The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 21, 2004

POLICY
Bill to set up Rail Land Development Authority introduced in RS
THE Union Government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Rajya Sabha to establish Rail Land Development Authority, which would enable Railways to use its land for commercial purposes for generating revenues by non-tariff measures. The Railways ... More

Finance Ministry defends Damodaran's move to step down
THE Ministry of Finance today defended the IDBI Chairman, Mr M. Damodaran's move to relinquish charge as Administrator of Specified Undertaking of UTI (SUUTI or UTI-I) and as Chairman of UTI Mutual Fund, and hinted that the move was not linked to ... More

TAXATION
VAT Ordinance to be promulgated in State next month
THE Andhra Pradesh Government will promulgate an Ordinance in January 2005 to pave the way for value-added tax (VAT) regime. The Minister for Commercial Taxes, Mr Konathala Ramakrishna, told presspersons here on Monday that the Government would ... More

E-GOVERNANCE
Bangalore set to go `online' from April
STARTING April next, 15 minutes is all Bangaloreans will have to wait to pay their power, water, phone bills; submit passport forms; pay property tax or get land-related services. All this will be at a single, citizen-friendly centre where they ... More

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