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Friday, May 30, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY PENSION PLANS 
Concern over low returns on pension fundsTHE Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Mr N. Rangachary, has expressed concern over the low returns on pension funds, largely owing to the falling interest rate regime world over. At the two-day International ... More ECONOMY 
J&K annual Plan at Rs 2,500 crTHE annual plan of Jammu and Kashmir for the current fiscal has been fixed at Rs 2,500 crore as desired by the State Government and in deference to the Prime Minister's expressed interest in accelerating the pace of development in the ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS 
Duty on set-top boxes cut to 5 pcPROVIDING signals that the conditional access system (CAS) may be on course despite the growing concern among powerful political circles and within the industry, the Government on Thursday slashed the basic customs duty on set-top boxes (STBs) to ... More
Duty cut on STB's: Advantage customers, but doubts persist FOREIGN TRADE Areas spotted for tie-ups with Singapore INDIA and Singapore are to enter into mutual recognition agreements by the end of the year, in electrical/electronic equipment, food products and telecom equipment. In the first round of negotiations after the Joint Study Group report on a ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Work on Bangalore airport to begin in June THE much-delayed construction efforts of the proposed Bangalore International Airport will start in June following a Government directive to ease State restrictions on private airports, officials said. ICICI Bank would be the lead arranger for ... More
Infrastructure projects — Policies still not conducive for pvt investments: Crisil POWER Plan to redefine concept of rural electrification VILLAGE electrification will no longer mean electrifying one household per village. Government now plans to redefine rural electrification, which is implemented by public sector undertakings like the Power Finance Corporation and Rural ... More STEEL Sept deadline set for finalising steel policy THE National Steel Policy is expected to be in place within the next four months. Buoyed by the upbeat mood prevailing in the Indian steel sector in general and the encouraging performance of the domestic steel majors, the Ministry of Steel ... More TEXTILES Denims in for a new feel with Tencel blends DENIM, one of the most important fabric exports of the country, is now getting a new feel. Tencel, a fibre that blends easily and improves the utility and feel of the fabric, is targeting denims to provide value-addition and improve exports. ... More RADIO/TV Set-top boxes: Ball is now in cable TV court WITH the Centre reducing the import duty on set-top boxes (STBs), players in the cable television industry are expected to shrug off their wait-and-watch approach and roll out plans for the conditional access system (CAS) regime. "The ... More EDUCATION US architects to design campus in Hyderabad THE Washington-based Architects & Planners, Ayers/Saint/Gross would be developing the master plan for the main campus of the South Asian International Institute, a part of the Sylvan International Universities network. The main campus of the ... More
AP: CITD to launch diploma course in tool design KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Tirupur hosiery wage talks — No consensus on workload norms "We are certainly willing to have a dialogue on the issue of work-load norms this time also. But our request is to allow the current negotiations on wage revision be completed in time. Discussions on workload needs time." More DISINVESTMENT Iranian co agrees to sell stake — Decks cleared for MFL sell-off THE decks have been cleared for the Government to proceed with the disinvestment in Madras Fertilizers Ltd with the foreign partner, National Iranian Oil Company, also agreeing to sell its stake in the company along with the Centre. In a ... More
Maruti IPO process begins on June 12 SMALL SAVINGS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Positive image, but not good enough for FDI IT'S an interesting paradox - foreign companies doing business in India hold a positive image of the country, but the country's image overseas is far from satisfactory. "India has a long way to go in establishing its brand name synonymous ... More LABOUR REFORMS `Revise ILO norms on HRD' THE PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Phdcci) has suggested that there is a need for revision of human resource development recommendations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). A press release issued here on Thursday states ... More INTERVIEW 
Govt should be facilitator, not regulator: Fapcci`The headstart that the State has in areas like IT and pharma industries must be leveraged. The high-quality, trained and skilled manpower can be a significant growth driver.' More EVENTS EXPORTS & IMPORTS Ministry keeps tight vigil on rise in import of sensitive items EVEN as the country sits on a massive pile-up of foreign exchange reserves amounting to $79 billion giving enough elbow-room for a cosy import cover, the Ministry of Commerce is still maintaining its "war room" vigilance clamped immediately after ... More TOURISM `Travel, tourism may create 1-cr jobs in 2003' THE country's travel and tourism industry is expected to generate two per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generate more than one crore jobs during 2003. This has been indicated in the third set of tourism satellite accounting (TSA) ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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