INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
EMPLOYMENT
Focus on raising farm output, says Montek
FOR many years, Indian economic policies had discriminated against small-scale and labour-intensive production resulting in deceleration in employment growth, said the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia. While ...
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ENVIRONMENT
Approval for 4 task forces for forest management
THE National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board has approved setting up of four national-level task forces for management of forests for provision of local ecological services, afforestation and rehabilitation of problem lands. At its 10th ...
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FOREIGN TRADE
India Inc urged to take advantage of French tech
THE French Minister of External Trade, Mr Francois Loos, has assured the Indian industry of non-discriminatory treatment to all professionals in France and exhorted entrepreneurs to take advantage of France's expertise in cutting edge ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Montek urges role for States in infrastructure development
CALLING for an across-the-board increase in infrastructure services, which is central to all developmental programmes being pursued by both the Centre and the States, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, said ...
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POWER
Capital subsidy on rural power schemes to be increased
THE Government proposes to increase the capital subsidy on schemes such as rural electrification distribution backbone and village electricity infrastructure. The current subsidy of 40 per cent is to be hiked to 90 per cent. According to an ...
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SSI
Manmohan seeks roadmap for unorganised sector
FOR the development of the unorganised sector, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Saturday asked Mr Arjun Sengupta, Chairman of the National Commission for Promotion of Enterprises (NCPE) in the Unorganised and Informal Sector, to prepare ...
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RADIO/TV
India-Bangladesh cricket series no big deal for advertisers
THE Indian cricket team's tour of Bangladesh may not have been the most eagerly awaited series, but the threat by a radical Bangladeshi group on them put the series under the spotlight. And sports broadcaster ESPN-Star Sports is hoping that this ...
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Music channel VH1 launch soon
VH1, the music channel, which takes off where MTV leaves, has finally made it to Indian television. MTV Networks India and Zee-Turner, the distribution arm of Zee Telefilms and Turner International India, have joined hands to bring VH1 into ...
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EDUCATION
Mukesh at convocation, keeps silence
"PLEASE step back, you are interfering in the proceedings, the event is basically for the students, move out of the action zone, please keep quiet, tell me when you are settled so that we can begin, please do not make noise, please move back... ...
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MCX, G.B. Pant varsity to set up krishi kendras
MCX has further strengthened its initiatives in the educational and vocational field, by joining hands with the G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar (Punjab) and the Welingkar Institute of Management (Mumbai). MCX and G.B. Pant University would set ...
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CARS
Chennai port holds decision to cut charges for Hyundai cars
THE Chennai Port Trust has decided to put on hold its earlier decision to cut the wharfage charges and vessel-related charges for export of Hyundai cars through the port after the South Korean car maker back-tracked on certain conditions that ...
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NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING
Award for excellence in business journalism
Mr C.R.L. Narasimhan, Business Editor of The Hindu, has been awarded the `Excellence in Business Journalism Award for the year 2003-04' by the Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) here. The ABCI is a 49-year-old ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Kamal Nath sets merchandise export targets till 2008-09
BUOYED by the good performance of exports in the past couple of years, the Government on Saturday announced the merchandise export targets for the next four financial years starting from 2005-06. It had pegged the export target for the current ...
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TOURISM
French hotel steps in to lure Indian travellers
WHILE a lot has been written about the expensive tastes and buying capacity of the Indian traveller abroad, this could well rank as his highest acknowledgement yet. The Hotel Plaza Athénée, a top-of-the-line French hotel, has sent its ...
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Singapore to tap more tourists through `fashion festival'
THE Singapore Tourism Board foresees Indian tourists as major audiences for the upcoming `Singapore Fashion Festival' to be organised in Singapore between March 25 and April 2, 2005. A preview of the designs and themes to be showcased at the ...
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