The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 21, 2004

POLICY
Dena Bank gets nod for 2nd public offer
THE Union Government has given its approval to Dena Bank for its second public issue. The issue is for an aggregate value of Rs 80 crore, comprising eight crore equity shares of Rs 10 each, the bank has informed the BSE. The meeting of the ... More

POLITICS
AP: War of words over diversion of food-for-work rice
THE diversion of two lakh tonnes of `food-for-work' rice continues to prompt heated arguments between the Congress Government and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Mr K. Rosaiah, Finance Minister, ridiculed TDP's argument that it was not wrong in ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Onion out of essential commodities list
IN a thanksgiving of sorts to the rural electorate of Maharashtra that paved the way for its recent assembly elections victory, the Centre on Wednesday approved deletion of onion from the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 ... More

E-GOVERNANCE
Maran unveils State-wide area network initiative
WITH a view to promoting spread of high-speed network connectivity for government-to-government communication up to the block level, the Government on Wednesday announced a State-wide area network (SWAN) policy, entailing an investment of Rs ... More

`Gov' to be less smart and more caring now
THE Congress Government's eagerness to shed the `hyped' IT-savvy image of its Telugu Desam predecessor was apparent today with a change of name for SmartGov, one of the pet projects of the former Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu. The ... More

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