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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CEMENT Cement makers seek reduction in excise duty WITH the Budget exercise gaining momentum, cement manufacturers are pinning their hopes on a rollback in the excise duty on cement from a level of Rs 400 per tonne to Rs 350 per tonne.Excise duty on cement was hiked from Rs 350 per tonne to Rs ... More ECONOMY 
States' governance vital for development: Y.V. ReddyTHE Reserve Bank of India Governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, has stressed on the importance of governance in States as that would determine the overall economic development. According to him, the role of state was being redefined in the reforms process ... More HEALTH National Nephrologists' meet VISAKHAPATNAM: The thirty-fourth annual national convention of the Indian Society of Nephrology will be held here from December 5 to December 7. Five hundred nephrologists (kidney specialists), 20 of them from abroad, will participate ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Call to use fly ash for infrastructure projects THERE is still a great deal of hesitation among different organisations including Governmental bodies like the Public Works Department to use fly ash for infrastructure development. This was stated by Mr Hirak Ghosh, West Bengal Government's ... More PETROLEUM Indraprastha Gas eyes Gurgaon, Faridabad markets INDRAPRASTHA Gas Ltd (IGL), which markets compressed natural gas (CNG) in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, plans to expand to Gurgaon and Faridabad. The company, currently in the midst of a public issue being done through the ... More
IOC to spend Rs 120 cr on automation of bunks
Kerosene prices soar on import ban order
POWER Incentives under mega power policy likely THE Cabinet on Tuesday will consider a proposal to accord incentives under the Mega Power Policy to generation projects having a capacity of 250 MW and above. Currently, the qualifying threshold is higher. For thermal projects, it is 1,000 MW ... More
Bengal plans ordinance to impose cess on power sales
APERC plans to set up ombudsman TEXTILES A book on textile industry's 6-decade journey THE southern textile industrialist and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Lakshmi Mills Company Ltd, Mr G.K. Sundaram, has provided the glimpses of the industry's six decade-long traverse in his book Textile Policing. The 240-page book ... More EDUCATION Corpn Bank scholarship scheme MANGALORE: Corporation Bank is offering scholarships to meritorious students of eighth standard to degree courses to mark World Computer Literacy Day. Under the proposed scholarship programme, which is scheduled to commence from ... More
ISB has two new directors CARS Bumpy ride for high-end cars INTERNATIONAL auto majors have hit the Indian speed breakers in selling high-end cars. There is a quiet realisation that value for money is the single priority along the entire price band. Fall in sales of high-end cars such as Sonata ... More TWO/THREE WHEELERS Hero Honda sales rise 26 pc in Nov, Bajaj sales up 4.7 pc HERO Honda Motors Ltd, the country's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, said its sales in November grew by 26 per cent to 2,04,533 units, notching up sales of over two-lakh bikes for the second consecutive month. Hero Honda said it witnessed ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION `Architect Act being violated' THE Indian Institute of Architects has urged the Union Government to strictly enforce the provisions of the Architect Act, 1972. The object of the Act is to protect the public from unqualified persons practicing the profession of ... More LEATHER Bengal hopes to match Chennai in leather trade WEST Bengal hopes to reach Chennai's excellence in leather manufacture with the help of the facilities available at the Calcutta Leather Complex (CLC) on the one hand and the technical assistance of Italy on the other. Expressing this optimism ... More ALUMINIUM `Aluminium will soon replace steel in cars' AUTO majors are increasingly using aluminium to build passenger cars as it reduces costs and is environmental-friendly. Toyota Kirloskar Motor's Director for product design and development, Mr Y. Kimura, told a conference on global initiatives ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ISRO developing emergency beacons for small boats IN a not too distant time in future, thousands of small-time fisher folk or their families may not have to agonise over going out to sea. In emergencies, help for those in troubled waters would be just a button's press away as the rescuers would ... More MINERALS Paradip Port takes up rake issue with railways THE Paradip Port Trust ( PPT) has taken up strongly with the railway the issue of allotment of sufficient number of rakes for transportation of iron ore from the mines at Barbil (Orissa) to the port. For the past couple of months, the railway ... More
More iron ore exporters use Vizag port GENDER Canara Bank loan scheme for women KOCHI: Canara Bank has launched Can Mahila loan scheme exclusively for women with a reduced rate of interest. The purpose for meeting any genuine personal needs including buying household articles, gift, jewellery etc. Women both working ... More DISINVESTMENT Finance Ministry moots sell-off in NTPC — Turns down plan for 5 pc fresh equity offering THE Finance Ministry had recently mooted disinvestment of Government equity in the wholly-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to help bridge the fiscal deficit. The proposal is in response to a recent Cabinet note mooted by the ... More INDUSTRIAL POLICY AP to create new enactment to solve industrial disputes IN a move to streamline the functioning of industries in the State, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved the merger of three archaic enactments including the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and create a new enactment that meets the current ... More EVENTS North East expo from Dec 5 to lure investments KOLKATA will host the North East Exposition 2003 between December 5 and 11 to attract investment into the North-East region. It is being organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Resident Representatives of the eight North-East ... More
EXPORTS & IMPORTS FIEO hails service tax waiver for payments in foreign currency THE Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has welcomed the move of the Finance Ministry to restore service tax exemption on all services rendered in India for which payment is received in convertible foreign currency. In a ... More
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Digital library project to include siddha, unani: CSIR The database would be made accessible to patent offices around the world for purposes of mounting patent searches. More TOURISM Tourist arrivals on the rise TOURIST arrivals could hit the three million-mark by the end of the peak travel season in March, provided nothing untoward occurs until then, according to Mr Gaur Kanjilal, Regional Director (West) of Indiatourism. Provisional data available ... More
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