The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 14, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

DISINVESTMENT: Retail investors set to get rich pickings of Central PSUs
Shares to be offered at a discount; NTPC, Satluj Jal and REC divestment this fiscal. New Delhi, Nov. 13 The Government is likely to offer public sector shares at a discount to individual investors as part of its disinvestment ...

POWER: The challenge of radioactive waste management
The end of India’s nuclear isolation in 2008 led to some well-deserved euphoria. India is poised to embark on a massive expansion of its nuclear power programme from 4,120 MW at present. The six reactors already under construction would ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: GMR, Met to clear fog miseries at Delhi airport
DGCA review of pilots’ ability to fly in poor visibility due next week. New Delhi, Nov. 13 The GMR group-led Delhi International Airport Ltd and the Meteorological Department are taking steps to ensure that air travel is less troublesome ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Solar power needs funding focus
The ‘National Solar Mission’, expected to be released on November 14, 2009, is one of the eight missions identified in the Prime Minister’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). Quite naturally, therefore, ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Sops likely to cut solar power equipment costs
National Mission looking at public-private partnership models. Mumbai, Nov. 13 The National Solar Mission, which plans to add about 20,000 MW by 2022, would be announced in a week by the Prime Minister, said Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: CMDA to push housing projects under town planning scheme
Envisages joint development of large land parcels. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority plans to encourage large-scale housing projects through the town planning scheme, according to Mr Vikram Kapur, Member ...

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING: The Hindu’s November Fest to offer a global music line-up
Chennai, Nov. 13 This year’s The Hindu Friday Review November Fest 2009 will bring genres of music to Chennai that are novel and ...

EVENTS: Trade show for hospitality, bakery segments gets under way
Hyderabad, Nov. 13 The third edition of the Hoteltechshow and Baketechshow, a hospitality event organised by the Samanuaya Communications, was inaugurated at Gymkhana Grounds, Secunderabad ...

TAXATION: Taxing time for States
The Government’s discussion paper on goods and services tax (GST) leaves many key issues unaddressed, deferring decisions on them to a later date. The paper sees as ideal a regime in which there will be two distinct GST rates and two ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Blended fuel: Oil cos, sugar industry told to resolve issues
New Delhi, Nov. 13 The public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) – Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation – and the sugar industry have been asked to resolve the issues ...

TAXATION: Govt working on Constitutional mechanism for new tax regime
Hyderabad, Nov. 13 With the GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime getting ready for the tentative April 1, 2010, launch, the Union Government is working on two tasks to meet the Constitutional requirements to facilitate the launch of the ...

POWER: India, US to jointly develop new tech in energy sector
New Delhi, Nov. 13 India and the US have agreed on joint development of new technologies in the field of ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: IDBI Bank launches property expo
With a view to boosting demand for home loans, IDBI Bank launched ‘IDBI Bank Homes 2009 Property Exhibition’, a three-day exhibition on housing finance, at Netaji Indoor Stadium here on Friday. The exhibition will provide the ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: I-T dept summons Union Bank CMD in Koda scam case
New Delhi, Nov. 13 The Income-Tax Department in Mumbai has summoned the Union Bank of India Chairman and Managing Director, Mr M.V. Nair, for questioning him on why the bank did not do due diligence while accepting deposits of more than Rs ...

POWER: IEA warns of upward trend in energy use
New Delhi, Nov. 13 The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday sounded caution for countries dependent on imported oil with fragile energy security to be prepared to “make the hard choices needed to combat climate change and ...

EDUCATION: Dr J.N. Bhat, Medical Suptd, Omega Hospitals (P) Ltd, Mr K. Mohan Kini, AGM, Syndicate Bank, Prof Puttanna K.; Mangalore University’s MBA Department
Mangalore, Nov. 13 Various issues related to stress – reasons for its occurrence, management, and the ways to tackle it in everyday life — were discussed at an interactive session on ‘stress management’ at the ...

EDUCATION: Mr B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairman and CEO, Infotech Enterprises Ltd; Siva Sivani Institute of Management
Hyderabad, Nov. 13 The business models in the information technology industry are changing giving more opportunities to the talented, according to Mr B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Infotech ...

EDUCATION: CET scholarship scheme
The annual alumni day of the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (CET), on Saturday would see the launch of a scholarship scheme of Rs 10,000 each to 100 incoming students from financially backward families. The ‘Growing ...