Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AWARDS & HONOURS BUDGET Pre-budget talks: Chidambaram to meet industry captains today TAKING the consultative dialogue of the pre-Budget exercise forward, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, is all set to meet the captains of trade and industry, on Tuesday. This pre-Budget consultation with industry comes at a time ... More
FIEO for reducing transaction costs in exports ECONOMY `Coalition politics does not hinder development' COALITION politics, which has now come to stay in the Indian political scene, per se does not hinder economic development. It rather renders stability of some sort, though in the final analysis, it actually boils down to implementation of ... More
ENVIRONMENT More time likely for Kerala industries to meet environment norms INDUSTRIAL units in Kerala that were ordered to close down by March this year for failing to meet various environmental norms may receive more time to comply with environmental guidelines, said Dr D. B. Boralkar, a member of the Supreme Court ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Excise payments: NSDL to take up pilot project on data collection NATIONAL Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) may play an important role in the coming months in helping the revenue department collect real-time data on excise duty payments made through various bank branches of the country. "A pilot project is to ... More FOREIGN TRADE India, Italy to step up co-operation INDIA and Italy have resolved to step up bilateral trade flows as a common goal for mutual benefit and reinforcement of political links. This is indicated in the agreed minutes of the just-ended sixteenth session of the India-Italy Joint ... More
India must buy US products to make up for outsourcing job loss: Blackwill
Rise in Indo-Pak trade key to resolving issues: Kamal Nath INFRASTRUCTURE Land use conversion to develop industrial estate in Coimbatore approved THE nearly three-year wait for the approval of the State Government for land use conversion to establish a private industrial estate close to Coimbatore has ended with the Government according permission to the plan . The promoters of the ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Patents Ordinance 2004 — Relief for generic drug-makers The recently amended patent legislation may be beneficial to generic drug manufacturers, who may be able to breathe easy for a few more years. More POWER KSEB to seek regional status for Kayamkulam plant IN order to reduce the huge financial commitment on account of the "dedicated" nature of the NTPC Kayamkulam thermal station, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is seeking to get it converted into a regional station. The entire power ... More TAXATION Call for voluntary compliance of service tax MR Onkar Nath, Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise (Hyderabad), has called for voluntary compliance of service tax by all service providers. Addressing an interactive session on service tax with members of the Federation of Andhra ... More TEXTILES Synthetic, rayon textile exports may fall short of target SYNTHETIC and rayon textile exports will perhaps not achieve this fiscal's target of $2,200 million. One of the most promising segments of the textile industry, the synthetic textiles segment was affected by a number of factors such as the 45 ... More
An apparel park with a marked difference SSI High-level task force to monitor Kerala SSI sector THE State Government has constituted a high-level task force, with the Chief Minister as its Chairman and the Industries Minister as Vice-Chairman, for the overall development of small-scale industries in the State. A decision in this regard ... More EDUCATION Slew of proposals at education seminar ESTABLISHMENT of an operational secretariat for E-9 countries, preparation of online resource materials for capacity building and keeping in place a mechanism for documentation and dissemination of best practices were among the several proposals ... More
`Private sector cannot replace role of States in higher education'
GEMS & JEWELLERY 
Losing sheenDiamond cutting in progress at a unit in Thrissur. The workers were on strike for several days demanding higher wages. Diamond cutting and polishing industry, spread over five panchayats in Thrissur district, is losing out to its counterparts in ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION AP CM lays foundation stone for academy of land information THE Chief Minister, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Monday laid the foundation stone for new buildings of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Land Information Management (AALIM) at Gachibowli on the outskirts of the State capital. The academy, being ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS CII summit in Kolkata from tomorrow THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate the 11th Partnership Summit, the flagship event of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to be held in Kolkata from January 12 to 14. The summit, to be held Kolkata after eight years, ... More MINING & QUARRYING IT programme for mining executives THE Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI) has emphasised the need for familiarisation with the use of information technology in the mining industry, so as to improve productivity and safety in mining operations. In a bid .. More IPR Patents definition: Waiting for clearer picture WITH the product patent regime in place, all eyes are on how the Government grants patents to the over 4,500 applications pending in the mail box. While the domestic pharmaceutical industry has been maintaining that the Ordinance does not ... More
Music cos want to be treated on par with other IPR industries EVENTS International convention centre planned THE Kerala Government is establishing a modern international convention centre complex here with public-private partnership on a build-own-operate-transfer basis. The complex is proposed to be located on a 46-acre land adjacent to the Aakulam ... More
SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT Chidambaram urges students to chip in for society, research WHILE hailing the Indian intellectual prowess and knowledge, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, advised the student community to visualise the future on a broad perspective. "Do not miss opportunities. Give up the self-centric or ... More INCOME TAX PSBs nonchalant over sunset clause on NPAs PUBLIC sector banks are unlikely to be impacted by the sunset clause in the Income-Tax Act on provisions for non-performing assets. Under Section 36 (I, vii-a ) of the IT Act, bankers were allowed an income tax deduction of up to 10 per cent on ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES Swaminathan foundation proposes new approach to rehabilitate tsunami victims A NEW twist to food-for-work programme as a part of rehabilitation of tsunami victims and strengthening coastal ecology as a defence against sea water intrusion were some of the short term and long term measures suggested for handling such ... More
Commerce Ministry presents Rs 1.05 cr to PM for tsunami relief
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