The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 26, 2004

ANTI-DUMPING
Commerce Ministry moots dumping duty on potassium carbonate
THE Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on potassium carbonate from the European Union, China, Korea and Taiwan. The product under probe pertains to a white, deliquescent ... More

ECONOMY
Agri, pharma, energy sectors vital to spur growth: Kalam
THE President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today said sectors such as agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals and science and technology should enhance efficiency and productivity to facilitate a faster growth of national development. Interest rates ... More

Kerala most self-reliant among southern States, says CII study
KERALA, which fares poorly when it comes to other fiscal indicators like fiscal deficit, revenue deficit and the level of debt, interestingly stands tall among the southern States in terms of self-reliance, which means lesser assistance form the ... More

Industrial output rising: CII survey
The fastest growing sector was automobiles (37.4 per cent growth) while medium and heavy commercial vehicles grew by 35.3 per cent. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Good response to Kochi B2B meet
THE Kerala Business to Business Meet 2004, which is scheduled to be held at the International Convention Centre here between February 19-21, is evoking good response from both within and outside the country. Buyers from across Europe, the US, ... More

Croatia ready for tie-ups
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chamber of Commerce, Thiruvananthapuram, has launched an initiative to establish trade links and explore scope of joint ventures in tourism with the Republic of Croatia. As part of the initiative, a ... More

HEALTH
Meat prices to soar as Thailand reports bird flu
HUMAN health concerns have become a serious issue for consideration by governments in many Asian countries following detection of bird flu in a number of countries in the region. As health authorities desperately try to control the disease, ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
RBI sets up panels to examine States' infrastructure projects
The RBI Governor urged the States to adopt the model Fiscal Responsibility Bill, both in letter and spirit. More

School building construction
VISAKHAPATNAM: Round Table India is taking up construction of buildings for 1,500 schools all over the country at a cost of Rs 180 crore during the next five years. At a press meet here on Saturday, Mr R. Girish, President, said the ... More

PSU
Kerala PSEs incur net loss of Rs 219 crore
THE public sector enterprises in the State incurred a net loss of Rs 219.23 crore in 2002-03. The performance of the PSUs was, however, slightly better than the previous year when the net loss amounted to Rs 227.87 crore. The combined turnover ... More

STEEL
Global steel price rise likely to hit imports
FOR the first time in recent years, international steel prices have increased to a level higher than domestic prices, making steel imports an uneconomic proposition. During the past 15 days, the average international price of hot rolled steel ... More

WATER
Water, water, everywhere
NOR any drop to drink, as the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in The Ancient Mariner. Closer home in Kerala, in Plachimada in Palakkad district, poets of a more contemporary era rubbed shoulders with writers, farmers, villagers and ... More

EDUCATION
Fee reduction — How will IIMs bridge the revenue loss?
IT has been an eventful year for the IIMs. A time when they have had to shield blows at regular intervals. And now, when they are just recovering from the exam paper leak scandal, the Union Minister for Human Resources, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, ... More

ALUMINIUM
Alumina: Logistic constraints and forward selling
A SPOT price of around $400 a tonne of alumina, the intermediate chemical used in aluminium smelters, will give the impression that the refineries turning bauxite into the chemical are reaping huge profits. That would ... More

MINING & QUARRYING
Mamata assures funds for modernisation of Geological Survey
THERE will be no shortage of funds for the exploration of new areas, modernisation and technological upgradation of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), according to Ms Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister for Coal and Mines. She was addressing the ... More

DISINVESTMENT
Meet on FACT divestment
KOCHI: A meeting to discuss the issues related to the disinvestment of FACT will be held on January 27 at the District Congress Committee office, Kochi. Representatives of the various trade unions and other organisations involved with the ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Nabard sanctions Rs 234 cr to AP
HYDERABAD: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 218.04 crore as loan assistance to the Andhra Pradesh Government for implementing soil and moisture conservation projects and construction of ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
HR meet analyses problems, solutions
THE National HR Conclave organised by Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) at Chennai , has offered interesting insights into how organisations coped with the variety of HR problems faced by them. Speaking at the first session ... More

EVENTS
IIM Kozhikode's festival begins
KOCHI: IIM Kozhikode's annual management and cultural festival `Backwaters' got under way in at the Institute's new campus, in which more than 200 participants from India's top B-Schools have gathered to pit their minds against each other ... More

Engagements

In Hyderabad today

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
India, Brazil taking youth entrepreneurship forward
All the countries are facing the same barriers to youth employment and need that extra thrust to integrate self-made entrepreneurs into the economic mainstream. More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Concern over rising crude olein imports
AFTER dipping to an average of 20,000 tonnes a month during August-October 2003, import of crude palmolein into the country has started to show signs of expansion. In November, the inflow of this particular variety of oil recorded 27,430 tonnes ... More