The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, March 13, 2007

BUDGET
Budgeting for change?
Even as Kerala's Finance Minister Thomas Isaac seeks to increase revenue receipts through his proposals for this year's budget, he still has to pump out more incentives to achieve the goal of a robust economy as the catalyst for revenue growth. More

ECONOMY
Industrial production rises 10.9% in Jan
Capital goods growth slumps to 8.6% against 27% last January More

EIU sees slight slowdown in economic growth rates
`Govt must speed up and deepen structural reforms' More

Insat-4B lifts off
To be ready for commercial use in a month's time More

Isaac hopes to contain fiscal, revenue deficits
`State in the throes of financial crisis' More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
`Olive oil costlier on high Customs duty'
`Importers must look beyond Italy, Spain for price stabilisation' More

FOREIGN TRADE
Lamy upbeat on Doha trade talks
Hopes to wrap-up negotiations by June deadline More

POWER
`For country's energy security, we are moving into gas, hydro and nuclear'
In the Eleventh Plan, we want to add at least 22,000 MW, including about 2,000 MW from hydro, which will be a thrust area. This calls for an investment of at least Rs 88,000 crore. More

Quipo Energy sets up centre of excellence
Quipo Energy Rental Services today inaugurated its Centre of Excellence for Asia and said that it would be investing Rs 15 crore in the power generation set business in the next two years in Gujarat. The Group has also lined up an investment of ... More

`India to have surplus power'
India is all set to be a power surplus country within the next four to five years, according to the Minister for Power, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde. He informed the Rajya Sabha that while currently there is a deficit of 70,000 MW, the ... More

TAXATION
There is life after M&A for tax holiday
A tax amendment that has been ruining the holidays of M&A professionals is the one about tax holiday. Reason: The latest Budget proposes to deny the tax holiday benefit for enterprises that are transferred in a scheme of amalgamation or demerger More

Govt seeks views on Rustagi report on service tax circulars
The Government has sought the views and suggestions of trade and industry associations and all others concerned with service tax on the recommendations of the Rustagi report on review of service tax circulars and instructions. Official sources ... More

WATER
To charge or not...
A CLUTCH OF DUCKLINGS quenches its thirst in rural Thiruvananthapuram, even as a controversy rages in Kerala over the proposed metering of public taps. The Kerala Water Authority has provided 1.97 lakh street taps, nearly 79 per cent of them in ... More

EDUCATION
From Mumbai to Omaha - dabbawallah lessons in management
`Unique Experience' More

GRE coaching lessons on mobile
Co in talks with venture capitalists for funding More

NextGen project for teachers in Asia-Pacific region
UNESCO also plans to organise a `deans' forum' on ICT and organise curriculum development workshops and capacity building programmes for instructors More

`Research enticing graduates to Australia'
Middle to senior management level jobs, raking in up to A$50,000 and above, are being offered to Indians in the IT sector. More

NSHM-De Bono Centre to be set up in Kolkata
NSHM Knowledge Campus (formerly National School of Hotel Management) has tied up with De Bono School of Lateral Thinking and Cognitive Intelligence for setting up a NSHM-De Bono Centre of Innovation and Thinking Management at the NSHM Knowledge ... More

Duke varsity team in Hyderabad
A delegation of 20 MBA students from the US-based Duke University visited Yashoda Hospital here recently to get an exposure on the management processes. Addressing the students, Mr G. Ravinder Rao, Managing Director of the ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISRO sees 300 transponders in 2 years
ISRO expects the total number of transponders to touch 300 in the next two years. It will cross 200 and reach 211 later this year when it launches the replacement satellite, 4CR, an official said. Three or four more telecom satellites are ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Japanese team looking to invest in Kerala
A team of top Japanese officials is expected to visit Kerala this month in search of investment opportunities. The officials are slated to address a seminar on `Investment Opportunities from a Japanese Perspective' on March 16, which is being ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
AP housing scheme
The Andhra Pradesh Government will kick off the `Rajiv Swagruha' scheme, which is aimed at providing houses to the people in the middle-income group, on March 25. People in that income bracket and who are residing in the State ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Thinking beyond salaries & overseas allure
IIM-B GRADUATES More

EVENTS
Manmohan to address roundtable
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will on Tuesday deliver a keynote address at the Economist Conferences' 12th Business Roundtable with the Government of India. Mr John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, said that the ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
`Technology provides niche opportunities'
Global recognition along with the emergence of well-defined eco-systems that encouraged entrepreneurship should inspire youngsters to take calculated risks to grab opportunities to emulate role models such as the Infosys Chief Mentor, Mr N. R. ... More

Social biz models showcased at ISB competition
Contest part of the Asia Semi-Final of the Global Social Venture Competition More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Nokia ships 25 m handsets from Chennai plant
Operations at Telecom Park to begin by 2008 More

TOURISM
All set for circular train ride on Kailasagiri
The stage is set for the introduction of a circular train on Kailasagiri, a popular tourist spot here, by the month-end. The attractive, luxury coaches for the train arrived here on Sunday. They were built at Vijayawada and brought here by ... More