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NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Govt to allocate Rs 250 crore for hydrogen energy projects
THE Government has decided to allocate Rs 250 crore for projects taken up under the hydrogen energy programme over the next three years. The projects include Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) plan to make available hydrogen-blended CNG fuel ... More

ECONOMY
Kerala to set up department for programme implementation
THE State Government has decided to set up a separate Monitoring and Programme Implementation Department that will concern itself with the nitty-gritty of pursuing specific developmental milestones that the former has promised to negotiate within ... More

FICCI to help refurbish Brand Karnataka
FICCI has offered to work with the State Government and help polish Brand Karnataka internationally. The exercise would go beyond Bangalore, to across Karnataka and all its competences. The apex body has proposed to hold a joint a Business ... More

ENGINEERING
Fabrication design centre at Tiruchi
A common design centre for fabrication units was inaugurated at Tiruchi recently. The design centre is promoted by the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd Small Scale Industries Association (BHEL SSIA), an umbrella organisation of BHEL. Equipped ... More

ENVIRONMENT
CII workshop in Kochi on hazardous waste
CII-Kerala has initiated efforts to bring together industry, NGO, environmental activists, local communities, the Pollution Control Board and the Government to form a charter for synergising industry and environment. In association with the ... More

Green debate
Environmentalist and leader of Chipko Movement, Mr Sunderlal Bahuguna, at the discussion on Millennial Reflections on Right Livelihood Alternatives for the 21st Century at the Centre for Chemical and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad on Wednesday. ... More

AP: Ship-breakers dispute claims of environmental damage
SHIP-BREAKING is ecologically safe and quite suitable for Kakinada coast and there is no room for apprehensions on any count, according to the Andhra Pradesh Ship-breakers' Association. At a press meet here on Wednesday, Mr Jagadish Parekh, ... More

CII-Godrej Green Biz Summit next week
ENTHUSED by the response to the Green Business Summit organised last year, the CII-Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) has decided to institutionalise the event and is now organising its second edition from September 21 to 23 here. Announcing ... More

HEALTH
Setting up AIIMS-like hospitals — Pvt cos want good return on investments
PUBLIC-private partnership is the way to go with the private health sector willing to partner whole hog with the Government to set up six AIIMS-like hospitals, as suggested recently by the Prime Minister. But it would like to seek adequate return ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Long-term funding for infrastructure projects — SBI working on take-out deals
IDBI expressed concern over defaults by State government entities in meeting their payment obligations, failure to finalise escrow mechanisms for power sector and moves to rewrite power purchase agreements. More

Land re-classification delay holds up industrial estate plan
THE delay on the part of the Tamil Nadu Government in notifying change in the classification of land — from agricultural land to industrial land — is holding up the formation of a private industrial estate, estimated to attract an ... More

POWER
Kerala Electricity Employees' union welcomes Minister's stand
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Electricity Employees' Confederation (KEEC) has welcomed the Electricity Minister, Mr Aryadan Mohammed's reiteration of the policy stance that the public utility, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), ... More

`Power utilities keen on offering good service'
POWER utilities in the State have developed the system of providing power connections within 24 hours in urban areas where additional poles are not required, according to the Chairperson and Managing Director of Transmission Corporation of AP ... More

STEEL
BIS to develop India-specific norms for auto steel
THE Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will develop India-specific standards for steel to be used in automobiles manufactured in the country. This will be applicable to all automobiles, including two-wheelers and tractors. BIS, however, will try ... More

TAXATION
Service tax: AIMTC objects to panel composition
SERVICE tax on the goods transport agencies is turning out to be highly taxing for the Government. Days after successfully neutralising the week-long transporters' strike, the Finance Ministry is once again at the receiving end with the All-India ... More

IATO wants service tax on inbound tourists withdrawn
THE Indian Association of Tour Operators has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, seeking his intervention for the withdrawal of the service tax imposed by the Centre on inbound tourists. A statement issued by the association ... More

SSI
Industry body urges VSP to allot space for ancillary park
THE Federation of Andhra Pradesh Industries (FAPI) has asked the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant authorities to encourage ancillary units and downstream industries by allocating site within the plant for a park. At a press meet here on Tuesday, Mr ... More

SIDBI venture fund for SMEs to take off this month
THE Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is setting up a venture capital fund targeted specifically at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Speaking at the FICCI conference on banking here on Wednesday, Mr V.K. ... More

WATER
Single-window AP borewells scheme
IN a bid to regulate and offer hassle-free clearances for digging of borewells, the State Government will launch a single-window scheme at the mandal level. The scheme, which also provides insurance cover, will allow farmers to get clearances ... More

RADIO/TV
Bombay High Court asks BCCI not to grant telecast rights till case is over
THE Bombay High Court on Wednesday told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not to award the broadcast rights for cricket matches from October 2004 to September 2008 till the petition filed by ESPN-Star Sports is heard and disposed ... More

EDUCATION
New Zealand education fair in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: `New Zealand Education Fairs 2004' will be organised in Hyderabad on September 17. Representatives from over 20 educational institutions from New Zealand will participate in the fair. Mr Simon Smith, Service Manager for New ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY
IA ban on `bulk valuable cargo' hits bullion trade
THE non-acceptance of `bulk valuable cargo' by Indian Airlines (IA) has put the stakeholders of bullion trade in this part of the country in a quandary. They believe that the ban imposed during the last week of August could have been due to the ... More

Diamond jewellery exhibition planned in Chandigarh
AASTHA, an international diamond jewellery brand with operations spread over 22 countries, is going to hold an exhibition at the Hotel Mount View here. Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, Mr Ashok Jain, Managing Director of Aastha, ... More

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