The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 14, 2002

Excise collections in August down by 21 pc
Bulk of the excise collections has come from the liquor industry and the decline implies shortfalls in revenue realisations from this sector. More

FOREIGN TRADE

SAIF delegation woos investors
A HIGH-LEVEL delegation from Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone has held discussions with prospective entrepreneurs in the State as part of its effort to seek investments from Kerala and other States in the country. The objective of ... More

Road show by Sharjah trade team

HEALTH

Corporates spreading AIDS awareness
CORPORATES in and around Chennai are becoming proactive with AIDS awareness and are asking Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG-CARE) to provide education and training to their staff. According to Mr Sanjay Sathyapalan, ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

E&Y to promote Kovai's IT sector

INFRASTRUCTURE

Work on BMIC project from Nov

PSU

Kerala govt orders revamp of 11 loss-making PSUs
These units have totted up massive arrears in electricity charges and various other taxes, wages and employee benefits. They have also defaulted in servicing of loans. More

PETROLEUM

Petronet LNG pricing on higher side: GAIL
GAS Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has raised apprehensions over the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be sold by Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), in which GAIL has a 12.5 per cent equity stake. In a letter to the Petroleum Secretary, Mr ... More

POWER

Live discussion on power tariff hike

TAXATION

DTPA suggestion to task force on direct taxes — `Consolidated returns can cut down dept workload'
THE Direct Taxes Professionals' Association (DTPA) has suggested that Rule 37 of the Income-Tax Rules should be suitably amended so that a consolidated return of tax deduction at source (TDS) is required to be filed by assessees. Talking to ... More

India Inc renews demand for MAT withdrawal
AFTER a gap of nearly six months, India Inc is again stepping up pressure on the Government to consider scrapping the minimum alternative tax (MAT) and reverting to the earlier system of taxing dividends at the hands of the company. The Task ... More

SSI

Vendor development meet

TRAVEL & PLACES

Passport Office holiday

WATER MANAGEMENT

Rajni observes fast
Actor Rajnikant observing a fast in Chennai on Sunday demanding implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the Cauvery water dispute. Seated with him are artistes Sarathkumar, Vijaykumar and Radhika. The film industry in TN on Saturday took ... More

RADIO/TV

Overseas media majors bullish on India
FACING tough times in their home markets, media conglomerates are looking at India as drivers for growth. Consider AOL-Time Warner. The world's largest media company with revenues of $20.34 billion for the first half of this year is saddled ... More

Opportunities with Akashvani

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING

Alliance turns 100; plans more book releases
THE Alliance Company, a Chennai-based publisher, will celebrate its centenary year of publication with a release of a plethora of books, according to Mr V. Srinivasan, Partner in the publishing company. Addressing a press conference here, Mr ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Divestment plans on course, hints Advani
THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, today hinted that the Government would go full throttle with its public sector disinvestment agenda despite the temporary glitches that had cropped up recently forcing the deferment of the sell-off ... More

Price bids called for 72% stake in NEPA
THE Union Government has invited price bids for privatising NEPA Ltd, the newsprint maker based in Madhya Pradesh. The lone bidder left in the fray has been asked to submit the financial bid by October 17, Government sources said. Efforts were ... More

EVENTS

Luxor to showcase products

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES

Ayurveda centre plans new projects
THE Koothattukulam-based Sreedhareeyam Ayurveda Gaveshana Kendram plans to launch a number of development projects on Vijayadasami day. These include adding a 24-room Dhanawantari block, Ashwini cottages and an ayurvedic medicine manufacturing ... More

No more barriers in analysing ayurveda
THE New Delhi-based National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (Niscair), an affiliate of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has evolved a traditional knowledge resource classification (TKRC) ... More

TOURISM

Tourism pioneers
LAST week, on the heels of the second Kerala Travel Mart, the grounds of Bolgatty Island in Kochi were abuzz with a new kind of activity that promises to be a much-marked annual event on Kerala's tourism calendar. That was the National Boat ... More

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