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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ANTI-DUMPING


Probe on dumping duty on metcoke
NEW DELHI: The Designated Authority in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has initiated sunset review investigations on the existing definitive anti-dumping duty on Metallurgical Coke from China. Some of the importers/users of Metcoke ... More

ECONOMY


British envoy lauds India's reform progress
There has been very good progress in India's economic reforms in the last two years with the opening up of the insurance and banking sectors and the accelerated pace of privatisation, the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Rob Young, ... More

  • ILO condemns bonded child labour

    FOREIGN TRADE


    Joint panel mooted for bilateral ties with Mexico
    INDIA and Mexico have agreed to set up a joint working group to explore possibilities of enhancing bilateral relations in the areas of trade, investment and exchange of tariff concessions. This was decided at a meeting between the Minister of ... More

    PETROLEUM


    Oil PSUs given freedom to select dealers
    THE Government has dissolved the Dealership Selection Board (DSB), thus granting autonomy to public sector oil companies in the selection of dealers and distributors for retailing their petro-products. Announcing this in the Lok Sabha on ... More

    POWER


    CEA meet to decide on Bakreswar extension
    WITH only a fortnight to go before the visit of a fact-finding mission from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC), the Central Electricity Authority is holding a meeting for considering the Rs 1532.95-crore Bakreswar Thermal Power ... More

    Mixed response to Karnataka power tariff hike
    THE power tariff hike recommended by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has evoked mixed response from the chambers of commerce and industry in the State. The Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has ... More

    LVS unable to sell to third parties; APTransco says no
    INDUSTRIAL Development of Bank of India (IDBI) has stated that financial institutions would be constrained to reconsider funding further power projects in Andhra Pradesh if the stalemate pertaining to LVS Power Ltd continued. In a letter to Mr ... More

  • Synchronisation of RTPS unit 7
  • BJP unhappy over power tariff hike

    TAXATION


    TN proposes ST on resale of commodities
    THE Tamil Nadu Government has decided to amend the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959, to introduce the concept of set-off, levy tax on resale of commodities and a five per cent infrastructure surcharge, constitute a settlement commission and ... More

    TEXTILES


    NIFT package for ailing APCO
    THE National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here has worked out an Rs 40-crore package for the revival of the ailing Andhra Pradesh Handlooms Co-operative Society (APCO). The two-year package, approved by the Union as well as the State ... More

    BREWERIES


    The mug holds no cheer for Karnataka brewers
    THE breweries in Karnataka are increasingly catering to the sales in the neighbouring States. The indifferent local market conditions and the booming beer sales in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have ensured that the bulk of the their brewing, ... More

    RADIO/TV


    Shake-out imminent among pay channels
    A SHAKEOUT among the various pay channels seems to be on the cards, with the Government paving the way for Conditional Access System (CAS). The winners would be those channels providing quality content and attracting high viewership while the ... More

    TN Bill to regulate cable networks
    THE Tamil Nadu Government has introduced a Bill seeking to put in place a licensing system and regulate the functioning of cable television operators and the multi-system operators controlling them. The proposed Bill, Tamil Nadu Exhibition on ... More

    HCV/LCV/TRACTORS


    Sharp fall in Dec tractor sales
    A TURNAROUND in the agriculture sector failed to help the tractor industry with sales falling for the second consecutive month in December, latest industrial data showed. The Tractor Manufacturers Association (TMA), a grouping of nine tractor ... More

    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


  • Swamsar courses in cleaning science

    DISINVESTMENT


    Somasundara mill workers unhappy with new VRS plan
    THE National Textile Corporation (NTC) in Tamil Nadu has introduced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its workers employed in the city-based Somasundara Mills, slated for closure and disinvestment. But the 600-odd workers in the unit ... More

    IPR


    Maran moves Bill in Rajya Sabha -- `Product patent regime for drugs not now'
    THE Patents (Second Amendment) Bill 1999, reflecting the ``united will and wisdom'' of the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), that had taken full note of all developments and provided requisite safeguards by availing itself of the ... More

    Patents Bill passed
    THE Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Patents Bill which will enable India to fall in line with the World Trade Organisation-administered Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Regime. The legislation was passed without the Upper House ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


  • Kerala: Headload workers protest ordinance

    EVENTS


    Climbing the learning curve to quality
    INDUSTRY leaders articulating what had worked in their own organisations to help them become institutes of quality marked the one-year celebration of CII's Institute of Quality here on Thursday. In his keynote address, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, ... More

    `Govt has distanced itself from the public'
    "IT'S unfortunate that in public governance, the attitude is that of the Government versus the rest of the people rather than the Government for the people,'' Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd, today ... More

  • Kochi Engagements
  • Hyderabad Engagements

    TOURISM


    `TN lagging behind in tourism promotion'
    IT is time the Tamil Nadu Government came out with `totally, radically different ideas' of promoting tourism if it wants to avoid being bracketed among the least preferred tourist destinations in the country. What is surprising is that while ... More

    `Coastal tourism got Rs 5.9 cr from Centre'
    KERALA has been sanctioned Rs 5.9 crore by the Centre over the last three years for developing coastal tourism in the State. The information was given in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Mr Jagmohan, in reply to a ... More

    Kerala stall big hit at Dubai travel mart
    THE Kerala delegation attending the Arabian Travel Market 2002 being held in Dubai from May 7 to May 10 is the largest from India, a spokesman of the Department of Tourism said. The Kerala Tourism stall, built in traditional style, has already ... More

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


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