The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, December 16, 2007

SOCIAL SECURITY
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Max New York Life Smart Invest Pension
Simple as it may sound, retirement planning usually requires working towards multiple needs — life-cover, health insurance, inflation, taxation and changes in the target based on changing life-styles. Recently, Max New York Life ... More

ECONOMY
PM stresses on policies to bridge regional imbalances
Calls for ‘new wave of creative thinking’ on developmental issues More

More financial reforms needed, says Chidambaram
Hyderabad, Dec. 15 While highlighting the India growth story and buoyancy in tax collections during the current fiscal, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, expressed concern over the unfinished agenda in the financial sector, which ... More

INDIA AND BAHRAIN: STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIP
Aiming for inclusive growth, balanced development
Aspiring for modernity but valuing its rich cultural heritage, Bahrain is emerging as a model of inclusive growth and all-round development. Bahraini leaders have not viewed economic growth as an end in itself. Instead, they have tried to ... More

Kerala pegs draft Plan size at Rs 7,605 cr
Agriculture and traditional sectors to get priority More

FOREIGN TRADE
Ties with India ready for take-off
Partners since antiquity, Bahrain and India are looking at new avenues for collaboration. Both countries recognise that fresh opportunities have emerged in recent years that would allow their ties to blossom in the future. The flavour of ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Increase focus on infrastructure to reap benefits: Narayana Murthy
Chennai, Dec. 15 Increased focus on low-tech manufacturing and services is required to achieve an inclusive growth in the economy and to pass on the benefits of globalisation and liberalisation to the vast majority of Indians, according to Mr ... More

PETROLEUM
Energy meet
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COAL
Cement cos may feel the pinch as coal costs rise
‘Benign pricing, high fuel costs will hit profitability’ More

Coal India plans forward e-auction in Feb
Kolkata, Dec. 15 After re-introduction of e-auction, Coal India Ltd is now on its way to introduce one-year forward e-auction of coal through the same platform. Unlike futures trading where physical market players as well as ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Missionary with a quest for science
Jacques Arnould is driven by the quest for knowledge. Which is perhaps, why this French priest belonging to the Dominican order has trained as an agricultural engineer, has PhDs in science history and theology and has written over a dozen ... More

EVENTS
‘Accountability, autonomy should go together’
Hyderabad, Dec. 15 Mr Yoginder K. Alagh, economist and former Union Minister, has called for a civil society initiative to insist that accountability and autonomy go hand in hand in education.Delivering the inaugural address at the 49th ... More

INCOME TAX
More time to file I-T returns in new form
New Delhi, Dec 15 Taxpayers who had filed their income-tax returns for assessment year 2007-08 under the old forms (such as saral Form 2D) instead of the notified ITR-1 to ITR-8 forms have some relief coming their way. They can re-file ... More

Professional tax exemption in AP
Salaried employees in Andhra Pradesh, whose monthly income is Rs 5,000 or less,will be exempted from the payment of professional tax. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, took this major decision, which will not only help tens and ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Drawback rates raised; exporters seek more
FIEO pitches for further increase in textile sector More

RBI tells exporters to guard against strong rupee
Hyderabad, Dec. 15 The rupee will appreciate further due to inflow of foreign funds and the central bank may not always regulate exchange rate fluctuations, according to Mr Durai Rajan, Assistant General Manager, RBI. Market driven exchange ... More

TOURISM
Karnataka luxury tourist train launch in Jan
Hyderabad, Dec. 15 After years of waiting, South India will have its own version of Palace on Wheels and Deccan Odyssey — the two luxury tourist trains that operate in Rajasthan and Maharashtra . Karnataka will flag off ... More