Economy
India, UAE hold bilateral talks
INDIA is looking to boost cooperation in economic and educational fields with the emirates in the northern part of the UAE in order to strengthen bilateral ties, according to Mr U.V. Krishnam Raju, Minister of State for External Affairs.

Environment
Tackle eco concerns, OECD tells the rich
GOVERNMENTS of the rich countries must perforce put in place a series of action plan to change their policies in a host of clearly identifiable domains in order to prevent ``irreversible damage to our environment over the next 20 years.''

Policy
ESCAP report is relevant in Indian context
THE 2001 Economic and Social Survey of ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) assumes significance in the light of the murky developments in the country's major bourses over the past few weeks and the UN body's considerate commen ts on how to improve the regulatory framework to ensure that retail investors do not get their fingers badly burnt.

Taxation
Preliminary duty on POY mooted
THE Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of preliminary anti-dumping duty on imported partially-oriented yarn(POY) from Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia.

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