The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 17, 2003

Tropical systems hinder weather forecasts
TROPICAL weather, with its constantly evolving nature, has proved a typical bother for meteorologists of all hues. Significantly so in a country like India, a vast majority of whose population depends on rain-fed farming for sustenance and who ... More

PENSION PLANS

Pension funds: Private sector to play key role
Govt settles for one public sector entity
THE management of pension funds after the ongoing pension reforms would be a predominantly private sector show. Though the Government has finally decided against placing a cap on the overall number of pension fund managers (PFMs) in the new ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Orissa bid to expand mangroves
KENDRAPARA (Orissa): In a bid to expand the mangrove vegetation in coastal Kendrapara district to bolster the environment, the Orissa Government has handed over 273 acres of revenue land to Rajnagar Mangrove forest division. The patch ... More

Sanitation at Sabarimala

FOREIGN TRADE

`Philippines may relax visa rules'
THE Ambassador of the Philippines to India, Ms Laura Q Del Rosario, has said her country is looking at reviewing and restructuring the visa policy to make it simpler. Addressing a meet organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry here, ... More

Commonwealth official coming

INFRASTRUCTURE

Rs 250-cr plan to upgrade KSRTC bus stands
THE Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is planning to upgrade bus stands in the State at a cost of Rs 250 crore. Under the plan, bus stands in major pilgrim centres will be upgraded, and new ones will be constructed, if necessary. ... More

Kerala: Infrastructure needs on exports front stressed
A STATE-level export promotion committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has been named the nodal agency for implementing the ASIDE ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

Govt, pharma cos to discuss AIDS drugs price-cut today
THE first step towards possibly bringing down the price of anti-AIDS drugs in India is set to be taken on Monday, with the Union Health Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj, scheduled to meet domestic drug majors who have carved a niche for themselves in ... More

POWER

IT could help reduce power losses: Expert
INFORMATION technology has a greater role to play in the prevention of power loss, said Dr Channakeshava, Advisor, Central Power Research Institute. He was addressing presspersons after inaugurating a seminar on "Challenges in meeting the ... More

TAXATION

Tax benefits: It's win-win for Gujarat, Reliance
The prescription involved a three-way split of the CST. One-third of CST was to be absorbed by Reliance, another third as `surcharge' levied on petro-products sold in Gujarat, and another through a hike in retail prices in the rest of the country. More

States express reservations on uniform VAT law
TRADE and industry may have to comply with a host of divergent legislations on value-added tax (VAT) as and when the State Governments decide to usher in a VAT regime to replace the sales tax systems in their respective States. The Empowered ... More

TEXTILES

Capital subsidy scheme — Powerlooms decry investment ceiling
THE Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council has said the recent clearance by the Union Cabinet of the 20 per cent capital subsidy for modernisation of weaving machinery is a good move to expedite modernisation of the powerloom sector. ... More

BREWERIES

Staff selection for TN IMFL outlets
MADURAI: A total of 220 supervisors and 660 salesmen are to be selected through interviews for manning 220 Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) retail outlets, to be run by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation in urban areas of Madurai ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS

`Healthcare sector must self-regulate'
THE healthcare industry was called upon to bring in a self-regulation mechanism that will enable various players in this growing industry bring in necessary internal control and also streamline its overall functioning that was necessary to bring ... More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT

Kolkata paper traders' plea to revive industry
THE Calcutta Paper Traders' Association (CPTA) has urged the West Bengal Government to take a fresh initiative to revive the State's paper industry. The State, once a pioneer in the industry, has been virtually wiped out from the country's ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE

Project Shrishti wins management award
THIS year, at the Institute of Management Consultants of India award for the best management project of the year, it was social responsibility that caught the judges' attention. Four students of the Mumbai-based SP Jain Institute of Management ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Small money, big change
Until four years ago, the self-employed women of Ottapalam in Kerala went to the local moneylender and borrowed at high interest rates. But now, they have access to micro credit, and their lives have truly changed. More

Rs 15 cr credit to Tiruchi SHGs
MADURAI: A sum of Rs 15.30 crore as economic development credit to self-help groups (SHGs) has been disbursed by the Tiruchi District Central Co-operative Bank during the current year. According to its Special Officer, Mr M.P. Sivan, the ... More

LABOUR REFORMS

Karnataka urges National Law School to help revise Contract Act
THE State Government has sought the help of the National Law School of India in preparing a report on changing the Contract Labour Act so that various implications are analysed thoroughly before embarking upon any revision. Such an exercise ... More

`High incidence of child labour in West Bengal'
EVEN if one goes by official estimates, West Bengal has a high incidence of employing child labour in hazardous industries. This has been revealed by the State Plan of Action - 2003 report released by the State Government on Friday. The ... More

EVENTS

Kanara Industrial Fair from November 27
THE Kanara Small Industries Association (KSIA), in association with the Small Industries Service Institute of the Union Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Department of Commerce and Industries, will hold a three-day outsourcing and vendor ... More

CII to hold career fair in Madurai
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (southern region) will hold a `Career Fair' in the city during the second week of December. Addressing a press conference here, Mr K.K.M. Kutty, Chairman, CII (SR), said that the CII was committed to drawing ... More

Engagements
INFOCOM 2003 Conference: Media interactions with Mr Keith Budge, Regional Managing Director-South Asia, Oracle India, Mr Harris Miller, President, ITAA, Mr M.S. Banga, Chairman, HLL, Mr Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd, Mr Suresh Vaswani, ... More

TOURISM

A dying destination?
LAST weekend saw the arrival of the first chartered flight of tourists from Gatwick in the UK, many of whom were more than pleasantly surprised at the effusive and elaborate welcome that greeted them on arrival at God's Own Country. Happily ... More

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