The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 01, 2007

AWARDS & HONOURS
Magsaysay award for P. Sainath
Chennai, July 31 Mr P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, is among the seven awardees of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2007, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation announced in Manila on Tuesday. He won the ... More

AUTOMOBILES
Remote device enables SMS alert about vehicle theft
Micro tech lines up new range of products More

ECONOMY
Gross fiscal deficit for April-June at Rs 1.12 lakh cr
New Delhi, July 31 The Centre’s gross fiscal deficit for April-June 2007-08 is placed at Rs 1,12,404 crore, a 44.6 per cent jump over the Rs 77,740 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.The large apparent ... More

Centre ‘satisfied’ with project implementation in AP
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FERTILISERS
Fertiliser Advisory forum meet
The Fertiliser Advisory forum would be meeting here to discuss issues related to the sector. “The day-long meeting would discuss issues such as the availability and distribution of fertilisers. Issues such as fertiliser pricing, nutrient ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Biz delegation visiting Israel for strengthening economic ties
A high-level business delegation led by the Minister of State for Industries, Mr Ashwani Kumar, would visit Israel on August 5-6 to intensify economic engagement, and also to identify areas of investment and cooperation in high-tech ... More

List of more importable items to Pak forwarded
Need to identify products for better transparency, bilateral trade More

HEALTH
Avandia to be available in India: GSK
GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) diabetes medicine, Avandia, sold in India under the Windia brandname, will continue to be available in the country, the company has said.The affirmation came in the wake of a recommendation by an advisory ... More

STEEL
‘Steel Ministry to conduct study on HR’
Kolkata, July 31 The Union Ministry of Steel has asked the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) to conduct a study on the human resources that would be required to meet the demands of the growing domestic steel industry. The study is expected to ... More

TAXATION
Tax rates can be reduced further: Chidambaram
‘Special focus on promising sectors a must’ More

Chidambaram mays ask banks to improve online tax data
New Delhi, July 31 The Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram, is likely to ask public sector banks to substantially improve the data quality in online tax accounting system (OLTAS) and e-TDS returns to enable tax credits based on electronic PAN ... More

New e-filing scheme for intermediaries
New Delhi, July 31 The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come up with a new scheme for electronic filing of returns through e-return intermediaries. Public sector companies, firm of chartered accountants or advocates that have ... More

E-payments of service tax not a big hit yet
New Delhi, July 31 Electronic payment of service tax by high value service tax payers has not gathered momentum going by the information available with the Finance Ministry. On the other hand, electronic payment of excise duty has been a big ... More

RADIO/TV
Tata Sky sees subscribers base crossing 1-million mark
Coimbatore, July 31 Tata Sky Ltd (TSL), a joint venture between the Tata and the STAR group offering Direct to Home Service (DTH), is confident of breaching the 1-million subscribers mark before it completes one year of operation as it had ... More

EDUCATION
Education loans may come with life cover
PSBs may be told to provide online facility More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Centre to launch National Food Security Mission
States must draw district-wise decentralised plans: Manmohan More

Consortium to set up agro food parks
Hyderabad, July 31 YES Bank, Alterra of Netherlands and Indu Projects Ltd have joined hands to establish a chain of ‘Integrated Agro Food Parks’ in the country. Starting with four in Andhra Pradesh, the plan is to move to ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY
Gems, jewellery expo from Aug 3
Hyderabad, July 31 The third edition of the Hyderabad International Gems and Jewellery Exposition would be held at the HITEX (Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Ltd) during August 3-8.Claimed to be the largest show in South ... More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY
TEA plea
Coimbatore, July 31 Tirupur Exporters Association reacting to the RBI’s first quarter Credit policy said that since exporters suffered on account bank interest hike and rupee appreciation, there is a need for the RBI to announce a ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
FIEO upset over credit policy
New Delhi, July 31 The Federation of Indian Export Organisation has expressed disappointment over the first quarter review of monetary policy. In a statement, the FIEO President, Mr Ganesh Kumar Gupta, said that he expected the 2 per cent ... More

Pawar defends wheat imports
Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture Minister, has strongly defended the Centre’s decision to import wheat at a higher cost. Addressing newspersons here on Tuesday, he said it was important to build a substantial buffer in order to ... More