The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 17, 2004

SEEDS
Vanilla, nutmeg seedlings
KOCHI: Spices Board is making available seedlings of vanilla and nutmeg at subsidised prices to growers during the ensuing planting season. The Board proposes to distribute both rooted and tissue culture vanilla plantlets and budded nutmeg ... More

ECONOMY
RBI may not cut Bank Rate
A LIMITING factor on RBI lowering the key indicative Bank Rate could be the sharp rise in crude prices to around $40 a barrel. Till now, the profit-making public sector oil companies have been coerced by New Delhi to hold prices and absorb the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
New Govt to review Vizag projects
THE Congress Government, led by Dr Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy, is planning to review all the projects relating to Visakhapatnam sanctioned by the Telugu Desam Government and take suitable remedial steps in the interests of the public, Mr D. ... More

POWER
Kerala energy centre, US body sign contract
IT-based energy management systems developed by Energy Management Centre (EMC), an autonomous body under the Government of Kerala, has won recognition from the US-based Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development. Winrock ... More

RIL bags NTPC order to supply gas — Tariff fixed at Rs 2 per unit
RELIANCE Industries Ltd has bagged a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) order to supply 3 million tonnes of natural gas per annum for the latter's proposed 1300-MW power stations at Kawas and Gandhar in Gujarat for seventeen years. ... More

STEEL
Fall in iron ore prices likely
IRON ore prices in the domestic market may head for lower levels in the coming days following a slump in international demand and prices following much lower Chinese demand for the past few weeks. This, however, is unlikely to bring down the ... More

TEXTILES
Export market sluggish as yarn demand slides
TEXTILE producers have been staring at a sluggish market for nearly a month now as lack of demand for both yarn and grey fabric has dampened their marketing. The slide in demand for coarser count yarn of 30s/40s is well pronounced now, said ... More

Training for weavers in TN
MADURAI: Skills in new products were imparted to weavers at a 10-day programme jointly organised by the Gandhi Gram Rural Institute (GRI) and the Commissionerate of Handloom and Textiles at Dindigul, near here. Besides giving training in ... More

WATER
Call to ban commercial exploitation of water resources
THE Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, Prof B. Hanumaiah, has said that commercial exploitation of water resources should be banned. He was speaking at the inauguration of a seminar on "Water harvesting and pollution control", organised ... More

COAL
Pvt investors interested in setting up coal washeries
A TOTAL of 66 private investors are reported to have shown interest in setting up non-coking coal washeries for various public sector thermal power generating units in the country. The interest was shown in response to an invitation by the ... More

EDUCATION
Exam results thru SMS
KOCHI: Both BPL Mobile and Escotel have made arrangements to announce SSLC and HSC results through SMS. The SSLC results are to be announced on May 17 and HSC results on May 18. Announcing the service, Mr B. Ramakrishna, Chief Operating ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Dharavi — From Asia's largest slum to the hottest real estate?
The rules of the Slum Redevelopment Scheme will be applicable. Only those residing in the area prior to January 1, 1995 will be eligible for a home of 225 sq feet. More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Maditssia call for new policy
MADURAI: The Madurai District Tiny And Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia), in the aftermath of the elections, has called for an earnest attention to the problems of the small scale industries (SSI). While lauding the ... More

CII launches engineering division

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Icrisat's DG gets new term
HYDERABAD: Dr William D. Dar, Director-General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), has been given a new five-year term of the office starting January 1. In a press release here, Icrisat ... More

INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Left makes right moves for Bengal industry
AT the moment the overwhelming feeling among several sections of India Inc and stock market operators is that economic reformsmight come to a screeching halt. This apprehension has emerged because the Left, with a significant block of ... More

EVENTS

In Thiruvananthapuram today

Agenda for the week

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Development plan for first generation entrepreneurs
THE Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), an affiliated body of the Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh (ALEAP), in association with the State Bank of India, would be conducting a three-week entrepreneurship development ... More