LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Cess to boost regional air connectivity?
DOES the Government plan to do away with the route dispersal guideline for domestic airlines and instead ask them to absorb a 5 per cent cess, the funds from which are to be utilised to help existing and new airlines operate flights to regional ...
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Travel agents, airlines to meet again on July 29
THE stand-off between travel agents and leading foreign airlines on airlines' decision to cut agency commission continues. The second meeting between the two groups here on Tuesday failed to produce any results with both sides unable to ...
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SHIPPING
Shipping industry stepping up campaign for tonnage tax regime
AS the countdown to the Union Budget begins, the shipping industry is keeping its fingers crossed over the long-proposed introduction of tonnage tax regime, in place of the existing corporate tax system. The industry has already revved up its ...
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Spurt in coking coal arrival at Paradip port — SAIL to change its logistics plans
THE sudden rise in the arrival of imported coking coal at Paradip port, caused by Steel Authority of India's purchase , has created problems for all the agencies concerned, namely the Railways, the port authorities and the public sector steel ...
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GENERAL INSURANCE
IRDA restores special discount on marine hull
THE Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has decided to restore the special discount of 5 per cent on marine hull portfolio. The decision, according to sources, follows the representations made by the Indian National Ship ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
XPS Cargo to enhance fleet strength in Kerala
XPS Cargo Services, the door-to-door express parcel service division of integrated logistics solution provider Transport Corporation of India (TCI), proposes to boost its fleet strength in Kerala in tune with business needs and demand. ...
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RAILWAYS
Railways to get Rs 2,000 cr more from Centre
IN a reprieve to the cash-starved Railways, the Finance Ministry has committed an additional funding of about Rs 2,000 crore as the Centre's support to the Railway Budget for 2004-05, according to Rail Bhawan sources. The Railways Minister, Mr ...
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Plea for Tuticorin-Coimbatore train
MADURAI: The All-India Chamber of Commerce and Industries (AICCI), Tuticorin, has made an appeal for the introduction of a night express train service between Tuticorin and Coimbatore. Mr P.S.S.K. Raja Sankaralingam, General Secretary, ...
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ROADWAYS
Pvt bus operators plan stir in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Private bus operators in the State under the banner of the Kerala State Private Bus Operators Federation have announced that they would launch an indefinite strike from July 7 to press for an increase in bus fares. ...
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