The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 24, 2003

China, get ready for Indian summer!
"Apart from cementing trade and investment ties with China, we are also making an effort to get into the hearts and minds of the Chinese youth through the various shows that are planned." More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY

He wants to light up the world
MR Arun Shukla, LIC IT Manager from Jabalpur, is an unlikely but enthusiastic votary of solar energy. His invention - a device that promises daylight throughout the day - is on display at the Clean Energy 2003 exhibition. The technology ... More

BUDGET

FAPCCI hails hike in allocation for industry
THE Federation of the Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) has welcomed the increase in budgetary allocation to the industrial sector from Rs 283.52 crore to Rs. 375.18 crores, an increase of 38.51 per cent, but urged the ... More

ECONOMY

RBI concern over mounting deficits — Improve tax collection, States told
THE Reserve Bank of India has expressed concern over State Governments' growing deficits calling for steps such as improving the tax-collection system and charging for public services to augment revenues. In its latest report on `State ... More

HEALTH

Study on diabetes unearths bitter truths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has projected an increase in the incidence of diabetes in the Indian population to 57 million by 2025 from the current level of about 26-27 million people. More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Kinfra pact with Korean group for support services
THE Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) and the Sigma Group of South Korea have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture company that will provide support services for Korean businesses that wish to start ... More

TEXTILES

Textile sector divided on excise duty exemption
SIMA laments that notwithstanding the various studies finding the plethora of duty exemptions as the bane of the industry, the move to continue the exemptions would do more damage to the industry in the coming years. SIMA says if the Government could not complete the `Cenvat' chain, it could as well exempt the entire spinning sector from excise duty. More

WATER

Customised solutions from Ion Exchange
THOSE facing problems with contaminated water now need no longer go in for generalised solutions available off-the-shelf in the sanitary ware shops. Problems such as microbiological impurities, hardness of water, brackishness and excess of ... More

Govt urged to look at carbonated water issue
WILL the recent turbulence in the table-water segment throw up a silver lining for sparkling and carbonated water brands like Nestle's Perrier and San Pellegrino and Groupe Danone's Farrarelle? It's been more than a year since the import of these ... More

EDUCATION

New role for corporates in schooling
With several others already having made a mark, how does Indus International School plan to sell itself to parents? Mr T.P. Vasanth, one of the trustees of the school, said: "Clearly, there are three stakeholders in education: children, ... More

`Lower cost of school education'
A ROAD map for the future of India's young citizens has been laid by the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who feels that one need not lose heart over some of the countrymen seeking greener pastures abroad. He has also voiced his support to the ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS

Auto majors see India as parts sourcing hub
While companies operating out of India such as Ford, Yamaha, Toyota have already indicated that they plan to use the country as a component sourcing hub, even multinationals, which do not have operations in India, are presently in talks to source com ponents. More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY

Aim higher, Kalam tells Tirupur exporters
THE President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, took a leaf out of his `Vision 2020' for a developed India and applied it for the knitwear-exporting town of Tirupur for its vibrancy in knitted garment exports. While praising the Tirupur exporters for ... More

CINEMA

`Nandanam' wins best film award
NANDANAM, directed by Ranjit, has been adjudged the best film while Jayaraj has been chosen best director for his work in Kannaki in the Lux Asianet Film Awards-2003 announced here. Dileep won the best actor award for his role in ... More

WTO

`Time for action plan to meet WTO challenges'
THE Vice-President, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, has stressed the need for an urgent action to prepare Indian industry and agriculture to face the challenges of competition in the new emerging World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime. "Nothing ... More

IPR

IIT-M sees more royalty income
THE Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is looking at `sizeable' revenue from royalty of its IPs (intellectual property). The institute got five more patents last week. Last year it got five patents for various innovations, and between ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Tribals as outliers
Tribals and fisherfolk are `outliers' in the Kerala model of development. An outlier is something that lies, dwells, or is situated or classed away from a main or related body. More

E-GOVERNANCE

`Akshaya' e-network: First MoU signed for Malappuram
AKSHAYA, touted to be among the largest social and economic e-networks in the making in the country, entered a significant phase in its stated preliminary objective of making Malappuram the first total e-literate district in the country with the ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

3-day ISB workshop
HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business (ISB) three-day workshop on `Entrepreneurship Teaching and Mentoring', for faculty from various academic institutions in the country began here on Sunday. The workshop is an initiative of the ... More

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