The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 07, 2004

ECONOMY
World Bank to double lending to $3 billion
WORLD Bank will double its lending in the country from $1.4 billion a year to $3 billion per annum from 2004-05, according to the Bank's Country Director, Mr Michael F. Carter. Delivering the C.C. Desai memorial lecture here on Friday, Mr ... More

HEALTH
Too much salt is bad for health: UK agency
TOO much salt is injurious to health. Food Standards Agency (FSA) of the United Kingdom recently started a major salt campaign that aims to reduce high salt consumption. Eating too much salt is a significant risk factor in developing high blood ... More

PSU
Will the new board help reconstruction of PSUs?
THE approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for the establishment of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) has marked the first step towards redeeming the promise made by the Union Finance ... More

PETROLEUM
Petro price hike adds to woes of FMCG, consumer durable cos
IT is like the proverbial cup of woes running over. Even as FMCG companies have been trying to absorb the steep input cost increases over the last three to four months, the Government's decision to hike petroleum and diesel prices appears to be ... More

TAXATION
`States may have to wait till April 2006 to levy service tax'
STATE Governments may have to wait till April 2006 before they are allowed to levy tax on services. Setting to rest all doubts about the implementation of a value added tax (VAT) regime from April 1, 2005, Mr Ramesh Chandra, Member Secretary, ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Chinese firm gets FIPB nod for motorcycle engines plant
IT'S now official. The Chinese dragon is finally all set to get a toehold in the Indian two-wheeler market. After several rejections, the largest private sector motorcycle manufacturer in China, Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Company Ltd, has ... More

IPR
`Registrar can reject application for trademark'
IN a case where an application for registration of a trademark had been made to the Registrar of Trade Marks, and the Registrar had ordered advertisement of the said application under sub-section (1) of Section 20 of the Trade and Merchandise ... More

TOURISM
Rail-link to southern tourist spots planned
THE Union Tourism Minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, has said her Ministry proposes to introduce a train to be called `Southern Splendour' to link major tourism spots in south India. The fare of the train would be "affordable" so as to attract ... More

Task force set up to study medical tourism issues
THE Government is planning to constitute a joint task force consisting of experts from both health and tourism to examine issues concerning medical tourism. This was decided in a meeting between the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr ... More