The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 11, 2007

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Ethanol blending with petrol made mandatory
New Delhi, Oct. 10 The five per cent blending of ethanol with petrol has been made mandatory across the country expect in J&K, the North East and Island Territories. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday also ... More

SOCIAL SECURITY
Social security number: EPFO to roll out pilot projects
Kolkata, Oct 10 The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will soon roll out pilot projects pertaining to the National Social Security Number (NSSN) initiative in six cities across the country. These include Indore, Kota, Patna, ... More

HEALTH
‘Central Govt Health Scheme tariff very low’
Hyderabad, Oct. 10 Hospitals that are qualified to treat CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) have argued that the new tariff is appallingly low.They warned that unless the tariff was revised upwardly they would not accept cases ... More

HOTELS
‘India’s hospitality sector to emerge as key area for investors’
Bangalore, Oct. 10 Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has partnered with MIPIM Asia to bring out the 2007 Asia Pacific Investment Report. According to the report, India’s hospitality sector is expected to emerge as a key ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Jai Corp to invest Rs 1,000 cr
Jai Corporation Ltd, a Mumbai-based company, would be investing up to Rs 1,000 crore in Mumbai SEZ Ltd and Rewas Port Ltd, both being promoted by Reliance Industries Ltd. The annual general meeting of the company last month had approved ... More

PETROLEUM
‘Ministry monitoring petro prices’
New Delhi, Oct. 10 The Petroleum Minister, Mr Murli Deora, while stating that his Ministry is closely monitoring prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on Wednesday reiterated the Government’s commitment to ... More

Pak ahead in gas pipeline network
Pakistan is nearly six times ahead of India in terms of its gas pipeline network, which stands at around 56,400 km as against India’s 10,500 km . Pakistan’s current pipeline density measures at 1,044 km/mmscmd compared to 116 ... More

No licence restriction for light diesel oil
New Delhi, Oct. 10 To facilitate smooth sale of light diesel oil (LDO), the Government has removed it from the list of petroleum products that require prior licence. According to an official statement, “the Petroleum Minister, Mr ... More

POWER
PowerGrid plans Rs 16,500-cr investments
To fund slew of transmission projects More

REC defers ECB plan, to tap domestic market
Confident of meeting lending commitments for this year More

Nuclear energy can be engine of growth, says IAEA chief
‘No deadline for interacting with IAEA’ More

SSI
IBM unveils financing window for small units
Bangalore, Oct. 10 IBM India has launched a financing window for small and medium-sized businesses as part of its Express Advantage initiative in six cities. It will offer them consulting services in the future, said Mr Ramesh Narasimhan, ... More

SMExpressions meet to be held in Tirunelveli
Madurai, Oct.10 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madurai Zone is organising an one-day conference ‘SMExpressions 2007’, as part of its efforts to promote the dynamic industrial transformation in tier II and III cities, at ... More

RADIO/TV
BBC Worldwide’s production office in India
New Delhi, Oct.10 British Broadcasting Corporation Worldwide has announced a local production office in India, in keeping with its decision to increase focus on its Indian business. The BBC Worldwide Productions India will produce and ... More

EDUCATION
Keane recognition for engg colleges
US-headquartered Keane Inc has recognised 250 engineering colleges in India for campus recruitment and academic relationship. While this recognition itself is based on certain criteria, Keane has further sub-categorised the colleges into three ... More

CARS
Auto sales skid in Sept; cars segment bucks trend
New Delhi, Oct. 10 Automobile sales during September continued to record a dip as two-wheelers, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, and three-wheelers recorded negative growth. Passenger cars was the only category with a robust sales ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Apex panel for auto mission plan likely soon
New Delhi, Oct. 10The Government is likely to finalise an expert committee in two weeks constituting members from the finance, commerce, heavy industries, and members of the Development Council for Automobile and Allied Industry to monitor the ... More

HCV/LCV/TRACTORS
Farm equipment cos shine
The market seemed to have picked up some positive cues from SBI’s move to soften its interest rates on loans to the farm machines including tractors as also for the four- and two-wheelers. Stocks of automobile companies, many of which makes ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
‘Land prices in Kolkata likely to stabilise at current levels’
Commercial office space rentals will also remain stable More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Xerox technology to fight forgery
Oct. 10 In a move to thwart document counterfeiting, document solutions provider Xerox Corporation has developed a new technology which allows customers to print pages with variable text visible only under infrared light. Christened ... More

MINERALS
Mineral policy to be placed before Cabinet by month-end
Seeks to remove roadblocks in investment path More

EVENTS
The Chamber Show from today
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Ministry permits Jet, Kingfisher to import aircraft
New Delhi, Oct.10 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given in-principle approval to Kingfisher Airlines to import 50 Airbus aircraft including 15 Airbus A-350.The Ministry has also given its nod to the airline for importing 20 Airbus ... More

Rice export ban hits Kakinada
Catches trade unawares More

‘Export target revision a foregone conclusion’
New Delhi, Oct. 10 The Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) on Tuesday said that the government’s decision to downscale the export target from $160 billion to $140 billion for the current fiscal was “a foregone ... More

TOURISM
Online travel portals going in for brick and mortar stores
Mumbai, Oct. 10 Personal touch in any service seems to be working better with Indian customers as opposed to the virtual medium, especially in the tier-II and-III cities. Travel portals like Yatra.com and Cleartrip.com along with other players ... More