The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, March 09, 2008

EMPLOYMENT
Organised sector may add 10 lakh workers by December: Study
Bangalore, March 8 Over 10 lakh people are expected to join the country’s organised employment pool by December, with the highest employment opportunities in the health, hospitality, education, training and consultancy sectors. ... More

SOCIAL SECURITY
No policy barrier on EPF investments in capital market
Trustees have to take a call, says Chidambaram More

BUDGET
Reining in the fiscal deficit
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ECONOMY
Chidambaram: 9% growth will take care of loan waiver
Kundrakudi (Sivaganga District), March 8 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, exuded confidence that the current economic growth of around 9 per cent would take care of the massive waiver of farmers’ loans announced in the ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Cabinet nod to set up afforestation fund
New Delhi, March 8 The Union Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for the establishment of Compensatory Afforestation Fund by the Ministry of Environment and Forest for massive afforestation programme by increasing the tree cover through ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Singapore well positioned to ride India-China wave: Lee
Singapore, March 8 Portraying the existing Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) as a mutually beneficial “gold-standard” pact, the City-State’s Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, on Saturday ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
KCCI urges Ministry not to close existing airport at Bangalore
Mangalore, March 8 The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the Civil Aviation Ministry not to close HAL airport at Bangalore after the inauguration of the new Bengaluru International Airport on March 30. It has ... More

POWER
DVC project financial closure
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TEXTILES
Textile sector woes likely to continue in Q4
Coimbatore, March 8 The poor operating performance of most textile enterprises during the third quarter 2007-08 is likely to continue through the fourth quarter, hitting profitability for the entire fiscal, textile entrepreneurs in the South ... More

SSI
AICMI strike on March 10
The All India Chamber of Match Industries (AICMI) has decided to go on a countrywide strike on March 10 as repeated pleas to the Union Minister to reduce the rate of excise duty to 4 per cent from 12 per cent became futile. A press release from ... More

RADIO/TV
Mobile services out-pitch soaps and shampoos on TV
Hindustan Unilever continues to be top ad spender More

EDUCATION
IGCC to set up training institute in Pune
Chennai, March 8 The Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) plans to set up a vocational cum technical training institute in Pune for Indian and German companies located in the region to train their manpower. The chamber will also set up an ... More

CARS
Maruti adds 5 driving schools
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
CCCL sets up infrastructure unit to meet demand
Dedicated team to focus on five key areas More

Sobha Developers launches villa project
Bangalore, March 8 Bangalore-based Sobha Developers will start work on projects covering 12 million sq ft space in the next financial year. This is apart from the 12-million sq ft of existing projects under progress across the country. ... More

GENDER
Indian working women more ready, skills-wise
This could give a big lead for HR managers hiring people across the globe. A multi-country survey by Accenture, cutting across geographies, genders, sectors and age groups, reports that professional women in India (68 per cent), South Africa ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
‘Variable pay helps when people stay’
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EVENTS
78TH INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW, GENEVA 2008
Display of greens, ultra-compacts…
The Gabba in Brisbane, Down Under, was not the only place overseas where Indians were toasting their victory last week. In the haloed, historic portals of the Geneva Palexpo too there were Indians basking in the warmth of the attention ... More

‘Raise agri-exports to tap potential in global markets’
There is an immediate need to increase agri-exports in view of the enormous potential in the global markets and to ensure benefit to the primary producers, according to Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commence.Speaking at ... More