The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 17, 2003

Key economic Bills await Parliament nod
THE crucial Budget session of Parliament begins here on Monday with a lot of prominent pending economic legislations such as the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill, the Electricity Bill and the Communications Convergence Bill likely ... More

Disabled rally for exemptions
Members of the Disabled Rights Group, at a march demanding exemptions on essential aids and appliances, on the eve of Budget session in the Capital on Sunday.

ECONOMY

KCCI seeks talks on planning
MANGALORE: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has sought a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr K.C. Pant, later this month to discuss various issues regarding the planning process in a market ... More

ENVIRONMENT

MCH to rope in pvt players for cleaning open drains
HAVING witnessed sanitation works being taken up by private bodies in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, which made the twin cities bag the cleanest city awards consecutively for the last few years, the citizens are now going to shortly see the ... More

HOTELS

Hotel industry flays AP Govt move on private water tankers
EXPRESSING shock over the State Government's decision to suspend water supply by private tankers in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the Andhra Pradesh Hotels Association (APHA) said such move would adversely affect the tourism ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Due diligence in the backwaters
Property disputes are common in land-starved Kerala and probably constitute the single largest chunk of civil cases in the State. The spat between GIDA and Hindustan Lever, however, is a different kettle of fish altogether. More

PETROLEUM

Oil cos defer decision to revise prices
OIL companies have deferred a decision on revising the prices of petrol and diesel for the current fortnight. This follows the volatile situation in the international oil market consequent to the possibilities of a US-led attack on Iraq and ... More

POWER

Divestment of power utilities — Karnataka Govt shelves margin method of privatisation
FACED with opposition from the integrated State-owned utility, Karnataka has quietly shelved the option of distribution margin method of privatisation. State Government sources said that the distribution margin method was not acceptable to ... More

GEB tops among loss-making power utilities
WITH the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) recording the highest loss among State Electricity Boards (SEBs) in the country, the State Government is being put on notice about the utility's dismal performance. The GEB, which incurred a loss of Rs ... More

TAXATION

Implementation of VAT must: CEOs
THE latest snap poll conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) shows that more than 87 per cent of the chief executive officers (CEOs) are of the opinion that the Government should go ahead with the implementation of value added tax ... More

WATER

TN journalists attacked by Kerala police
A GROUP of journalists from Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, who had gone to Mukkali in adjoining Kerala where a weir was being constructed across the Bhavani river, despite a ban, were injured when the police from Kerala allegedly attacked ... More

EDUCATION

WorldSpace, Vigyan Prasar tie up
VIGYAN Prasar, an autonomous body in the Department of Science and Technology, has tied up with WorldSpace, the satellite radio service provider, to offer science and technology educational programmes to students, according to Dr V.B. Kamble, ... More

DailmerChrysler to build international school at Pune
RECOGNISING the need for a world-class educational establishment to support the mobile families of Pune's multinational companies, DaimlerChrysler India has laid the foundation for the Mercedes Benz International School (MBIS) at the Information ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

Rationing Order to be amended
The Government will examine the demand for supplying wheat, along with rice, to those below the poverty line. More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

It is now cool to be in suburbs
The shift to the suburbs is also a part of the change in lifestyle. People are aspiring to live in houses that look good, designed and furnished better than the previous generation. More

READYMADE GARMENTS

Invest in apparel parks, Rana tells Keralites
THE Centre will extend all possible support for development of the apparel sector in Kerala, the Union Minister for Textiles, Mr Kashiram Rana, has said. Addressing a gathering organised by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Promoting steel houses in rural areas — Tatas keen to rope in HDFC
HDFC has a line of credit from the German government for rural housing, already benefiting 1,50,000 low income families, which could help push steel houses in the rural segment. More

`Madurai's future lies in IT, biotech, fashion apparels'
A SYNERGY of three sectors, namely, fashion apparel, biotechnology and information technology seem to hold the key for a transformation of the Madurai economy. Dr R. Jayaraman, Member Secretary, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), ... More

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