The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 26, 2009

LOGISTICS

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Supply chain tangle, untangle
The writer discusses the need for better management of the supply chain, a bugbear of Indian retail.. A few years ago we went to Agatti in the Lakshadweep Islands for a holiday. Poor flight connectivity ensured that we had to endure a voyage by ...

RAILWAYS: State Electricity Boards owe less to Railways
Dues down to Rs 708 cr in 2009 from Rs 767 cr in 2008. New Delhi, Nov. 25 State Electricity Boards (SEBs) and power companies together owed Rs 707.71 crore to the Indian Railways as on March 31, 2009. These dues are for coal transported to the ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Shipping Ministry finance wing says no need for riverine port at Kolkata
Kolkata, Nov 25 The internal finance wing (IFW) of the Shipping Ministry has questioned the rationale of providing subsidy to Kolkata Port Trust for undertaking dredging in the Hooghly river. An estimated Rs 300 crore is spent by the ...

AIRLINES: India 4th largest in domestic air passenger market globally: Patel
India now ranks as the fourth largest domestic passenger market globally after the US, China and Japan, with a domestic passenger base of 87 million, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, informed the Parliamentary Consultative ...

AIRLINES: Airlines irked by new rules on delayed flights
New Delhi, Nov. 25 The domestic airline industry is not too happy with the proposed new Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on delayed flights and implementation of the new ground handling policy and will make a presentation to the ...

AIRLINES: Foreign airlines bonanza for ‘Customs airports’
The Government’s decision to allow foreign airlines to operate to the interiors of the country has proved to be a bonanza for the eight ‘Customs’ airports. These are airports not designated as international but have Customs ...

RAILWAYS: Railways takes most stone-hits in South
New Delhi, Nov. 25 If you are travelling by train in southern States you are more likely to get hit by stones. The Railways has just provided to Parliament state-wise data about – hold your breath — incidents of stone-throwing ...

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS: Stir hits operations at Haldia dock’s berth
Kolkata, Nov. 25 Normal operations at Haldia dock’s berth 12, run by TMIL, a Tata Steel subsidiary, have remained suspended for the past few days following a strike by a section of contractors’ workers engaged in operation of ...

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS: Strike at Haldia Petro project withdrawn
Kolkata, Nov. 25 Work relating to the commissioning of the Rs 1,230-crore capacity-expansion project at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) resumed late on Tuesday following the withdrawal of a CITU-sponsored strike by contractors’ workers ...

ROADWAYS: Work on Pune-Solapur highway begins
Navinya Buildcon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Realty and Infrastructure and Italy-based Atlantia S.P.A, a toll road operator in Europe, said work on their first BOT (build operate and transfer) highway project from Pune to Solapur had ...