INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
ECONOMY
Access to pvt social infrastructure services limited in India: Study
EVEN as the development of community-level infrastructure for the poor and low-income communities remains a crucial component of the poverty reduction agenda in the country, the quality of services is quite often poor and access to independent ...
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Kerala economy registers 6 pc growth rate
THE Kerala economy registered a growth rate of 6.1 per cent in 2002-03, showing a significant rise from 4 per cent in the previous year. The net State Domestic Product at constant prices (1993-94) was estimated at Rs 37,031.33 crore during the ...
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POWER
AP Transco to cut T&D losses
STEEL
Steel seminar to discuss achieving 100 mt offtake
DELEGATES at the Global Steel Seminar 2004, which is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on January 28-30, will deliberate on how to achieve the national steel policy target of domestic steel consumption of 100 million tonnes by 2018. Around 300 ...
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EDUCATION
Terrorism issues to dominate global students' meet
TERRORISM-related security concerns and its impact on global economy evidently seem to be top of mind not only for top corporate honchos of today, but also for the future leaders of generation-next. At the forthcoming 34th ISC Symposium - ...
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
TN move to set up food park hailed
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Brazil, India forge closer space ties
BRAZIL has signed a framework agreement with New Delhi on co-operation in outer space. By another broad agreement, it also plans to launch a small satellite on an Indian launcher and also set up a ground station in that country to receive earth ...
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SEC Industries - a key defence player
Having created a niche area of technological capability and component fabrication of high quality, SEC is diversifying into more defence applications.
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EVENTS
Castor oil meet to discuss key issues
WHILE global castor oil production has stagnated at around 4.5 lakh tonnes a year for some time now, the end-users are constantly looking for the opportunity to shift to cheaper, steady-priced and more easily accessible alternatives. As a ...
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Training workshop on Agri Database Management
EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Shortfall in European output, avian flu in Asia — Egg product exports may sustain gains
SHELL egg shipments from the country, which have seen streak of gains in recent months, may sustain this trend in the months to come given the shortfall in the egg production in the European sector and the avian flu haunting the South-East Asian ...
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Wheat exports likely to dip by 10 lakh t
WHEAT exports from the country are expected to fall by nearly 10 lakh tonnes this fiscal on the Government's decision to suspend allocation from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stocks and return of countries such as Canada, Argentina and the ...
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Availing Exim benefits: EDI filing must from
Feb 1
COMPULSORY filing of applications by trade in the eastern region, for availing itself of different Exim benefits, through the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system has been made effective from February 1. The Office of Zonal Joint Director ...
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STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
`Radio frequency identification will gain where barcode is not effective'
THE market for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology will grow exponentially, with recent technological improvements yielding larger memory capacities, wider reading ranges, and faster processing. It is, however, unlikely that the ...
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