Taking a cue from Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee&rsquo;s decision to exclude the Centrally-sponsored Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from the service tax net, the Andhra Pradesh government is also pitching for a similar treatment to its flagship health insurance scheme, Rajiv Aarogyasri.

State seeks service tax relief for Aarogyasri

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Circa 1993, Hyderabad: A major medical conference took place in what was then just a historic capital city of a southern state. A few hundred delegates thronged the Nizam-built Jubilee Hall &mdash; the present legislative council building.

Hyderabad is also the convention hub of India

Disbursement of cheques to the remaining 389 depositors of Krushi Urban Cooperative Bank, which is under liquidation, will be done from March 16-22 at the Nampally Court Complex.

Rs 5.8 cr to be disbursed to remaining Krushi Bank depositors

The working public sector undertakings (PSUs) owned by Karnataka government have incurred an aggregate loss of Rs 865.12 crore for the year 2009-10, according to an audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

State PSUs stack up Rs 865 cr losses in 2009-10, says CAG...

KPCL&rsquo;s project management was ineffective as instances of time overrun were noticed. New hydro projects proposed to be taken up by the company were either awaiting clearance from ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) or held up due to local agitation. Renewable energy sources in the state also remained underutilised, the report said.

State unlikely to provide 'power for all' by 2012

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today rejected a CBI probe into the Opposition&rsquo;s charge his sons misused office to get donations for a trust run by them as the Legislative Assembly witnessed angry scenes over the issue.

Opp turns heat on CM over donations to sons' trust

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The state has got fourth rank in a budget transparency study conducted among ten major states by Center for Budget and Governance Accountability, a Delhi based independent organisation engaged in tracking public policies and budget.

Orissa comes fourth in budget transparency

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide up to $15 million in corporate equity financing to Simran Wind Project Private Limited (Simran), a privately-owned entity which is into wind-based power production. The company will use the money to finance its pipeline projects worth $40 million in Tamil Nadu.

IFC to invest $15 mn in Simran Wind Project

The Orissa government has achieved 70.4 per cent of its excise revenue collection target in the April-January period of 2010-11. Out of the targeted excise revenue of Rs 1050 crore set for this fiscal, the progressive collection till January has been Rs 739.18 crore.

Excise collection at Rs 739 crore in Apr-Jan

Insecticides India Ltd (IIL), an agrochemicals manufacturing company, is negotiating with global corporations to acquire their brand rights for India, according to managing director Rajesh Aggarwal.

Insecticides scouts for foreign acquisitions

Haryana is losing substantial revenue on account of market fee incurred on the crops diverted by the farmers to other states.

Haryana loses rev due to crop diversion

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee today chose to tread on his father's path with his introduction speech at the Congress office here streaked with references to public sector units and the Nehruvian era.

Pranab's son joins congress

The Congress party, which is fighting the 2011 assembly polls alone in the state amidst anti-incumbency factor, has reposed faith on experienced warriors as the party has given tickets to most of its sitting MLAs.

Congress bets on experience for Assam polls

The Lokayukta has unearthed a scam in purchase of drugs in government hospitals, causing huge losses to exchequer.

Drugs control department in scam

Apax Partners, the London-headquartered private equity giant with $10 billion assets under management, is expected to throw its weight behind one of the bidders who will be interested in buying some brands of Henkel India - primarily in the laundry and personal care segments.

Apax may play key role in buyout of Henkel India brands

Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB), one of the premier B-schools in the country, has decided to roll out a one-year Global Management programme from September this year.

XIMB to roll out Global Management Programme from Sept

Software major Tata Consultancy Services is looking to tap small and medium businesses (SMB) in Andhra Pradesh with its recently launched cloud-based integrated technology service, iON.

TCS bets big on AP to drive iON

Dogged by brokers&rsquo; interference, exits at the top and clash of opinions, regional stock exchanges still struggle to launch their trading platform.

Taking stock of the corporate identity

The centre &mdash; MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories &mdash;will be a 50:50 joint venture and come up with a total investment of $130 million (Rs 586 crore). Of this, MSD would invest $65 million. It would to develop affordable vaccines for the developing countries.

MSD, Wellcome Trust plan R&D centre in India

Who will lead&nbsp;the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Assembly polls? Whether chief minister VS Achuthanandan will contest in the election? If so, from which constituency? These are the questions being discussed in the Kerala media as well as every nook and cranny of the state.

VS' candidature: CPI(M) can only delay, not avoid, it

Amidst protests from artists and intellectuals after a play was stopped by the administration from being staged at Bansberia, in the Hoogly district, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today hastily tried to salvage the situation and issued a statement condemning the high handedness of his own administration.

Buddha critical of authorities for stopping play

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