The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 09, 2003

`Renewable energy to be major power source by 2050'
RENEWABLE energy will become a major source of power by 2050 when it is expected to account for 50 per cent of all energy sources, the winner of the 2003 Green Oscar award, Mr S.P. Gon Chaudhuri, said. Addressing a meeting organised by the ... More

ECONOMY

Kerala's fiscal liabilities on the rise
THE overall fiscal liabilities of Kerala have been on the rise in recent years and they grew by an average of 19.42 per cent during the five-year period between 1997-98 and 2001-02. According to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor ... More

To achieve Millennium Development Goals — Rich & poor must work together, says UNDP
A LATEST UN report has warned that unless the developed and the developing countries craft a sort of joint responsibility, the gigantic task of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty by 2015 as set out in the Millennium ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Assocham moots opening of land route to China
OPENING of the land route from North-East India to southern China to facilitate trade between the two countries through road has been suggested by Assocham, which had represented the business delegation that accompanied the Prime Minister, Mr ... More

HEALTH

Disabled villagers stand up, and demand to be counted
WHAT kind of work can be given to the visually impaired, asked Krishna, a trained volunteer in health services in Bommarajpet Mandal of Mahboobnagar district. This question posed at a recent meeting between State Government officials and ... More

Strategy for better AIDS awareness in Kerala
THE State Management Agency (SMA), the project support unit of the Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS), has published a report of its activities for the period April 2000 to December 2002. Mr P. Sankaran, Minister for Health and Family ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

`UK keen on pharma research outsourcing'
BRITISH companies are seriously looking into the possibility of increasing pharmaceuticals research outsourcing from India, Dr Andrew Hall, the British Deputy High Commissioner to eastern India, told Business Line. "Business outsourcing ... More

TEXTILES

Tech mission on cotton starts assessment of ginning units
THE Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), which funds modernisation of ginning and pressing units, has launched an impact assessment of ginning and pressing factories financially assisted by it. The impact assessment is being carried out with the ... More

Umbrella cloth panels exempt from SACD
IMPORTERS of umbrella cloth panels used in the manufacture of umbrellas have cause for cheer. Sources said the Finance Ministry has now ruled and made it clear that such cloth panels would not attract any special additional duty of customs ... More

Texprocil workshop on WTO pacts

SSI

One-time settlement deadline extension `too little too late'
THE National Confederation of Small Industry has termed the RBI's extension of the deadline for the One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, as "too little too late". "The extension should not only have come sufficiently early, but should also have ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS

FMCG majors adopt novel strategies to boost sales — Cut down on ad budgets to maintain profit
The scaling down of advertisement expenditure was a part of the overall strategy of cost reduction initiated by FMCG majors to maintain profitability margins in the face of declining sales," the study says. More

RADIO/TV

Broadcasters for proper info on subscriber base
WITH the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) impacting revenues, broadcasters such as Star on Tuesday raised the issue of proper declarations through a subscriber management system (SMS). The Star India Chief, Mr Peter ... More

EDUCATION

IICT in pact with Osmania varsity
THE Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and the Osmania University have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to mutually synergise identified areas of strengths. The MoU signed on Tuesday has identified five areas: ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Puri temple to sell off land for corpus fund
THE famous Jagannath Temple at Puri in Orissa, which draws pilgrims/ tourists throughout the year from different parts of the country and abroad, is facing a severe resource crunch and to overcome the problem it has been decided to sell temple ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

PM to flag off 150-year Bengal Chamber bash
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will be in the city on July 16, to flag off the 150-year celebrations of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). Briefing newspersons here on the programme, Mr Sumit Mazumder, ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Court allows divestment in Jessop
A DIVISION Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising the Chief Justice, Mr A.K. Mathur, and Mr Justice Ashim Kumar Banerjee, by a composite judgement today, allowed the appeal of Union of India, whereby the issue of disinvestment with regard to ... More

SMALL SAVINGS

PF defaulters face blacklisting
THE Union Labour Ministry on Tuesday launched a major offensive against all companies that have defaulted in paying their provident fund dues as part of its `Compliance 2004' programme. According to the Ministry's plans, all provident fund ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Cabinet will decide on telecom FDI: Shourie
FOLLOWING objections raised by the security agencies to increasing the FDI sectoral cap in telecom, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recommended an alternative route of placing FII investments outside the existing sectoral cap ... More

Partnership must be a two-way street, says Sinha
INDIA is a well-managed, properly-run, strong economy and the country is willing to go more than half way down the road to tie up with other countries, provided it is a two-way interaction, the External Affairs Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, said ... More

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