The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 17, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMY: Excise duty receipts drop 15% in Nov
Customs collections too see decline in same month. New Delhi, Dec. 16 The Centre’s excise duty revenues declined 15 per cent in November 2008 to Rs 8,556 crore compared with Rs 10,065 crore recorded in the same month last year. This ...

ECONOMY: Pipe cos showing slowdown leaks
Kolkata, Dec. 15 Pipe manufacturing units are showing early signs of getting hit by global ...

EDUCATION: B.R. Bhat, General Manager, Corporation Bank; IBS, Mangalore
Mangalore, Dec. 16 The current global meltdown has helped India to learn some lessons, according to Mr B.R. Bhat, General Manager of Corporation ...

PETROLEUM: Hedging against ATF price volatility
Civil aviation companies in India have been facing cost pressures in recent times. The grand plans of expansion into the international sector have forced many airline companies to double capacity by ordering more aircraft. ...

PSU: Kerala Soaps and Oils to be reopened
The State-owned Kerala Soaps and Oils Ltd, which has been lying closed for the past six years, is being reopened, but cast in a new look both in name and ...

ECONOMY: Jury is still out on extent of slowdown
Bangalore, Dec. 16 Even as the index of industrial production went into negative territory in October, there are varying views on the extent of the ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Regulator proposes tariff hike for wind power
Chennai, Dec. 16 New wind farms are likely to get a higher tariff for the power they ...

POWER: Concern over thermal plants along AP coast
‘Norms being given go-by’; ecological damage feared. Visakhapatnam, Dec. 16 The Andhra Pradesh Government is giving permission indiscriminately for private companies to set up thermal power plants in the State, especially along the ...

EDUCATION: Future vision… professional courses from South
The southern districts of Tamilnadu is an emerging powerhouse in manpower. Its contribution at the professional and technical level is on the rise. It is common knowledge now that about 15 percent to 20 percent of personnel working in ...

GEMS & JEWELLERY: Jewellery exports down 34% in November
Industry also hit by the shortage in gold supply. Mumbai, Dec. 16 Hit by the recession in the United States, gem and jewellery exports dipped 34.25 per cent to $987 million in November against $1,501 million recorded in the same period last ...

TERRORISM: Twin Bills to counter terrorism introduced
New Delhi, Dec. 16 In less than three weeks after the terrorist attack in Mumbai, the Government on Tuesday introduced twin Bills in the Lok Sabha that would pave the way for establishing a National Investigation Agency (NIA) and underpinning ...

SSI: New growth strategy for SMEs mooted
Kochi, Dec. 16 Globalisation in India has a special significance with regard to increase in employment in the SME sector and the State Governments are providing a host of incentives for its development, at a time when the manufacturing ...

SSI: RBI asks banks to look into problems faced by SSIs
SLBC convenors asked to organise special meetings, ensure corporates pay off dues on time. Mumbai, Dec 16 In a bid to alleviate the problems faced by micro and small enterprises (MSEs), Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday asked State Level Bankers ...

ENVIRONMENT: Many cos decline to reveal carbon emissions, reduction targets
New Delhi, Dec. 16 Almost 139 Indian companies of the top 200 that were approached by the World Wide Fund for Nature and Confederation of Indian Industries, declined to divulge details about their carbon emissions and ...

HEALTH: Food safety to be in focus for Commonwealth Games
Mumbai, Dec. 16 In the context of Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New Delhi next year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set off a series of steps to review and upgrade the safety of food served in ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: Leadership award
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TERRORISM: ‘Govt reshaping security set up’
New Delhi, Dec. 16 The Government is reshaping its security set up to make the forthcoming Commonwealth Games completely fool proof in view of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Secretary (Tourism), Mr Sujit Banerjee, has ...

TAXATION: Workshop on indirect taxes
Madurai, Dec. 16 The Madurai Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will be holding a one-day workshop on ‘Indirect Taxes’ at Hotel Prem Nivas, on ...