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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY TN: Solar water heaters made mandatory in buildings BUILDERS will now have to provide solar-powered water heaters in their construction projects with the Tamil Nadu Government making it mandatory for new buildings. The order announced in August 2002, is to be enforced from now. It covers all ... More LOTTERY Kerala HC dismisses Meghalaya's plea on lottery THE Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Meghalaya Government and the Indian Federation of Lottery Traders and Allied Industries challenging the State Government circular imposing restrictions on the sale of paper ... More ANTI-DUMPING Dumping duty on sodium hydrosulphite THE Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on sodium hydrosulphite imports from Germany and South Korea. The definitive anti-dumping duty, unless reviewed, would last for five years. Sodium hydrosulphite is a white ... More BUDGET 
Govt to present `full Budget' in Feb; no vote-on-accountIT'S official now. There will be no early general elections nor is there any plan to present just a `vote-on-account' instead of a full-fledged Budget on February 28. The Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, told newspersons here today that ... More ECONOMY BJP poll triumph seen as booster for reforms THE unexpected sweep to power by the Bharatiya Janata Party to the three Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan has provided the much-needed springboard for the Prime Minister and his team at the Centre to expedite ... More
Greying of Kerala to cause headaches FOREIGN TRADE Lankan FTA not to blame for plantation sector ills: Jaitley THE Government on Friday strongly defended in the Lok Sabha the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it had signed with Sri Lanka in 1999, which helped boost bilateral trade between the two countries. Responding to a supplementary on WTO, raised by Mr ... More HEALTH Heritage, United Church to train medical professionals HERITAGE Hospital, the city-based hospital services organisation focussing on geriatric care and United Church Homes (UCH), a US-based, not-for-profit corporation mostly into retirement services, have announced the launch of their joint venture ... More
Call to extend scope of organ donation INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure equipment to be rented out IN a novel venture aimed at fulfilling the equipment needs of infrastructure industries, a consortium of private-public sector companies has come together to float a company that would rent out modern equipment with the necessary experts to ... More POWER Cos may lose Rs 22,000 cr due to power cuts: Survey Delhi records the highest level of daily power disruption at 28 per cent of sample base, followed by Bangalore. More
Ministry spots 8 product categories for power `label'
$15-m small hydel tech aid project nearing completion
Karnataka Govt fails to rein in power subsidies STEEL Steel ingot prices up 8 pc on strict transport vigil STEEL ingot prices have increased by more than 8 per cent during the last five days across markets in the North following stringent inspection by the State road transport department officials and strict implementation of the provisions of the ... More TAXATION PHDCCI opposes property transfer duty hike by Delhi Corpn THE PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry has opposed the proposed reversal of duty on transfer of property from 3 per cent to 5 per cent as proposed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in its Budget proposals for 2004-05. "The reduction in ... More
FICCI wants MAT to go
Mauritius Govt revitalises anti-money laundering outfit TEXTILES 
Rising rupee dents textile exporters' marginsTHE stronger rupee is hitting exporters where it hurts the most — their pocket. The rupee's growing strength against the dollar for much of the year has eroded exporters' margins and is damaging the competitiveness of Indian textiles in the ... More SSI Ministry invites small units to take part in trade fairs THE Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) under the Union Ministry of Small Scale Industries has invited the small industrial units, registered with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, to participate in the international trade fairs to ... More WATER COAL Coal India mulls setting up power plants THE future power generation and distribution business may witness a major change with the state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) actively considering entering the area of power generation. This will come as a part of the forward integration of CIL's ... More EDUCATION LEATHER Leather trade eyes WalMart pie DOMESTIC leather exporters are targeting a 20 per cent share of the total imports of footwear made by WalMart, the US-based retail giant, the Chairman of the Council for Leather Exports, Mr S.S. Kumar, said here today. Speaking to reporters ... More PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT Paper industry must be globally competitive: Jaitley THE Union Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, said that the domestic paper industry should upgrade and become globally competitive so that world-class products were available to Indian consumers. "At the end of the day, all consumers are ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ISRO chief honoured THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Mr G. Madhavan Nair, was conferred the title of Doctor of Philosophy by the Punjab Technical University at a special convocation held at the DAV Institute ... More MINERALS Congestion at Chennai port — Iron ore exporters advised not to bring in vessels till Jan-end THE Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) has requested iron ore exporters not to bring any vessel to Chennai till January end. This is due to congestion at the Chennai port for iron ore vessels, which need to wait for a few days to get a berth. The port ... More DISINVESTMENT Calcutta HC direction to Govt, union on Hind Copper sell-off MR Justice S.K. Mukherji of Calcutta High Court ordered that any step regarding disinvestment of Hindustan Copper Ltd and shifting of its registered office from Kolkata shall abide by the result of the writ petition filed by Jharkhand Copper ... More
Kerala yet to submit plan to take over FACT RURAL DEVELOPMENT After babus, DWCRA women to get 30,000 mobile phones AFTER empowering babus up to the mandal level with cellular phones, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has announced plans to provide DWCRA (Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas) women self help groups with ... More
Nabard cuts interest rates
EVENTS INCOME TAX Bill introduced in LS to replace taxation Ordinance THE Government has introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to replace the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2003. The Ordinance, which had been promulgated on September 8, had exempted from income-tax the interest paid outside India by ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS EC panel clears curbs on basmati import sops The benefits to the Indian industry are obvious considering that out of its total basmati exports of 1.6-1.7 lakh tonnes (valued at about Rs 500 crore), more than 80 per cent comes from traditional varieties. More
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