The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 06, 2002

VRS for Govt surplus staff cleared
IN line with the commitment given by the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, on downsizing the Government, the Union Cabinet today cleared the proposal for a voluntary retirement scheme for government employees in the surplus pool. Currently, ... More

Grain curbs off, sugar freed, new policy for drug sector
THE Government today cleared a host of long-pending reform measures, especially in the agriculture and pharma sectors, thus fulfilling the promises made in the 2001-02 Budget. On top of the proposals cleared by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday was ... More

Control on sugar to go next fiscal
THE Government has decided to totally decontrol the sugar industry during the coming fiscal, subject to futures trading becoming fully operational. Currently, the curbs on the industry are two-fold. The first relates to the obligation on mills ... More

Curbs on wheat exports go
THE Government on Tuesday removed quantitative restrictions on export of wheat and wheat products, coarse grains and butter while also doing away with the existing packaging restrictions of five kg consumer packs on export of pulses. ... More

Forensic network in offing
A NATIONAL network, which will connect the forensic institutes in the country with the police and judiciary for optimum utilisation in crime detection and management, is on the anvil. Being put in place by the Directorate of Forensic Science, ... More

STATES

Andipatti and then what?
FOR the DMK and other Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, it is all over bar the shouting in the Andipatti Assembly by-election. So secure seems the AIADMK General Secretary Ms Jayalalithaa's position in this constituency, also her political mentor ... More

New strategy to develop roads, bridges in AP
IN a significant development, the Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to adopt a new approach for roads and bridges development which seeks to leverage private participation who will have the rights to manage and generate income through levy of ... More

AP may ink pact for greenfield airport by June
THE Andhra Pradesh Government is expected to conclude a development agreement with the GMR-Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhard (MAHB) consortium by June this year for the proposed greenfield airport at Shamshabad, near here. It is learnt that the ... More

AP plans to procure 80 lakh tonnes rice
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up a procurement target of 80 lakh tonnes of rice during the current marketing season, which includes 45 lakh tonnes of rice during the kharif and 25 lakh tonnes during rabi seasons respectively. The ... More

`Kerala needs drastic measures'
A TOP World Bank official has likened the current economic crisis in Kerala to the situation obtaining in Argentina whose fiscal lapses over the past decade have brought the Latam country teetering to the edge of a financial precipice today. ... More

TCS to help develop AP Buddhist sites
TATA Consultancy Services, the software services major, on Monday signed up with the Andhra Pradesh Government to prepare a tourism Master Plan focussed on development of the Buddhist circuit in the State. Under the terms of agreement, TCS will ... More

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