The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 12, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Widespread rain ends dry spell in northern winter
True to forecasts, Northwest India and the plains witnessed the first spell meaningful rains of the ongoing winter with the incoming western disturbance `switching on' weather ahead of itself. On Sunday, the causative disturbance in the form ... More

SOCIAL SECURITY
UTI MF may get big pie of new pension fund
" The pension scheme can be implemented by a Cabinet decision and we have indications we will get the majority share." More

ECONOMY
India Inc to hold price line: Survey
`Rising input costs do strain margins' More

`North-East industrial policy likely by March'
The Centre may announce the North East Industrial Policy (NEIP), 2007 by next month. The new policy will include Sikkim and is expected to be announced before the existing NEIP 1997 expires on March 31. Addressing a road show for the third ... More

FERTILISERS
Fertiliser industry seeks duty exemption on inputs
With regard to customs duty, the FAI has urged the Government to withdraw the duty on LNG imports, project imports for fertiliser sector and for capital goods imported for expansion, modernisation, revamping and debottlenecking. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Switzerland agency to interact with Indian investors
Location Switzerland, the Foreign Investment Agency of Switzerland, will be holding interactions with Indian trade and industry representatives here on February 13. Access to European markets, a highly specialised multi-lingual work force and a ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Delhi, Mumbai airport modernisation — Efforts to ensure a smoother journey
Chances are that many of us may have passed through either the Delhi or Mumbai airports, or both, over the last year. But how many of us saw or felt any perceptible changes in the two airports? Even if the less observant among us did not notice ... More

The road ahead for UP roads
Over Rs 1,000 crore is `spent' every year for construction of roads in Uttar Pradesh. "But how much is actually spent for the purpose is anybody's guess," frets `Uttar Pradesh Development Report' of the Planning ... More

PETROLEUM
IOC seeks details on Cairn's crude pricing
Seeks discounts to make waxy crude economically viable More

`Mangalore can become top petro investment region'
Mangalore can become one of the best petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment regions in the country, depending on how everyone concerned takes the project forward, according to Mr Subir Raha, former Chairman and Managing Director of ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
VUDA moves against Pharma City
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) has initiated action against the promoters of the Pharma City coming up at Parawada in Visakhapatnam district. A few structures were demolished towards the weekend in the ... More

POWER
AP to set up micro hydel projects in tribal areas
Move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Valuable scrap
RESALE ECONOMY: A Delhi-based scrap dealer reworking old car parts for resale in the open market in the capital on Saturday. Making an old car as good as new is turning into a money-spinner for many. ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY
Love is the theme now for jewellery companies
They target young customers with Valentine specials More

Shining bright
If the efforts of the gold and jewellery companies for the Valentine's Day bear fruit, it could help firms that are listed on the stock exchanges to perform better. Already, these companies have turned in an better performance in the third ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Italian PM visits ISITE, Infosys campus
The Italian Prime Minister, Mr Romano Prodi, who is on a five-day visit to the country along with his senior Ministers, on Sunday visited ISRO Satellite Centre's ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (ISITE) here. The Chairman of ... More

Honour for NGRI director
The Director of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here, Dr V.P. Dimri, has been elected President of the Earth System Sciences section for the 95th session of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) to be held ... More

`Search for scientific talent major agenda'
Says infrastructure for science research will also be upgraded More

TRADING
Call to set up more wholesale markets in Vizag
There is a necessity for setting up more wholesale markets on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, as in Chennai and New Delhi, to decongest the city and avoid traffic snarls, according to Praja Spandana, a forum for public welfare. At a press meet ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
CII seeks Govt initiative to tackle manpower crunch
Suggests setting up a Skill Development Bank (SDB) to extend loans to trainees More

EVENTS
National meet on energy sector begins on Feb 24
The 3rd National Conference on Indian Energy Sector will be held from February 24 to 24 on the theme of "Synergy with Energy." Mr Jaynarayan Vyas, Chairman of Saket Projects Ltd and Convener of the meet, told newspersons that Union Energy ... More

Agenda for the week

INCOME TAX
PSBs want tax sops for infrastructure bonds
`We can lend more if we have access to long-term funds' More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Apeda plans to outsource some core activities
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) has decided to restructure the organisation on the basis of focus products and markets, and is mulling options such as outsourcing some core activities, ... More

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
Weaving a network of herbal nurseries
The society proposes to undertake cultivation of medicinal plants in a hundred households in the Balaramapuram region on a promotional basis. More

TOURISM
Kerala plans tourism calendar
As part of its effort to promote cultural tourism, Kerala Tourism will offer tourists an annual cultural calendar, said the State Tourism Minister, Mr Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Inaugurating a two-day seminar on ethnic tourism at the Kerala ... More

BOOKS
Kottayam library anniversary
The 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kottayam Public Library will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, at the KPS Menon Hall here on Tuesday. The foundation stone of the new three-storey building to ... More