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Shunning SBI, PF looks out to private bankers

Thursday 3 July '08

Peeved with the State Bank of India for giving poor returns on idle funds, the Employee Provident Fund Organisation...
ITI revival plans to be unveiled soon,says BRPSE

Friday 20 June '08

The Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises will take up a revival plan for Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited...
Ordinance to use ESI for RSBY on the cards

Thursday 12 June '08

With the general elections nearing, the government is moving fast to put in place a mechanism that would enable...
Food firms want labelling rules only after regulator is set up

Saturday 30 June '07

‘With Safety & Standards Authority in place by year-end, there is no point implementing a set of rules for a few months’
Gujarat, not India, is 100 pc wheat fortified

Wednesday 20 June '07

Despite availability of technology, Government aids and low cost, India still needs political courage to ensure 100 per cent wheat flour fortification.
23 heads in 10 years, I-T panel needs settling down

Thursday 7 June '07

For a panel handling the task of resolving income and wealth tax cases, the Income Tax Settlement Commission has a very pressing in-house...
Tax evaders flood ITSC to make use of sunset clauses

Friday 1 June '07

In a bid to get relief under certain sunset clauses, tax evaders and defaulters flooded all four benches of the Income Tax Settlement Commission...
Most complaints to consumer helpline NCL are against telecos

Thursday 10 May '07

The telecom services sector may be growing at over 60 per cent a year adding millions of new customers, but the quality of service being offered seems to be on the decline.
Over half of India’s industrial sectors clock 10-20% growth

Friday 4 May '07

Indian manufacturing industry has done quite well in fiscal 2006-07, according to a Confederation of Indian Industry survey...
Govt set to approve 10 leather parks to compete with China

Tuesday 1 May '07

In order to compete with China on the price front, the government will soon give its nod to 10 proposed dedicated parks for the leather industry.
Erratic power supply shaves 1.5% off GDP every year

Thursday 19 April '07

SMEs in the North-East are officially allotted power for 25 days a month... but actually get supplies only for 16-18 days
Industry to adopt 42 ITIs across 13 states

Wednesday 11 April '07

A novel method has been suggested to turn the Industrial Training Institutes into employment generators.
Opinion split on gold price direction

Saturday 7 April '07

With inflation at a new high, investors move towards gold, traditionally seen as a hedge against inflation.
Ministries favour key role for SMEs in defence production

Thursday 5 April '07

The ministries of defence and small scale industry are working on a proposal that would allow small and medium enterprises to become defence equipment manufacturers.
Assocham forms affirmative action panel on minorities

Friday 9 March '07

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry has constituted a special committee to discuss the issue of bringing the minority communities into the domain of affirmative action.
DoT directive to ISPs to cost $120 mn forex loss

Saturday 3 March '07

Internet service providers are upset over a Department of Telecom directive asking them to stop providing Internet services to unregistered call centres and BPOs.
Row over issue of publicising legal services

Wednesday 7 February '07

Hinduja TMT’s announcement to establish a legal process outsourcing unit in India has triggered off a controversy...
Advertising ban hurts legal entrepreneurship: study

Friday 26 January '07

800,000 Indian lawyers can go global if restrictions are removed, country’s share of global market can move from 2% to 20%
Reservation in private sector shouldn’t be mandatory: Dhoot

Wednesday 17 January '07

The president-elect of industry body Assocham, Venugopal Dhoot holds contrarian views on many contemporary issues.
Industry seeks extension on new packaging rules

Saturday 6 January '07

It's eight days to implementation of new weights and measures rules for packaged commodities, and the industry is pleading for another four months' extension.
India Inc raises voice against Rs 30,000 cr counterfeit trade

Thursday 4 January '07

The loss to government: Rs 15,000 crore. The loss to industry: Rs 30,000 crore. The culprit: trade in counterfeit products.
India Inc wants dedicated SEZs, call-centres for medical tourism

Thursday 28 December '06

First the good news. An industry report says the Indian medical tourism industry, which was at a nascent stage not too long ago, has been growing steadily at 30 per cent a year, compounded.
Tax relief, infra, R&D key for food processing sector

Tuesday 26 December '06

Recent research says that at Rs 2,50,000 crore, the Indian food market is one of the largest in terms of production, consumption, export and growth prospects.
AEZ proposals face clearance hurdle

Saturday 23 December '06

With 50% underperformance behind them, approval of 37 project proposals under 8 AEZs ruled out
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