The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 27, 2007

EMPLOYMENT
80 lakh new jobs in AP by 2015: CII
Hyderabad, Oct. 26 Over 80 lakh new jobs will be created in different sectors in Andhra Pradesh over next eight years, according to a study on skill and employability commissioned by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Bio-diesel plant using variety of materials as feedstock developed
Pune-based entrepreneurs file for US patent; unit can use acid oil More

Chamber seeks mandatory ethanol blending
Madurai, Oct. 26 Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has made an appeal for mandatory blending of ethanol with petrol.The Chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balasubramanian, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan ... More

Bengal ties up with Komex for solar wafer manufacturing project
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Rice-based ethanol plant planned
Hyderabad, Oct. 26 Giving a boost to the ethanol production base, Bio Ethanol India Limited, a city-based company, has announced a Rs 50-crore project in West Godavari district.The 60-kilo litre a day (kld) capacity plant would start ... More

ECONOMY
Industrial production index to get new base year
Indices on industrial growth, SSI, consumer price in urban areas on cards More

BUSINESS LINE, KOLKATA: FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Showcasing the North-East as investment destination
The first impression, they say, may be a lasting one. Perhaps for the first time ever, all the eight States of North-East region, namely, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim, presented a unified ... More

Policy for youth advocated
Tiruchi, Oct 26 Educational and health policies befitting the higher component of youth in the population must be formulated to transform India into one of the richest nations in the world along with the US and China by 2050, said Prof M. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
L&T set to float $1-b infrastructure fund
L&T is preparing to float a $1-billion infrastructure fund, Mr Y.M. Deosthalee, Chief Financial Officer, L&T, told Business Line on Friday. He said the advisors would finalise the structure and the location of the ... More

PETROLEUM
Indian firms turn to Paraguay for farming
Ruchi Soya joins consortium to acquire 10,000 hectares of land More

IOC-OIL scout for local partner to bid in Libya
The consortium of State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) are scouting for a local partner to bid in the latest gas exploration auction round of Libya. The consortium that has qualified as financial investors needs ... More

Selan Exploration gains on investors interest
Plans to acquire another block from ONGC shortly More

POWER
PM clears 41 coal blocks to power sector
Ensuring generation of 68,000 MW More

BHEL venture with TNEB for Rs 8,500-cr project
Chennai, Oct 26 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board today announced the setting up of a joint venture company to put up a 1,600-MW thermal power plant at Udangudi, near Tuticorin, southern Tamil Nadu.Twenty ... More

3 bidders for ultra mega power projects in AP
New Delhi, Oct 26 The Centre’s ambitious ultra mega power project (UMPP) scheme is finding fewer takers. The Andhra Pradesh-based Krishnapatnam UMPP has received request for qualifications (RFQs) from just three bidders — Sterlite, ... More

TAXATION
Maharashtra tops list of 7 States in VAT collections
Gujarat recorded 18% growth at Rs 7,296 cr More

Bengal may review luxury tax rates, says Buddhadeb
Centre urged to take initiatives for developing tourism infrastructure More

TECHNOLOGY
Time to upgrade jute industry technologically
On the face of it, it is an industry that accounts for a turnover of Rs 6,500 crore annually. More importantly, it provides direct employment to two-and-a-half lakh workers in the organised sector, and to another one lakh in the unorganised ... More

SSI
Tuticorin match units seek incentives
Madurai, Oct 26 Match manufacturers in Tuticorin have appealed to the Centre to grant more export incentives and a reduction in excise duty to make the industry more competitive.According to Mr M. Paramasivam, President, National Small ... More

Executive programme at Nimsme
Hyderabad, Oct. 26 The National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Nimsme) has formally launched the Phase-II of International Executive Development Programmes. It has also started the Foundation Programme for Extension ... More

RADIO/TV
Hollywood bonanza from HBO
Hyderabad, Oct. 26 As Home Box Office (HBO) celebrates its seventh year in India, it has unveiled plans to offer over 100 Hollywood movies, including some blockbusters during the festive season till December end. The Country Manager of ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY
High prices take the sheen off gold
Physical demand, investment down 20-25% More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
HC nod for Lanco Hills project
Hyderabad, Oct. 26 A division of bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court today set aside a single judge order staying further activities on the ambitious Lanco Hills project, which seeks to create a satellite techno township including one of ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
CII’s initiative on ‘Vision 2025’ for TN
Madurai, Oct 26 A kick-off meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madurai Zone, to evolve a strategy on framing the ‘Vision 2025’ for Tamil Nadu to achieve the emotional aspirations of the people, was held here on ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
‘HR personnel need to develop global acumen’
Chennai, Oct 26 Only four per cent of the students who study in premier educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs want to go abroad (the US or the UK) for further studies or work. That number was as high as 60 per cent a few years ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
DoT pushes for auction of GSM spectrum
‘Most transparent way to process applications’ More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Curbs on rice exports cause anguish in AP
Kakinada, Oct. 26 Rice exporters here are in distress following the ban on export of non-basmati rice, imposed by the Union Government earlier this month. The subsequent order of the Government fixing a minimum export price ($425 a tonne) for ... More