The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Cruise missiles in sub-continent — The Sino-Pakistani nexus
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India. This considered with Beijing's opposition to a Permanent Security Council Membership f or India suggests a continuing Chinese aim to "contain" India by encouraging Pakistan to seek "parity" with it. This means New Delhi must be realistic about Beijing's aims and intentions before normalising relations. It would be good to develop a nat ional consensus on this issue. More

POLICY

Parliament nod for commercial use of railway lands
PARLIAMENT has approved a legislation to set up the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) to commercially utilise the vacant railway lands across the country. The Railway (Amendment) Bill 2004, which had earlier been cleared by the Lok ... More

Listing of nutritional value on food packs to become mandatory
DO you know the amount of carbohydrates in a pack of potato chips? Or the proteins present in one serving of ready-to-eat pasta. Such information will now have to be available to the consumer soon. The Health Ministry is planning to make it ... More

Centre clears 47 more SEZs
APPROVAL has been granted for the setting up of 47 new SEZs based on proposals received from State governments and private promoters, the Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, has said. Of the 47 SEZs approved for establishment, three ... More

Input output norms notified for 17 new export items
THE Government has notified additional standard input output norms for 17 new export items. Of them, seven norms related to chemicals and allied products, three to engineering products, two to food products and the remaining five related to ... More

KVIC amendment Bill introduced
THE Government today introduced in Parliament the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2005, which seeks not only to make the tenure of Chairman and members subject to the pleasure of the Central Government, but also limits ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

JAC rejects AP Govt offer
HYDERABAD: Turning down the State Government's fitment offer of 12.5 per cent hike in pay scales, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of State Government employees has asserted that it would go on strike from September 5. The JAC would not ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

Pilot project for online motor claims processing under way
THIS might bring a smile to car owners who have waited endlessly for their motor claims to be settled. A few general insurers and car dealers are in pilot projects to assess online processing of motor claims. This means that once a vehicle's ... More

PEOPLE

Cabinet clears appointment of 2 new Secretaries
THE Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, Mr Madhukar Gupta, has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Fertilisers in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. The Chairman of the Tariff Commission, Mr Ashok Kumar ... More

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