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There's welcome news on the Tamil Nadu government clearing a Metro rail project for Chennai and working on a tie-up for Japanese credit. The project is estimated to cost Rs 9757 crore. In the first phase the project envisages construction of a metro line from Washermenpet to the Chennai airport...
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| Inklings |
The Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka and Kerala governments, which were all ruled by the Congress in 2004-05, seem to have perfected this methodology for filing claims and are the recipients of the largest share of the special relief promptly provided by the UPA government....
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| Banking |
It is reported that Standard Chartered Bank has sought the licences for opening 100 rural branches in India. It is also reported in the press that the Reserve Bank of India has not responded to this rare gesture of a foreign bank. The regulator's silence may be on account of the latest thinking on branchless banking or the proposal of scrapping the branch licensing process...
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The R word has come to haunt us. Like the West Bengal government (which seemed to be in a state of denial with respect to the bird flu) the US government seemed to be in a state of denial with respect to the recession there...
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IE Seminars |
Industrial Economist, the business/ economic magazine of the south, currently on its 40th year, organises special lectures and seminars on topical issues to expand awareness of economic issues.
Many leading luminaries have spoken under the aegis of IE:
Mr R Venkataraman, Mr C Subramanian, Dr Manmohan Singh,
Dr Verghese Kurien, Mr Rangarajan Kumaramangalam,
Dr M S Swaminathan, Dr M S Ahluwalia, Dr Maurice Strong,
Mr K P Geethakrishnan, Mr B Muthuraman…
Seminars organised by us covered subjects such as Insurance, WTO, Housing, Telecom, Foreign Trade, Pension Funds, Agricultural Productivity…
Be sure to revisit this section to know more about upcoming seminars. For more details contact Sangita at
91 44 2250 1236-37 x18. |
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Productivity Improvements in Agriculture |
A demonstration and discussion on high-productivity techniques in Agriculture - Saturday, 12 January 2008, Padappai, Chennai |
IE promoted the Agriculture Consultancy Management Foundation (ACMF), as a not-for-profit foundation, with the single point agenda of productivity improvement, to train and educate farmers on high productivity techniques in agriculture. Please visit our site www.agriconsulting.org for more details.
ACMF brought together leader from different fields as trustees to work towards achieving a quantum jump in agriculture production. These include: F C Kohli (TCS), B Muthuraman (Tata Steel), Dr. C Lakshmanan, renowned soil scientist from California, R Thyagarajan (Shriram Group), S Balasubramanian (Gemini Farm), B Santhanam (Saint Gobain), P Kumaraswamy (Pioneer Group) and myself.
At Gemini Farm near Padappai, we have been able to demonstrate the effectiveness of simple agricultural practices and productivity techniques that have helped achieve a three to four ‘fold increases in productivity of corn, sunflower and several vegetables.
ACMF firmly believes that the same attention bestowed to manufacturing and services sector by leaders in different sectors, if paid to agriculture can help achieve spectacular results. ACMF is organising a demonstration on Saturday, 12 January 2008, from 0800 hours, on simple high productivity techniques that have been proven at the demo farm in Padappai. The demo would be followed by a seminar at SRM auditorium followed by lunch.
Click here to download program details and background information on the one day seminar
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Seminar on Corridors of Excellence: Saturday, 15 December, 2007 |
Industrial Economist is organising a seminar on Corridors of Excellence – a one-day discussion on the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor & the OMR – IT Corridor. The seminar will cover aspects of Policy issues, Physical & Social Infrastructure needed, the need for a Single Planning / Regulatory Authority…
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, Mr L K Tripathy has agreed to inaugurate the seminar.
Mr Madhavan Nambiar, Additional Secretary, IT will speak on the topic of IT investment region proposal. M F Farooqui, Industries Secretary; Mr S Ramasundaram, CMD-TIDCO; Mr K Allaudin, Highways Secretary; and Mr S Gopalakrishnan, Special-Secretary, Industries have all confirmed participation. We also have very good participation from the corporate sector -- Mr B Santhanam from Saint-Gobain; Mr Henry Mohan from Motorola; Mr Lakshmi Narayanan from CTS; Mr K V Madhan from Ernst & Young; Mr GRK Reddy from MARG Constructions…
The seminar will take place between 0930 hrs and 1630 hrs on Saturday, 15 December at the Fortune Hotel on OMR, Thoraipakkam, Chennai.
Click here to download program details and background information on the one day seminar.
To register, please send email to dhans2005@rediffmail.com or call 91 44 2250 1236-37.
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