The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 14, 2008

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Solar energy project to attract private capital
Madurai, Feb.13 The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has come up with a new project in the use of solar energy that would attract investments on a big scale from the private sector, according to Mr Ajit K.Gupta, Adviser to ... More

Biofuel may light up villages
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is considering the use of biofuel to light up remote hamlets in the southern districts in association with the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). According to the adviser to MNRE, Mr ... More

ECONOMY
Himachal annual Plan pegged at Rs 2,400 cr
Reduction of poverty, regional development will be focus areas More

ENVIRONMENT
Heating industry aims zero ozone depletion
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FERTILISERS
GoM okays uniform freight rates for de-controlled fertilisers
SPV plan of Rashtriya Chem, Krishak Bharati, NFL gets nod More

HEALTH
Rly stations may have pharmacy-cum-clinics
New Delhi, Feb. 13 In a move that would allow healthcare players like Apollo, Fortis and Lifespring tap train passengers, the Indian Railways is considering a proposal to set up pharmacy-cum-clinics at various stations to take care of their ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Growth of infrastructure sector dips to 4% in Dec
New Delhi, Feb. 13 With the country’s industrial production slowing down in December last year, the growth of the six key infrastructure sectors in December 2007 dipped to 4 per cent compared to nine per cent achieved a year ... More

Conference on infrastructure

Mangalore, Feb. 13 SDM Post Graduate Centre for Management Studies and Research, Mangalore, will organise a conference on ‘Indian infrastructure — Challenges and opportunities’ in Mangalore on February 16. A ... More

PSU
ICRA report on BHPV to be ready by tomorrow
Visakhapatnam, Feb. 13 The valuation report on Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV), being prepared by ICRA, will be ready by Friday and the subsequent steps to make the unit a subsidiary of the BHEL will follow, according to Ms Kanti Singh, ... More

STEEL
Rollback of steel prices difficult, say producers
Ministry calls for another meeting today More

TEXTILES
Seeking protection
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SSI
Small industrial units seek title deeds for land
Kochi, Feb. 13 Several small industrial units in Kerala are facing difficulties on account of the non issuance of pattayams (title deeds) by the State Government to units set up in various industrial estates. The ... More

EDUCATION
HeyMath! to join Microsoft’s Startup Programme
Chennai, Feb. 13 HeyMath!, an E-Learning solutions provider for mathematics, will join Microsoft’s Startup Accelerator Programme in India to help foster a healthy local software economy in India. The programme is designed to help ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
INCOR venture with 2 Israeli cos
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
J.M. Financial among 25 FDI proposals cleared
New Delhi, Feb. 13 The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has approved 25 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs 5,584.82 crore. These proposals were recommended for approval by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) at ... More

EVENTS
New IT Act in next session
Minister hopeful of extension of STPI benefits More

Hungry for acquisitions
This edition of Nasscom’s annual event seems strewn with companies who sound ravenously hungry for acquisitions. Perot Systems, a $2.6 billion US-based company which acquired Vision Healthsource, a Chennai-based ... More

Kochi region Tata Crucible Quiz winners
Kochi, Feb. 13 Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2008 announced that Mr P. Vivek and Mr Vishnu Balakrishnan from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram were adjudged the winners of the regional finals in Kochi. The winning team from Kochi will ... More

INCOME TAX
Wish-list: ‘Allow tax payers to submit details of assets with returns’
Move will ease scrutiny burden, say tax experts More

CBDT tightens TDS/TCS return filing norms
New Delhi, Feb. 13 The Finance Ministry has tightened the norms for filing tax deduction at source (TDS) and tax collection at source (TCS) returns.The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has now enhanced the threshold limit for PAN ... More