by rakesh | Sep 13, 2006 | Business
Fixed Line Prepaid service offers:
Conversion of fixed line to Pre Paid and get rid of telephone bills.
Easy de-linking from telephone line when prepaid is not required on any number.
No need to dial Account number/ PIN every time you make a call.
STD/ISD Facility
On Line balance enquiry
‘Follow on feature’ on no reply, busy and called party release to dial another number for subscribers other than PCO.
Easy recharge and no problem of bills
Free Level 1 service like 100, 101, 102 etc. available.
Free Level 1 IN services which are free to end-customers like Free Phone etc. are available.
There can be four types of FLPP accounts namely
· PCO FLPP Account,
· PCO Local FLPP Account,
· General FLPP Prepaid Account and
· General FLPP Prepaid + Post paid Account.
However please check from BSNL office or help desk as to which type of services are in operation at present.
Source: BSNL
by rakesh | Sep 13, 2006 | Business
This would comprise the Thales TopSeries digital audio and video on demand entertainment system at every seat with 23” and 15” display for First and Business Class seats and 10.6” display in the Economy Class seat. Every screen would be wide screen and touch screen and each seat will also have a noise cancelling module for high fidelity sound and laptop power. The airline had earlier signed up with Thales to install a similar system on the 6 B747-400 fleet at a cost of US$ 35 million. The installation of the system would mark a major upgradation for Air India in terms of product improvement in flight. The Thales system is one of the most integrated system which efficiently packages Air India’s requirements of an upgraded state-of-the-art technology entertainment system. This system will provide the passengers the best on-board service as well as realize new cost savings due to the system’s light weight design. It would also provide the passengers on non-stop flights the necessary entertainment to overcome flight fatigue situations.
The airline selected the Thales TopSeries i-5000 on-demand system which was initially designed for the Airbus A380 aircraft. The system is ideal for large aircraft and includes a gigabit Ethernet network for increased bandwidth for data throughput. In addition to the system, Air India will be supported by Thales’ media services group called TopEffects! Thales will work closely with the airline to ensure that the passenger experience is excellent.
by rakesh | Sep 12, 2006 | Business
The Oberais propose to launch 12 projects in the country. would invest about Rs. 1150 crore in Banglore, Goa, Mumbai and Rajgarh Palace project in Madhya Pradesh.
The Transworld Textiles has proposed to invest Rs. 70 crore in Madhya Pradesh to set up a cotton yarn-manufacturing unit. The unit would be set up in Kheda industrial area of Pithampur in Dhar district. The state apex empowerment committee on investment has recently cleared the proposal of the firm and offered a concession of 25 percent of premium to be payable. The firm needs 10 acres of land.
The Transworld will also get other investment promotion incentives since it falls under the mega projects category (above Rs. 25 crore). The other incentives include 75 percent of the total amount of VAT/commercial tax and central sales tax deposited by the company for a period of seven years, interest grant, some concessions on entry tax. It will also get exemption on power cess if it generates captive power as defined in the Industrial Policy 2004.
The textile sector is also looking up in Madhya Pradesh. At present, the state has 51 textile-manufacturing units and most of them produce yarn. Of these, 12 are 100 per cent export-oriented units and 20 composite mills with a combined capacity of 140,000 spindles.
Cottons by Century, a subsidiary of Century Textiles and a division of the BK Birla Group, is making a major foray in denims by this fiscal-end. The Indore plant has a 30 million metre capacity for denim. The company has clocked a turnover of Rs. 24 crore for 2005-06 and will be doubling its turnover to Rs. 50 crore by 2006-07.
Tata Motors has launched its mini truck in Madhya Pradesh.
Gujrat State Export Corporation Ltd. is considering setting up new cargo complexes in Surat and Indore. For the Indore venture, the company has already participated in a tender issued by Airport Authority of India.
Genpact has proposed to invest Rs. 152 crore in Bhopal for the development of Information Technology enabled services The Project Clearance and Implementation Board has of the state government has given clearance to the project.
Surya Roshni, that produces energy-saving lamps, lighting equipments, plans to set up a manufacturing unit for compact fluorescent lamps in Madhya Pradesh, which would be operational by November this year. Initial production will be three lakh units, which would subsequently increased to 20 lakh lakh units per month by December 2007.
The Parsvanath Developers Ltd has proposed to set up an information technology-based special special economic zone in Indore. The company will invest Rs. 243 crore in the project. The centre has approved the project. A land area of 25 acre will be allotted to the firm.
With the clearance of a 3.5 million MW-connected power load, Nahar Spinning Mills Ltd has obtained all necessary clearances from Madhya Pradesh government to go ahead with its Rs. 233 crore unit in Simari village in Raisen district. Nahar Spinning will be the third firm in the textile sector that has been given sanction and land to set up a unit in the state. The other companies that have been granted necessary sanction, concessions and sops are the Vardhman Group and the Trident Group. Both the companies will set up textile units in Budni in Sehore district. The Mandideep unit of Nahar Group exports to the United States, Canada, Germany, Russia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Dubai, Bahhrain, South Africa and Egypt.
Ruchi Soya Industries has set up a new food processing complex in Haldia at an investment of Rs. crore. The company produces Nutrela brand of Soya beans and extracts oil from mustard and sunflower. The plant will use Japanese technology to produce rice bran oil.
H.E.G. Ltd, a company of Bhilwara Group, is considering increasing its production from 33 thousand 300 tonnes in 2005-06 to one lakh tonne by 2010.The company would invest Rs. 160 crore on extension of Brown Field.
(MP DPR)
by rakesh | Sep 9, 2006 | Business
The producers will make available items of common consumption in the rural districts/blocks through their dealer network at the same price as applicable at Metros. Cost of transportation as well as distributors/wholesalers’ margin will be bone by the producers. This would result in relief of about Rs.600 -1000 per tone to the individual customer in hinterland. It was further agreed that the concern of the common man will be kept in view by the producers while fixing prices of such items.
All the main producers will adopt villages around their plants and as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), help develop these villages as model steel villages. Appropriate schemes in the areas of health, education, livelihood promotion through agriculture and/or small scale industries will be drawn preferably in conjunction with Government’s development schemes operated in the area. In such endeavours use of steel will specially be made in items such as storage beans, bullock carts, buildings such as school buildings, panchayat halls, health centre buildings, water tanks, waiting sheds etc.
by rakesh | Sep 9, 2006 | Business
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and charged into the midday Florida sky on a mission to boost power on the International Space Station. The launch was on time, with liftoff at 11:15 a.m. EDT. Over the 11-day mission, the six-member crew...
by rakesh | Sep 8, 2006 | Business
With the launch of this new sector, Kingfisher Airlines now operates over 108 flights daily across 17 key Indian business and leisure destinations.
Commenting on the launch of these new routes, Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman and CEO, Kingfisher Airlines Limited said, “Through the launch of these new routes Kingfisher Airlines reaffirms its commitment towards addressing the needs of its travelers by providing connectivity between key business and leisure destinations across India.”
“The business track of Kingfisher Airline’s will grow by leaps and bounds through the launch of these routes and we continue to strive in providing better services and connectivity to our travelers” said Mr. Girish Shah, General Manager, Marketing, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.
