The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 06, 2005

Ma Foi to convert quarterly employment survey to half-yearly
MA Foi, the Chennai-based human resource services provider, will convert its quarterly MEtS (Ma Foi Employment Survey) into a half-yearly exercise and align it with National Sample Survey indicators to make it more effective. The survey would ... More

INVESTMENTS

North saves more than South: study
The study focused on the spending patterns of 12,180 homes across 67 sample towns in four regions of the country. More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY

Panel soon to promote jatropha for bio-diesel
THE Minister for Petroleum and Panchayati Raj, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, today announced that a high-level committee would be constituted to promote cultivation of jatropha and other plants, which could be used for bio-diesel production in the ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

`India's trade with SAARC region up 19%'
INDIA'S trade with SAARC countries has gone up by 19 per cent in dollar terms during the first five months of this fiscal as compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI). In ... More

PETROLEUM

Petroleum Ministry set to fine-tune NELP
The intention is to strengthen the bidding system based on experience and performance while the country is trying to graduate to an open acreage system More

POWER

Fuel supply issues may delay Dabhol restart
THE schedule for restarting the first phase of the Dabhol Power project seems set for a push back as Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd (RGPPL), which has taken over the defunct project, is yet to tie up fuel linkages for the 2,184-MW project. ... More

IFFCO forays into power, ropes in Chhattisgarh SEB to form joint venture
INDIAN Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) is foraying into power generation in a big way. It has signed a shareholders agreement with the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) to form a joint venture company named IFFCO ... More

Moving up the energy value chain — Tripura power project may make paradigm shift in ONGC plans
End result is ONGC Tripura Power Company will not only pave way for monetising the entire production capacity, but will increase ONGC's realisations by a few times than would have been possible by selling gas locally. More

EDUCATION

Orissa Govt inks pact with IIT, XLRI
THE Orissa Government on Saturday signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with IIT, Kharagpur and XLRI, Jamshedpur for the development of engineering and management courses in educational institutions under the Biju Patnaik University of ... More

Kerala to host tourism teachers' meet in January
THE next annual seminar of the All India Tourism Teachers' Association (AITTA) will be held here in January 2006. The Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) will organise the seminar, which will be held on January 6 and 7. The ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Chilli pulls down H1 spices export
EXPORTS of spices from the country continued to show a declining trend as the shipments of commodities such as chilli, coriander, other seeds and cumin fell sharply during the first-half of the current fiscal. Compared with the total exports of ... More

Merged scheme/DEPB — 6 months change-over time for exporters mooted
A TRANSITION period of at least six months must be granted to the exporting community, whenever it is decided to put in place the merged scheme in addition to the DEPB (Duty Entitlement Pass Book) scheme. This is necessary so that exporters ... More