Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, March 18, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, March 18, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT `Employment schemes can help check distress migration' THE Planning Commission Member, Prof Abhijit Sen, said that employment generation schemes are helpful in arresting distress migration of people from rural to urban areas and the proposed National Employment Guarantee Act would also have a similar ... More NRIS NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Wind power body seeks restoration of turbine generators under TUFS THE Indian Wind Power Association, a representative body of those who have put up wind turbines, has urged the Textile Ministry to permit wind turbine generators to be installed under the Technology Upgradation Fund (TUF) for the textile ... More ANTI-DUMPING Dumping duty on poultry feed vitamin may go THE anti-dumping duty on the vitamin used as an ingredient in poultry feed is set to go. The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended that the definitive duty imposed on imported Vitamin AB2D3K from the European Union, the US ... More BUDGET Goa Budget proposes no fresh levies THE 2005-06 Goa Budget presented in Parliament proposes no fresh levies but leaves an overall surplus estimated at Rs 104.64 crore with the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, seeking a "vote on account" for the first five months of the ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Cabinet nod for SAARC pact on customs THE Union Cabinet has given its nod for signing the SAARC Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance in customs matters. An official release said that this agreement would help in obtaining reliable, quick and cost-effective information ... More FOREIGN TRADE India-Japan bilateral trade must be FDI-based, says Kamal Nath THE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Kamal Nath, today said the emphasis of India-Japan bilateral trade should be foreign direct investment-based and not official development assistance (ODA)-based. "India is one of the largest ODA ... More
Cabinet nod to ink PTA annexes with Latam trading bloc HEALTH Rallying the fighting spirit For 25 years now, Shanthi Ranganathan has given solid support and succour to those battling alcoholism and substance abuse. More
FDA to put more baby products under scanner
J&J to state its position soon
Metropolis Health Services to set up pathlabs overseas PETROLEUM Reliance refining margins rise as light, heavy crude prices diverge THE price variation between `heavy' and `light' crude which continues in the $8-$10 range in the international market - with the former being the cheaper variety — has helped Reliance Industries Ltd secure, in the current year, better ... More
Secretaries panel takes up oil, gas sector Regulatory Board Bill PLASTICS Feather-derived plastic! IF any one thought that chicken feathers are mere waste, think again. That's because soon you could commercially have plastic derived from feathers of chicken. Scientists of the Agricultural Research Service, an arm of the US Department of ... More POWER Maharashtra to borrow Rs 500 cr to boost power supply THE Maharashtra Energy Minister, Mr Dilip Walse-Patil, said on Thursday that the State will improve the availability of power and will terminate the practice of load shedding in the next five years. Making a statement in the State legislature ... More
Essar Power owes Rs 1,200 cr to Gujarat Electricity Board: Panel
`India lags in tapping hydropower potential'
KSEB moves to generate 342 mu additional power STEEL Revised Rly demurrage rates may affect SAIL THE recent upward revision of demurrage rates and the reduction in free time for wagons by the Railways has dealt a serious blow to the public sector Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). According to one estimate, SAIL may be required to cough ... More TAXATION Chidambaram promises `good news' on cash withdrawal tax THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday hinted at a softening of the Budget proposal to impose 0.1 per cent tax on bank cash withdrawals of Rs 10,000 and more in a single day. "The tax (Banking Cash Transaction Tax) is not being ... More
Cash withdrawal tax clause: Govt adding to its tax burden?
No such thing as free lunch
Chemists, druggists on strike for single-point levy of VAT TEXTILES Textile exports may breach $70-b mark by 2014: Study THE Indian textile industry has the potential to breach the $70-billion mark in exports by 2014, according to the Exim Bank's latest study titled `Textile exports: Post-MFA scenario — Opportunities and challenges'. Following the phasing ... More
Textile exporters call for review of duty drawback scheme SSI CII plans cluster projects to help out SMEs IN an attempt to help the small and medium Enterprises (SMEs) improve their competitiveness by reducing cost and by upgrading technology, the Confederation of Indian Industry has planned to establish 100 clusters across the country, of which five ... More TYRES Truck, bus tyre production up year-on-year in Jan TRUCK and bus tyre production continued to be on a roll in January 2005 if one were to go by the latest production data released by the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA). For January, the production performance in the truck and ... More COAL PTC to offer coal intermediation services PTC India Ltd (formerly Power Trading Corporation of India Ltd) will shortly begin offering coal intermediation services. That is, it will buy coal from various sources, including from overseas markets, and offer it to coal-based power ... More RADIO/TV Govt may jam hostile propaganda through media — Monitoring body to come under Home Ministry THE Home Ministry jammers are likely to be activated to put an end to hostile television and radio broadcasts. To have a more effective screening of propaganda against the national interest, the Government has decided to move the Central ... More
TDSAT asks Govt to finalise FM radio norms by April 26 EDUCATION FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING What's the alternative? An NGO in Japan rediscovers the goodness of a millet-based Japanese diet... the secret formula for a healthy, long life. More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION IT's good bet for realtors across cities CASH-RICH real estate and construction majors are setting up IT parks across the country on the scale of mass housing. Such is their optimism based on Nasscom projections that properties are being developed regardless of whether there is ... More
Sobha group plans to build mega mall in Bangalore INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS PHDCCI celebrates hundred years THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate on March 21 the centennial celebrations of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The chamber, which was set up in 1905, has planned a series of business and social events during the ... More
FICCI calls for tighter discipline in farm support measures KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Tirupur knitwear units bullish on April-Sept shipments THE job-working knitwear manufacturing units in the hosiery town of Tirupur are bullish on April-September 2005 work orders from garment exporters. They anticipate the quota-free textile regime during this period will bring in 30 per cent growth ... More GENDER Legal training programme for women entrepreneurs MADURAI: The Manonmanian Sundaranar University (MSU) would organise a comprehensive three-day training programme for women entrepreneurs of self-help groups in the districts of Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Tuticorin on personality ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS EVENTS Meet on translational research from tomorrow TAKING the results of basic research from the laboratory to the patients in the shortest period, especially in the medical field, will be the focus of the first, two-day, annual international conference on translational research beginning here ... More
INCOME TAX India Inc wants fringe benefit tax deferred A SECTION of Corporate India on Thursday suggested that fringe benefit tax (FBT) be considered at the time of the introduction of the simplified Income Tax Bill. The FBT provisions are currently part of the Finance Bill 2005. The Finance ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES Proposals to amend Money Laundering Act approved THE Union Cabinet has approved proposals to amend the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A bill for this purpose would be introduced in the current session of Parliament. Besides setting up an Adjudicating Authority and Appellate ... More PEOPLE Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Mar. 6-Mar. 12 `Growth in services will drive manufacturing sector' Chidambaram says no to withdrawal of service tax on forex payments NPCIL's first 540 MW generation unit ready Budget 2005-06: Stage-managed humaneness Ladies garments top apparel exports Refiners not ready to supply BS-II diesel from April 1 — Auto industry worried that new vehicle norms deadline may change Asia to fuel auto demand, says KPMG survey Financiers upbeat on used car loans `Get products with chilli checked for banned dye before exports' PFC, French co, UN eyeing rural electrification pie Higher VAT exemption cap may mean lower Central compensation Newsprint prices to go up by Rs 1,000 a tonne Retailers propose real estate mutual fund Notional disallowance a better bet? |
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