The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 12, 2006

EMPLOYMENT
`Five lakh people will be employed in SEZs by 2007'
There will be five lakh people employed in SEZs by 2007, said Mr L.B. Singhal, Director General, Export Promotion Council. He was chairing the session on SEZs at the Conclave 2006 — A National Symposium on `Burning Issues in Corporate ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Biotech award for Kapil Sibal
The Union Minister for Science and Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal, has been presented the BioSpectrum Biotech Leadership Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on the CSIR Director-General, Dr R.A. Mashelkar. Mr M. Ramasami, CMD of ... More

BUDGET
Special NDC meet on agriculture during Budget recess
Mr Ahluwalia made it clear that the Approach Paper did not look at disinvestments as a means to raise resources for funding the Plan. More

ECONOMY
CII raises GDP growth forecast to 8.6 pc
Buoyant economic performance in the first half of the current year has set the stage for GDP crossing 8.6 per cent growth mark for the current fiscal, according to the CII. In a release issued on the latest quarterly on the state of the ... More

CII seeks single window information
For industrialisation of southern districts More

FOREIGN TRADE
FICCI, Polish agency sign MoU
To facilitate cooperation between Polish and Indian enterprises and effect transfer of capital investment and know-how between the two countries, industry chamber FICCI and the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ SA) on ... More

Full potential of Indo-Japan ties yet to be realised: CII
The full potential of economic ties between India and Japan is "far from realised", according to Mr R. Seshasayee, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The industry body, which has cooperation agreements with its counterparts in ... More

PETROLEUM
India may pay higher price for LNG from Iran
India is considering paying a higher price to buy five million tonnes of LNG from Iran. Petroleum Secretary Mr M.S. Srinivasan told newspersons that "the possibility of a price increase" is under consideration. "With the see-saw (fluctuations) ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Industry, Govt still differ over drug pricing policy
The pharmaceutical industry would like a slimmer National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). Continuing its ongoing tug of war over prices of essential drugs, the pharmaceutical industry has suggested that over the counter (OTC) drugs and those ... More

POWER
PFC defers financial bids opening for ultra mega projects
May be opened on Dec 18; deadline unchanged More

SSI
`Deemed' Export Promotion Council status for KVIC
Ministry of Commerce is also promoting EPCs' involvement in special projects More

Sun Micro to tap tier III towns, SMBs
Sun Microsystems India is pursuing the emerging small and medium businesses (SMB) with a range of solutions helping them to both upgrade and transition to the Internet. The company is expanding its footprint in the country with the launch of ... More

WATER
Chennai desalination plant financial closure in 3 weeks
Co has tied up for Rs 375-cr debt with Canara Bank, IOB and UBI More

CIGARETTES
AP House resolution backs beedi industry
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution that seeks Central Government support in exempting the beedi industry from pictorial depiction of skull and bones sign on beedi packs. Following a debate in the House today, the ... More

RADIO/TV
A bigger, better KBC with Shah Rukh Khan
Will the SRK brand take over the KBC phenomenon? If the sponsors' enthusiasm is anything to go by, with Shah Rukh Khan as the new host, the show might just be bigger and better than the previous edition. Against all apprehensions that ratings ... More

PRINTING
`Digital industry set to grow to $17 b by 2010'
Graphics Systems takes to digital printing for revenue generation More

GENDER
Shaadipoint recruiting more women
A matchmaker needs to be trustworthy, sensitive to people's needs and empathetic, so who better than women, who naturally possess such qualities, to run marriage bureaus? Shaadipoint, the offline sister concern of matrimonial Web site shaadi.com, ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Japan to enter into pact to facilitate FDI
Bid to bridge information gap More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
5 States to get $1 b ADB loan for rural finance reforms
Loan approved, details yet to be worked out More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Labour unions to stage protest on Dec 14
Labour unions from Dakshina Kannada district will join the nationwide strike call given by the Coordination Committee of Labour Unions on December 14. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr B. Madhava, Coordinator of the Dakshina Kannada ... More

EVENTS
Coal meeting
PLAN FOR TALK: The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, with the Minister of State for Coal, Dr Dasari Narayana Rao, at the International Coal congress and Expo 2006 in the Capital on ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MBA fraternity choosing road to entrepreneurship
More students opt out of the college placements More

TOURISM
Kerala local bodies to run village tourism
The local self-government bodies in Kerala are set to implement village-specific tourism projects. Styled "my village, tourism-friendly village", the projects will be extended financial assistance by the Tourism Department on a priority basis. ... More