The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 30, 2007

AUTOMOBILES
Fuel efficiency grades for automobiles on the anvil
Mumbai, Nov. 29 Automobiles in India would be graded by their fuel efficiency once the Government agency completes its work on the subject. The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), the energy auditing agency under the Ministry ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
HC directive on bonus for jute workers
Mr Justice Jayanta Biswas of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed the retrospective effect of the notification regarding increase in the bonus to jute workers from Rs 3,500 to Rs 10,000. Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) moved a writ ... More

ECONOMY
Kamal Nath’s India
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FOREIGN TRADE
Nathula border: No significant achievement in volume of trade
Traders optimistic about next year’s prospects More

India, EU may wrap up FTA next year: Nath
New Delhi, Nov. 29 India and the European Union hope to conclude a Free Trade Agreement at the next summit meeting to be held in France in 2008, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr Kamal Nath, said on Thursday.Addressing the ... More

HEALTH
New IRDA norms soon for health insurers
Move aimed at comprehensive coverage, redressal of consumer grievances More

INFRASTRUCTURE
IFC to assist AP in infrastructure development
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PSU
VRS compensation package
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Call for joint ventures with EU in pharma
Hyderabad, Nov. 29 Indian pharma companies should actively explore acquisition and joint venture feasibilities in Europe, according to Mr K.V. Raghavan, Chairman of Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), Defence Research and Development ... More

POWER
GMR’s Vemagiri project to go on stream in Jan
AP Transco to ensure gas supplies More

IFC may invest in Tata Power's Mundra project
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TAXATION
Private participation in power transmission
Private participation in power transmission has been minimal. The size of investment required, the monopolistic nature of the business and the need for regulation prevent the sector from being like any other. More

GST to help remove cascading structures
Pleas for tax incentives could be reduced to a great extent: Shome More

TEXTILES
Customs duty cut a booster to synthetic textile industry
To benefit Sangam India, RSWM, Banswara Syntex More

WATER
Singapore bid to become global water hub
Turning a crisis into an opportunity More

EDUCATION
Extramarks.com seeks VC funding for expansion
Offers support to Class 6-12 students based on NCERT syllabus More

NITK convocation tomorrow
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Green-print
The green building movement aims to create eco-friendly living and working spaces. More

NEWS ANALYSIS
Mumbai land prices up on ‘artificial’ scarcity
Mumbai, Nov. 29 It is not without reason that Mumbai’s land prices are skyrocketing. On Monday, Wadhwa Builders bid Rs 5.04 lakh per sq. metre for a 7,107-sq. m plot at the Bandra Kula Complex here. While many realty ... More

Marg launches luxury villas project
Project cost is estimated at Rs 100 cr More

Sustainable homes
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Land law repeal buoys real estate stocks
Industry welcomes news; will have more land at hand More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Sattur Chamber for double line track via Madurai
Madurai, Nov. 29 The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has stressed the need for double line track via Madurai between Chennai and Nagercoil.In a letter addressed to the Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr R.Velu, the General ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
32-m antenna sets stage for Indian lunar mission
Bangalore, Nov. 29 With just over five months to go for the first Indian lunar odyssey, the Indian Space Research Organisation is putting the finishing touches to the ground station that includes the mission’s nerve centre, the Deep ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Continental AG seeks FIPB nod for investment in new jt venture
New Delhi, Nov 29 Continental AG, Germany, has sought FIPB approval for infusing foreign equity of Rs 55 crore in a proposed joint venture company ‘Continental Rico Hydraulic Brakes India Pvt Ltd’, and to establish a licence and ... More

EVENTS
‘Delay in getting land at right price major problem in Bengal’
Infosys, ITC still waiting for response from the Govt More

SIRC convention from today
The Southern India Regional Cost Convention (RCC-2007) of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) will he held here on Friday and Saturday. The two-day convention on the theme ‘Management Accounting, Driving State ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Customs duty cut on select manmade fibres, intermediates
Export relief package also covers leather, marine products More

CAG faults export growth assistance scheme allocations
Allocations under the “Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure and Allied Activities (ASIDE)” scheme designed to ensure involvement of States in export efforts were made on an ad hoc manner, “without fully ... More

CEPCI lab to expand activities
The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India’s (CEPCI) laboratory in Kerala’s Kollam city, accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories and recognised by the Bureau of Indian Standards, is ... More

Tea imports down Rs 8.3 crore on lower volumes
Tea import bill in the first eight months of this year has fallen by Rs 8.31 crore compared with the same period of last year.An analysis of the information available with the Tea Board shows that the bill has come down as a lower ... More

Surge in global prices may hit PEC wheat tender
Future contracts have gained $46 a tonne on CBOT More