www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Saturday , August 18, 2007 at 0018 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 17 The wind energy major Indowind Energy Ltd has planned to raise Rs 81 crore (Rs 810 million) through an initial public offer (IPO) later this month for its expanding business, including setting up a new wind […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Thursday , August 16, 2007 at 0138 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 15 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated the need to work harder to free the country from poverty and disease, and to ensure equitable economic growth, while committing an additional Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250,000 million) […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Thursday , August 16, 2007 at 0356 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 15 Promising to continue with its agenda of improving farm productivity, the government on Wednesday pledged Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250,000 million) to transform rural India. Speaking on the nation’s 60th Independence Day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Friday , August 17, 2007 at 0324 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 16 The agriculture ministry has geared up to implement the Rs 25,000-crore (Rs 250,000 million) farm package, formally announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his Independence Day speech. According to a senior official, the Rs 25,000-crore […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Saturday , August 18, 2007 at 0151 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 17 The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), after approving field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops for the first time, has decided to file an application for modification of the Supreme Court order of May 8, […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Monday , August 13, 2007 at 0017 hrs IST New Delhi When the tea sector is in crisis, the government thinks of only the industry, not tea garden workers, says a study on the distress of tea garden workers in West Bengal. The study, by Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury and […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Sunday , August 12, 2007 at 2315 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 12 The government is planning to allow import of wheat flour by reducing the effective duty from 36.4% to zero. The committee of secretaries (CoS) presided over by KM Chandrasekhar last week after reviewing the wheat import […]
www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA (Economy Bureau) Posted online: Thursday , August 09, 2007 at 2348 hrs IST New Delhi, Aug 9 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has estimated that a 50% tariff reduction among global system of trade preferences (GSTP) members, comprising developing countries, would result in a trade gain of $15-$18 […]
