The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 11, 2003

TN proposes Rs 7,000-cr Plan outlay
EVEN as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, holds discussion with the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr K.C.Pant, tomorrow here to get the Plan size of the State fixed for the current fiscal, the Government in its draft Plan ... More

AP CM sets scorching pace for Collectors
With the State's focus trained on tackling one of the severest droughts in recent times, the CM asked the Collectors to thrash out some of the irritants to streamline relief measures. More

FERTILISERS

Policy changes bane of fertiliser sector: CARE
A CONSISTENT fertiliser policy is the need of the hour as it would ensure steady supply of fertilisers at affordable cost to farmers and at the same time provide reasonable returns to the industry, CARE has said in its update on the ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

CII proposes enterprise show in Central Asia
Sources said that one of the key reasons behind the fresh interest in the region is the improved macro-economic and political situation in Central Asia. More

Investment pact likely with China
INDIA and China are likely to sign an investment protection agreement during the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to China slated for the last week of June, officials in the Chinese Embassy here said. A team of officials from both ... More

HEALTH

Lagging behind
The Indian healthcare system needs to play catch-up to make a mark in the global arena. More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Textile, grains complex proposed at Koyambedu
WITH June 25 being the last date for receiving applications for the proposed textile and foodgrains market in Koyambedu, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has been receiving applications mainly from wholesale traders from the ... More

PETROLEUM

Form cluster, petro product cos told
TO optimise the usage of energy, petroleum product companies like Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and research and development (R&D) companies like Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) should form a cluster. Suggesting ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

Pharma retailing set for makeover
THE next time you hear 98.4°, it could refer to more than the ideal temperature for the human body - the newly launched neighbourhood pharma retail store. With the aim of attacking the spurious drug trade by providing genuine medicine in a ... More

POWER

Coal-based power plant at Tuticorin with TNEB — NLC may take 89 pc stake in jt venture
NEYVELI Lignite Corporation (NLC) is likely to take an 89 per cent stake in the proposed joint venture with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for putting up a 1,000 MW coal-based power plant at Tuticorin. The electricity board will hold the ... More

Kothagudem, Vijayawada power units trip
A MAJOR power trip affected generation in the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station (VTPS) and the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS) and consequently electricity supply in large areas in the State was disrupted. Gales and heavy downpour led to ... More

RUBBER

Warehouse for rubber goods in US must, says Worldlink — Spells out export strategy
The Indian exporter needs a 3PL (third-party logistics) provider to manage the supply chain, a well-located and functional warehouse in the US and a marketing company to develop the image and customer base. More

TEXTILES

Textile companies knit a successful show
THE textile sector has managed to weave the fabric of success in 2002-03. An analysis of the performance of 121 textile companies that have declared their results till now shows that a majority of the companies have succeeded in wiping out the ... More

SSI

`SMEs must have the killer instinct' — Industrial clusters list soon
THE Union Government will soon come out with the list of 10 industrial clusters slated for development as promised in the new Exim Policy for 2002-07. Disclosing this here on Tuesday at a workshop on `New Export-Import Policy', the ... More

RADIO/TV

Pricing: Channels get more time
THE Government seems to have softened its stand and given broadcasters some more time to spell out clearly their pricing strategy. At a meeting on Tuesday between the officials of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry and ... More

EDUCATION

KITTS moves to launch part-time diploma course
THE Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) will shortly launch a part-time Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration -Travel and Tourism. Targeted at people working in the tourism and travel industry, classes for the ... More

A high (tech) school shortcut to US degree
AN American researcher and a Harvard alumnus associated with the US Department of Education, who has developed a new learning prototype that leverages the latest Internet technologies, has announced plans to locate the first remote click and ... More

Coaching classes for CA exams

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Builders for implementing Chennai `plan'
THE city chapter of the Builders' Association India (BAI) has called for the implementation of the second master plan by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA). Mr R. Radhakrishnan, past national President of the BAI, said the ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

All-India validity sought for weighing tools
THE Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia) has pleaded that weights, measures and weighing machines produced in one State should be made valid throughout the country. It also sought exemption of engineering goods that are ... More

KCCI to support trade bandh

DISINVESTMENT

EoIs invited for MFL sell-off
THE Union Government has initiated afresh the process of privatising Chennai-based Madras Fertilisers Ltd (MFL) for selling 59.27 per cent stake in the company to a strategic investor along with transfer of management control. The Government ... More

EVENTS

Bengal to set up centres for doling redressal awareness
`The group's recommendation regarding hiring profession pleaders by the consumers and the sellers was not accepted by the Government.' More

INCOME TAX

Confusion over I-T deduction on open offers
WITH a good number of open offers expected during the current fiscal year and the markets looking up, ordinary investors are running from pillar to post to figure out whether the interest component in the final price for delayed open offers is ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

STC too to canalise vanaspati imports
THE Government has appointed State Trading Corporation (STC) as a canalising agency in addition to the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) for import of vanaspati from Nepal under the annual tariff quota regime. Under the revised Indo-Nepal ... More

TOURISM

AP unveils eco-tourism plans
WITH the `threshold' year of 2002-03 giving encouraging results in the field of eco-tourism, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) has decided to tap several areas along the Eastern Ghats, Nallamala forest area and the vast ... More

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