The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 30, 2005

Talks likely on new Indo-Pak rail link
RAIL traffic may soon start between India and Pakistan through the Munnabao-Khokrapar link with the Pakistan delegation slated to meet the Indian Railway officials next week. This would be the second rail link between India and Pakistan. The ... More

POLICY

Cabinet gives nod for SAFTA — `Major step for trade integration with neighbours'
THE Union Cabinet today gave its nod to the implementation of the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) to be launched on January 1, 2006, paving the way for the integration of entire South Asian markets of seven participating countries by way of ... More

Cabinet approves international airport status for Jaipur
THE Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for declaring the existing domestic airport in Jaipur into an international airport. The decision to make Jaipur an international airport was announced by the then Finance Minister, Mr ... More

Taxation Laws Bill gets Cabinet approval
THE Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to amend certain clauses in the Taxation Laws (amendment) Bill 2005 to protect the interests of the donors in the event of the income-tax department withdrawing the approval of the donee ... More

Micro-irrigation scheme cleared
THE Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave its approval for implementation of the Centrally-sponsored scheme on micro-irrigation during the Tenth Five-Year plan at a total cost of Rs 2,091.85 crore. While the Central ... More

POLITICS

`Govt in talks with Left parties on disinvestment'
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday said the Government was in "talks" with the Left Parties on disinvestment in some non-navratna public sector undertakings (PSU). "We are discussing with the Left parties. These are ongoing ... More

SECURITY

Mumbai, Chennai port container terminal bids — Hutchison Port gets security clearance
Hutchison Port Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, which is one of the world's leading port investors, developers and operators. It operates 242 berths in 41 ports and handled 47.8 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent unit ) in 2004. More

E-GOVERNANCE

THE YEAR THAT WAS
Company Affairs Ministry bets on e-governance — To facilitate transparency in operations
The project will eliminate the physical interface between the companies and the RoCs and all services, such as registration of new companies, filing of annual returns and balance sheets and also viewing of documents would be available to the public o nline. More

`Info systems audit must to curb cyber crimes'
IN the wake of ingenious cyber threats, attacks and crimes, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Cochin Chapter, has mooted a compulsory Information Systems Audit in all Government and semi-Government organisations ... More