Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, December 19, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT 
Organised sector jobs shrink 5 consecutive years (1998-02)CALL it a coincidence or whatever, but every single year of the tenure of the present as well as preceding BJP-led Government has witnessed a decline in organised sector jobs. In the initial post-liberalisation period, total organised sector ... More AWARDS & HONOURS 4 Indian students bag Dubai media contest awards FOUR Indian media students have bagged awards and prestigious internships at the Dubai Media City's Ibda'a Media Awards. The students, who figured among the final nine winners were awarded at a special ceremony held in Dubai on Wednesday ... More ECONOMY Country poised for high growth regime THE Indian economy is expected to grow by more than seven per cent in terms of real GDP during the current financial year. The growth is spearheaded by industrial growth in general and manufacturing growth, in particular. The overall investment ... More FOREIGN TRADE Singapore keen to promote textile sourcing from India THE Singaporean textile and garment businesses sees big opportunity for investment especially in joint ventures with Indian partners and outsourcing of fabrics and garments to facilitate their global textile trade. This was indicated by a ... More HEALTH 
Act changes come into force from January — Infant food cos in a spotINFANT food manufacturers such as Nestle(Cerelac), Heinz(Farex), GlaxoSmithKline(Junior Horlicks) and host of others will soon have to put the brakes on promotional activities, thanks to an amendment that expands the purview of the existing Act ... More
Radiology meet from January 8 PETROLEUM First LNG tanker to touch Indian shores by Jan-end THE Indian shipping industry and the domestic energy sector will have a significant tryst with destiny in the last week of January when the first LNG consignment will touch Indian shores at Dahej. The cargo will be carried by the 1.35 lakh ... More
Govt may raise OIL's equity in Numaligarh Refinery: Shourie
PSU index touches new high as oil stocks gain
TN petro dealers' plea to oil cos POWER LS passes Electricity Bill THE Lok Sabha today passed three amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003. The amendments seek to dilute the anti-theft provisions to avert misuse, set a three-to-five years timeframe for introduction of the `Open Access' scheme and clip the ... More
Power tariff hike likely in Kerala next year TAXATION Refund of service tax on inputs used for service exports soon SERVICE providers can soon claim refunds on the service tax paid by them on the "input services" that are used to provide their exported "output service". For instance, refund can be claimed on the service tax paid on telephones that are used ... More SSI Wet grinder makers to join foundry units stir THE proposed strike on Monday by the medium and big foundry units in Coimbatore in support of the striking tiny and small foundries is snowballing into a bigger stir with the wet grinder manufacturers too joining the strike. The Coimbatore Wet ... More
SME seminar BREWERIES Nepal to emerge as sourcing base for beer? AFTER vanaspati and acrylic yarn makers, it may well be brewers who would be queuing up next to set up manufacturing facilities in Nepal to service the large Indian market. The reason: the Finance Ministry's decision to exempt beer imported from ... More RADIO/TV State-level panels mooted for CAS implementation IT was stocktaking time by the State and Central Government on the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS). And the emphasis was on proper dissemination of information. According to multi-system operators (MSOs), questions on ... More EDUCATION Andhra Bank donates Rs 81 lakh to B-school ANDHRA Bank has donated Rs 81 lakh towards building fund of the School of Management and Business Administration of Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati. The Andhra Bank Executive Director, Mr R. Balakrishnan, handed over the draft for Rs 81 ... More
Pollachi college signs MoU with Canadian institution MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS BoI takes over hospital for dues BANKS have started to leap forward by taking possession of properties of wilful defaulters of loans under the Securitisation Act, 2002. Bank of India for instance, has taken possession of all the securities of M.K. Selvaraj Children's Hospital ... More
Facelift for NIMS LEATHER Bengal warns of action against tanneries for non-compliance THE West Bengal government is contemplating to take stern action against the owners of tanneries, who have failed to relocate their operations to the Calcutta Leather Complex (CLC). According to Dr Sabyasachi Sen, Principal Secretary, ... More CINEMA NTR award for Raj Kumar HYDERABAD: Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and well-known Kannada film actor, Dr Raj Kumar, has been selected for the prestigious NTR National Film Award for the year 2002. Instituted by the Andhra Pradesh Government, the award carries Rs ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT `Corporate India gearing up for Rural Olympics' AFTER successfully demonstrating the vast and untapped potential in the rural markets through self-help groups that have an attractive corpus of over Rs 1,600-crore and made several insurance, micro-finance and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) ... More EVENTS `Reforms must percolate to all levels of Govt' THE Indian pharmaceutical industry has succeeded not because of Government and financial institutions but in spite of them, said Mr K. Varaprasad Reddy, Shanta Biotechnics' Managing Director, on the second day of the Madras Management ... More
Management students told to change mindset ENTREPRENEURSHIP International women entrepreneurs' meet gets under way WOMEN entrepreneurs today demanded they should be provided with an access to financial resources and linkages with agencies to facilitate exports to help support their initiatives. Addressing the international symposium of women entrepreneurs ... More INCOME TAX Assocham seeks upward revision in I-T slabs THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has sent a proposal to the Government to discontinue with the surcharge levied earlier temporarily, revise upward the income-tax slabs and reduce the corporate tax from 35 per cent to 30 ... More TOURISM Galileo-Express award HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Tourism has bagged the Galileo-Express Travel and Tourism Award for `Best Technology Practices' instituted by Express Travel and Tourism. Ms Chandana Khan, Principal Secretary for Tourism (Government of Andhra ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Steel Industry in 2003 Outsourcing backlash Stamp paper scam Housing finance scenario Insurance Round-up — 2003 Organic farming The Cable tangle Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma Rising intolerance (The Hindu) Vaishnavaite Temples in Tamil Nadu (The Hindu) Saivite Temples in Tamil Nadu (The Hindu) In Depth Insurance Corner Swati CA Simple Economics Slowburn Tax Talk NRIs & Investment Avenues Iraq Diary Looking back Dec. 7-Dec. 13 Koodankulam to have 4 more reactors Sugar exports losing momentum CAS: Several issues unresolved as date with Delhi nears `EPF claims to be settled in days' Oil Ministry moots cut in duties — Move may hit refining margins Bengal leads in small savings, lags in industrialisation `US plan to cut tariff may push steel prices up' Pharma sector can double market size in 7 yrs, says Ranbaxy CEO Industrial growth slips to 5.4 per cent in Oct |
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