The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 22, 2007

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Urban regulatory authority mooted
The Urban Development Minister, Mr Jaipal Reddy, on Saturday stressed on the need to have urban regulatory authority to ensure transparency and a dispute resolution mechanism in urban development projects taken on public private partnership ... More

NRIS
BSNL may hike termination charges for ILD calls
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ECONOMY
SMART MESSAGE
Whom does inflation hurt?
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HOTELS
Best hotel tag for ‘Udailvilas’ a boost to tourism
‘It will attract international travellers’ More

INFRASTRUCTURE
States told to build shelf of infrastructure projects
The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said on Saturday that a project development facility with initial corpus of Rs 100 crore was being set up to provide assistance to State governments in public private partnership (PPP) projects. ... More

Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor taskforce to meet next week
New Delhi, July 21 The task force on the proposed Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) will meet next week in Japan to finalise the Project Development Fund. The fund would be used to lay the groundwork for various projects in the ... More

States want model concession agreements online
New Delhi, July 21 States want the model concession agreements prepared by the Union Government for various sectors to be made available on Web sites. This was one of the suggestions received from state governments at the conference of ... More

PETROLEUM
RIL hikes petrol, diesel retail prices
Reliance Industries has raised its retail price of petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 per litre each following the rise in international crude prices. Unlike the public sector oil retailers, RIL does not receive government subsidy or oil bonds to ... More

POWER
NTPC-led group submits plan for power exchange
The consortium has NCDEX, NHPC as partners More

Hydel project: Pact with Bhutan soon
The Government is set to sign an agreement with Bhutan for setting up a new 1,095 MW hydel power project in that country and developing the associated transmission lines at a cost of Rs 3,514.82 crore. Speaking to newspersons, the Information and ... More

STEEL
Panel set up on steel investments
The Union Government has decided to set up an inter-ministerial group (IMG) to suggest measures to monitor and coordinate issues concerning major steel investments in the country. “The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has approved the ... More

TAXATION
Tax on 44 new services: States reach consensus
New Delhi, July 21 State Finance Ministers have come to a consensus on the list of 44 new services of intra-State nature on which service tax could be levied by the Centre and passed on to them as part of the compensation package for central ... More

TEXTILES
‘Shortfall in steel production continuing’
Call to increase supply from either domestic sources or imports More

RADIO/TV
Public feedback on broadcast content code sought
New Delhi, July 21 The Government has sought public feedback for its proposed Content Code that seeks to rein-in broadcasters. According to the Government, there is a need “to regulate the content going into public domain to ... More

EDUCATION
IGNOU programmes for CA students
Indira Gandhi National Open University has launched B.Com and M.Com exclusively for Chartered Accountants (CA) students so that they can simultaneously complete graduation and post-graduation while continuing CA. The duration of the ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Nuclear deal: India, US close to final agreement
‘Substantial progress’ follows four days of intense discussions on outstanding issues More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Drug companies will continue to face hard times
Strong rupee, costlier imports from China take their toll More

TOURISM
Egypt to raise pitch for Indian tourists
Bangalore, July 21 About 45,000 Indians visited Egypt in the first half of 2007 and the number is expected to touch 80,000 by the year end, said Mr Samy Mahmoud, Tourism Counsellor with Egypt Tourism Authority (ETA) in India. There is a ... More