Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER `Low' taking shape over Bay THE persistent cloudiness observed over the past few days over the southeast Bay of Bengal have settled down to an area of low pressure, with prospects of moving in a west-northwest direction. Dr Akhilesh Gupta of the National Centre for ... More NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Maharashtra to offer 30,000 ha to pvt sector for jatropha cultivation THE Maharashtra Government is planning to make available 30,000 hectares for jatropha cultivation to the private sector. It is learnt that Reliance Industries has already approached the State Government to get the land allocated for jatropha ... More AWARDS & HONOURS Aiyar bags `Stars of Asia' award THE Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, has won the `Stars of Asia Award 2005'. The award, constituted by Business Week Asia, honours those who have made significant contributions towards fuelling both economic and political growth. ... More ENVIRONMENT `Proposed eco impact assessment, clearance norm will hit growth' THE OJC Chamber of Commerce has urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to scrap the proposed environmental impact assessment and prior environmental clearance or defer its implementation for at least five years. Recently, the Union ... More FOREIGN TRADE Sao Paulo keen on tie-ups THE State of Sao Paulo can be a significant platform for enhancing bilateral trade between India and Brazil, according to Dr Geraldo Jose Rodrigues Alckmin, Governor of Sao Paulo. Addressing a meeting organised by the Federation of Indian ... More HEALTH Roche to begin Tamiflu supply by April Roche will bring in Tamiflu at 12 euros (Rs 640) for 10 tablets, plus customs duty. More
NGO slams public health system in Mumbai
Philips telemedicine kits PETROLEUM Petro goods: Finance Ministry urged to restore excise on end price The issue arose after excise authorities started calculating the excise duty on the transfer price and not on the end price. More
Ecologists concerned at move for refinery, SEZ in Kakinada POWER United Bank-led team commits Rs 70-cr loan to Sikkim power co A CONSORTIUM of three banks led by United Bank of India has committed long-term loan aggregating Rs 70 crore to Sikkim Power Development Corporation Ltd (SPDCL). The deal, structured by SBI Capital Markets, is said to be the first of its kind ... More
Power discoms to instal TOD metering in Karnataka
IPE signs pact with CIRE TAXATION 
Money spinnerA scene at Walayar check-post near Palakkad on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The Walayar check-post, along with other border check-posts in the State, contributed about Rs 57 crore as sales tax revenue to the State coffers last year. Walayar's ... More
Agarwals see red over Service Tax ad WATER Delhi Govt priority for rainwater harvesting ACCORDING high priority to rainwater harvesting, the Delhi Government on Tuesday said it had made it mandatory for all new buildings taller than 100 mtrs to have facilities for rainwater harvesting. Recharging the groundwater through rainwater ... More EDUCATION 
Pre-school franchises, a growing trendKIDS - adorable, delightful, and at times annoying... but a source of revenue? Well, apparently so, because the trend of pre-school franchises seems to be growing in India. It's the age group between one-and-a-half and four years that these ... More
UPES campus in Rajahmundry GEMS & JEWELLERY 
To counter synthetic threat — Natural diamond to sport WFDB Mark from JuneTHE World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has decided to introduce the trademark logo `WFDB Mark' for natural diamond by June 2006, to counter the threat posed by synthetic diamond. This was announced at the WFDB President's meet in ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION `Withdraw service tax on residential complex construction' TERMING the levy of service tax on construction of planned residential complexes as a `retrograde step' that would escalate the prices of dwelling units by at least Rs 50 per sq. ft. even for LIG and MIG houses, the Confederation of Real Estate ... More
TN realtors seek single-window system for plan approval PRECIOUS METALS Silver likely to rule firm on industrial demand HIGHER fabrication demand due to growth in industrial requirement as also jewellery and silverware, slowing mine production, lower government and scrap sales, and recent resurgence in investment and speculative interest have combined to give the ... More METALS Copper hits a fresh high COPPER hit a new high of $4,126 a tonne (up $21/tonne) in early trading on Tuesday in London. On Monday, the base metals rose by nearly $100 a tonne, amid report of a decline in copper production in Chile, the world's largest supplier. Chilean ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS CII seeks tax holiday for food processing THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Committee on Food Processing has urged the Finance Ministry to give a complete tax holiday for the food processing sector. Mr Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII Committee on Food Processing, said ... More
Maditssia calls for large industries in southern districts GENDER Business etiquettes for the global Indian woman GLOBAL Adjustments, the expatriate relocation and cross-cultural services company, will be holding seminars as a part of its Global Indian course, in Chennai and Bangalore. The first, titled `Business Entertaining for the Global Indian Woman', ... More HUMAN RESOURCES Indian wages cheaper than Chinese The Mercer survey found senior managers and professionals in several sectors in China earn more than twice as much as their counterparts in India. More EVENTS Govt may make clinical research part of medical college curriculum THE Government plans to make clinical research part of the course structure at medical schools in the next five years. This was stated by Dr M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology. He was addressing the inaugural session of the ... More
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