tax Department is working towards a regime that would have a single comprehensive return for tax deduction at source (TDS). "We are now working towards a single return for TDS that would take care of every kind of income", Mr ... More

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