Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY BUDGET 
Budget 2005-06: Stage-managed humanenessBudget 2005-06, it is claimed, has substantially increased allocations for growth and human development, even while continuing with tax reform and ensuring fiscal prudence. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the evolution of the tax, expenditure and deficit financing regime to assess the claim. More ECONOMY Kerala CM stresses on private sector role in industry THE Kerala Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, has stressed the need for private participation in the State's industrial development. Inaugurating an industrial park of Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) at ... More ENVIRONMENT Global warming affecting Kerala weather: Expert Planners and decision-makers have to be realistic, and come to terms with the fact that alternating deluges and droughts would be a normal occurrence from now on. More
AP Govt to set up Rs 600-cr sewerage treatment plants INFRASTRUCTURE 
`Forex reserves need not be used for infrastructure projects'`At present there is ample liquidity in the system.' More
New integrated township coming up in Asansol PETROLEUM Oil companies seek fuel price hike VEHICLE users can expect an increase in petrol and diesel prices next month. According to Dr N. Kannan, IOC's Director (Marketing), oil companies have requested the Government to allow them to hike in prices to cut their losses. The Government ... More
Indian Oil, IBP to lose Rs 8,800 cr on subsidies, under-recoveries
India can deal with rising oil prices: Aiyar POWER NTPC's distribution arm to assume control of Mescom THE NTPC Electricity Supply Company Ltd (NESCL) is on the verge of assuming control of the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom). State Government sources said that the tentative date for transfer of the assets has been fixed at for ... More TAXATION 
VAT on course from April 1; more sops for traders on cardsTHE State-level value-added tax (VAT) regime would take off across the country from April 1, irrespective of whether Uttar Pradesh and a few other "recalcitrant" States come on board or not. Fresh sweeteners are also now being put in place by ... More TEXTILES `NTC land sale only via tender route' THE Union Textile Minister, Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, has reiterated that the sale of surplus land owned by National Textile Corporation (NTC) would only be through outright tender process and all transactions in this regard would be ... More
COAL Coal linkages may go for users except power sector — Sourcing likely through Coal India e-auction THE Government plans to delink all core sector consumers of coal, except the power sector, from the existing coal linkages. Instead, they will be asked to buy from Coal India Ltd (CIL) through an electronic auction process. The core sectors ... More MANAGEMENT IIM-C to launch `Global Managers Program' course THE Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) is launching a one-year course for senior and top management executives from the academic session beginning July. The Global Managers Program will be spread over five semesters and cover ... More RADIO/TV Now pay channel broadcasters seek guarantee fees from cable operators THE relationship between the broadcasters and the cable industry is quite like that between Tom and Jerry. Just a few months ago, the cable service providers were pampered with high carriage fees paid by certain broadcasters to ensure that ... More EDUCATION Karnataka: 885 schools get into Edusat loop AS many as 885 primary schools in Chamarajanagar district came into the satellite-based tele-education or Edusat loop here on Monday. The programmes beamed through satellite will supplement curriculum-based teaching in these predominantly ... More GEMS & JEWELLERY Excise duty will bring discipline to jewellery trade THE Indian jewellery market is highly fragmented and largely decentralised. The gold jewellery market, in particular, operates on the basis of trust and established relationship between the jeweller or goldsmith and the customer. Significant ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS READYMADE GARMENTS Ladies garments top apparel exports INDIAN apparel exports are witnessing the emergence of a strong clientele among women in the US and the European Union (EU). The ladies' products category, which accounted for exports worth nearly $2 billion last year, is billed as the top ... More GENDER These women storm a `secure' male bastion NEETA Rokade had always dreamt of joining the police force. Coming from a poor economic background and being only a matriculate, her dream got a quiet burial. Then came the break. A year ago, she took up a job as a security guard at the In Orbit ... More
AP Govt to release Rs 7.5 cr to SHGs to mark Women's Day
Women's corporate network to be launched today RURAL DEVELOPMENT Establish knowledge centres in villages: Kalam THE President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Monday called on innovators to select "difficult areas" in order to trigger all-round development, and emphasised the establishment of village knowledge centres which would act as an interface for economic ... More
Need to impart special training to upgrade skills of rural youth stressed HUMAN RESOURCES Education outsourcing wave set to hit India SKILLED manpower in India is a major attraction for foreign entrepreneurs to set up operations here. Now, Indian entrepreneurs are latching on to the very people who give India its skilled manpower - namely, skilled teachers. Tuitions ... More EVENTS Madurai to host meet on `Business with USA' `There are significant opportunities to benefit from the US knowhow, technology, plant and equipment in a number of services including management'. More
INCOME TAX Soften burden of fringe benefit tax: ICAI CHARTERED accountants on Monday urged the Finance Ministry to soften the burden of the proposed fringe benefit tax (FBT) regime on small employers. The members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) made this representation ... More
`Rebate method scrapped as it is not compatible with EET' EXPORTS & IMPORTS Five traditional items propel export growth JUST five traditional items accounting for almost three-fourth of the country's aggregate exports played a dominant part in propelling the export growth to 28.12 per cent in dollar terms during the first seven months of the current fiscal. They ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Feb. 27-Mar. 5 UP, Bihar get 30 pc of tax devolutions Gold retail investment demand remains strong Cotton yarn exports begin to dip as made-ups make headway Drug cos hope to cash in on anti-tobacco drives Sharp fall in LPG demand upsets refiners' plans Real estate sector cries foul Centre's market borrowings may rise 68 pc next fiscal Corporate income-tax — A mix of lower tax shelters & rates A recast of personal taxation Law soon to allow banks to issue pref shares Tax savings: Choices galore Exporters not enthused by Budget plans Experts seek rollback of cash withdrawal tax Fringe tax to bite deeper into smaller IT cos `In the right direction for hardware sector' Partnership firms will have to file I-T returns Coal stock position `super critical' at 8 thermal stations Service tax exemption on forex payments to go The logic of tax on fringe benefits, savings TN zone export units' turnover to cross Rs 5,000 cr TN trade, industry bodies want quick shift to VAT Fringe benefit still gives drug industry the chill Software exports from TN to touch Rs 10,000 cr |
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