The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 07, 2008

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
D1-BP Fuel set to extract bio-diesel from jatropha
D1-BP Fuel Crops India, a joint venture between the UK-based D1 Oils Plc and British Petroleum, expects to extract first batches of bio-diesel this year from its jatropha plantations in the North-East.A refinery too, would come up there ... More

ANTI-DUMPING
US dumping duty on shrimps to be reviewed
Kochi, Feb. 6 The US Department of Commerce has announced the third round of the annual administrative review on the anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimp imports. In a notification published on Monday, the Federal Registrar said that ... More

BUDGET
‘Farmers need debt relief more than input subsidy’
Guntur, Feb. 6 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, should go ahead with the proposed debt relief scheme in the coming Budget and should have no rethinking on the issue, according to Dr Y. Sivaji, the former member of the Rajya Sabha ... More

ECONOMY
Bengal’s annual Plan size fixed at Rs 11,602 cr
Growth rate, development schemes show healthy trend: Montek More

FOREIGN TRADE
Kamal Nath for greater trade with Kyrgyzstan
New Delhi, Feb. 6 The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Kamal Nath, on Wednesday underscored the importance of improving bilateral trade between India and Kyrgyzstan as both the countries are traditionally close. This was also ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Kerala promises better amenities to investors
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 6 The Kerala Government is committed to give more opportunities to investors and industrialists to ensure the State’s industrial development, according to the Industries Minister, Mr Elamaram Kareem.He ... More

PETROLEUM
Cooking gas crisis will ease soon: Deora
Oil companies have been asked to increase supply More

Huge potential seen for India’s abundant gas hydrate reserves
New Delhi, Feb. 6 India’s attempts to tap the alternate sources of energy like gas hydrates seems to have yielded results, making the country join the select league of nations such as the US and Japan researching on it. The ... More

Cabinet unlikely to consider fuel price issue
New Delhi, Feb. 6 The issue of fuel price is unlikely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet, which is expected to meet on Thursday. “It is not on the agenda as of now... so any decision is unlikely,” a Petroleum Ministry official ... More

POWER
SIMA wants swift action on power front
Coimbatore, Feb. 6 The Southern India Mills Association, Coimbatore has expressed fear that unless the State Government takes immediate decision on dealing with the power situation, the textile industry would become sick during the coming ... More

Glitnir Bank in pact with Bhilwara Energy
New Delhi, Feb. 6 Glitnir Bank, a Nordic bank, on Wednesday announced that it would take a 40 per cent stake in a joint venture with Bhilwara Energy Ltd to build geothermal power plants in India and Nepal. The Reykjavik-headquartered ... More

TAXATION
Assocham wants 10% surcharge on corporate tax to go
Kochi, Feb. 6 The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has recommended a host of proposals for the consideration of the Finance Minister for Union Budget of 2008-09, which included abolition of 10 per cent surcharge ... More

TEXTILES
TN spinning mills seek bailout package
Facing crisis due to non-availability of cotton at economical rates More

WATER
Japan Bank agrees to fund Hogenakkal water project
Loan agreement with Centre in March More

EDUCATION
London University seeks tie-up with Indian varsities
Aimed at taking its reach to a wider student base in India, the University of London has introduced its distance learning programme through its External System. The federal university is also in talks with the University Grants ... More

CARS
The wild side
The latest Ford Fiesta commercial is targeted at the passionate driver who seeks adventure. More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DRDO plans satellite-based coastal surveillance system
Tenali (AP), Feb. 6 India is planning to establish a satellite-based coastal surveillance system to monitor and guard its long coastline extending beyond 7,500 km. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has prepared ... More

Stem cells research centre for Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Feb. 6 A Rs 150-crore Stem Cells Research and Therapy Centre will come up in Hyderabad, to harness the big potential offered by stem cells in finding cures to major diseases. The Vice-President, Mr Mohammed Hamid Ansari, ... More

MINERALS
Australia not to sell uranium to India
Reverts to policy of keeping non-NPT nations out of export list More

EVENTS
‘Swedish cos keen to provide green tech’
Hyderabad, Feb. 6 Many companies in Sweden can collaborate to provide green technologies to mitigate environmental hazards of urbanisation in India, according to Mr Andreas Carlgren, Minister of Environment, Government of ... More

Meet on Competition Act highlights industry concerns
Mumbai, Feb. 6 Cartels and monopolies do exist in the Indian economy in various sectors, Mr Prem Chand Gupta, Union Minister of Corporate Affairs, said while addressing a conference on the Competition Act organised by the Bombay Chamber of ... More

International seafood show from tomorrow
The biennial India International Seafood Show 2008, jointly organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), the Union Ministry of Commerce and Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) is to kick off at Kochi from ... More

Foundry meet in Chennai from today
Chennai, Feb. 6 The combined event of The 56th Indian Foundry Congress and International Foundry Exhibition is all set to start on Thursday here Chennai. It will end on Sunday (February 10). This, According to Mr V. Mahadevan, President ... More

Management convention
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IIM-K community meet
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
$50-m target set for ornamental fish exports
Kochi Feb. 6 With a view to integrating ornamental fish breeding and exports into the global market, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in association with the Ornamental Fish International has organised the ... More

TOURISM
KCCI focuses on USPs for tourism promotion
Mangalore, Feb. 6 ‘Dakshina Kannada – the whole world in a single district’ is how Mr K. Narasimha Prabhu, President of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), puts the tourism potential of the district in a ... More