The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 18, 2002

Oil movement -- What's in the pipeline,
THE proposed Paradip-Rourkela product pipeline project (418 km, estimated cost Rs 581 crore) of Petronet India Limited is believed to have run into rough weather in view of the uncertainty over Indian Oil Corporation's grassroots refinery project ... More

INSURANCE

Insurance premia hike -- Truck operators in a bind
THE hike in the insurance premia for commercial vehicles could not have come at a worse time. The industry is caught in its worst recession ever. The new hikes proposed by the Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC) has pushed up insurance costs by at ... More

POLICY

State role in export promotion
EXPORTERS, who have of late been hardly enthusiastic about policy pronouncements by the Centre for export promotion, are eagerly looking forward to the proposed new plan being conceived jointly by the Commerce and Finance Ministries, and expected ... More

SHIPPING

Kochi Refineries' SBM plan may leave port in dire straits
KOCHI Refineries Ltd's (KRL) plans to install a Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) facility — a mid-sea floating platform to handle large crude carriers with full load — may hit hard the Cochin Port Trust (CoPT). Nearly 80 per cent of the ... More

Gesco board clears plan to bid for SCI stake
GREAT Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (Gesco) has decided to file an Expression of Interest (EoI) for acquiring 51 per cent of the Government's stake in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), which is being put up for privatisation through strategic ... More

Asian ports rank high in throughput

RAILWAYS

Rlys to mop up Rs 900 cr from freight, fares rejig
A HIKE in the rail freight tariff on essential commodities and a cut in the rates on steel and petro-products are on the anvil in the Railway Budget along with a 5 to 6 per cent increase in passenger fares. According to senior Railway Board ... More

Entry tax: Rlys no to States
WITH just a few days to go for the Rail Budget, the Railways has come under pressure from several State Governments to fork out an entry tax on goods movement. The Ministry has opposed the move, saying that it is not even recovering costs on ... More

Ships in Ports

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`Feel good' factor back on bourses

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

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Looking back
Feb. 10-Feb. 16
Jetex all set to speed up

LIC offers loan for NHDP at 100 basis pts over G-Sec rate

IA hikes fares on most sectors

Motor risk premiums to go up from April