• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager
• Smartbuy

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth
• Events 2007

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Bureau

Kochi, June 15

The Kerala State Small Industries Association has welcomed the initiative of the Forest Minister in mitigating the miseries of the wood-based industries on account of the Supreme Court restrictions on setting up new wood-based industries in the State.

Following the curbs by the Supreme Court in 2002, new wood-based industries could not be set up in the country. The impact of the order was felt adversely in the State, as rubber wood, which is abundance in the State could not be processed and also restrictions to start new processing units.

The Forest Minister had took the initiative to set right this anomaly and the Department presented the State’s peculiar situation before the representatives of the Central Empowered Committee, who visited the State recently.

Following the initiative, it has been decided to grant NOC to 758 applicants out of the 1,000 odd applications received.

More Stories on : SSI | Kerala | Courts/Legal Issues

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Yield keeps rising as oil prices, inflation soar

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line