Need for better fiscal management -- Jalan
Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) governor Bimal Jalan said on Monday that the country's fiscal management should improve along with the public delivery system for macroeconomic policies to yield permanent results.

NEPC, Pentafour top wilful defaulters' list
Chennai-based NEPC India Ltd and Pentafour Products Ltd, along with the Mumbai-based Lloyds Steel Industries Ltd are the top three willful defaulters of loans as on March 31, 2000, against which banks and financial institutions have filed suits for the recovery of funds.

IDBI Bank launches WAP, SMS mobile services in select cities
IDBI Bank, on Monday, launched MoneyMobile, its wireless application protocol and short massaging service mobile banking services, simultaneously at Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore and Mumbai. This facility will be launched at Ahmedabad, Baroda, Chennai and Pune on January 17.


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  SBI Gilts to start G-Secs retail trading
  Scam cases to get speedy trial -- CBI
  LIC gathers1.07 cr policies in Apr-Dec 2000
  Market round-up
  Gail to increase gas supply to MSEB
  ...awarded category-II infrastructure provider licence
  AP govt in pact with US firm to set up entertainment park
  ICICI-prudential enters Delhi market with two more products
  IBP divestment to be completed by next year
  Panel to probe Baranagar violence -- Buddhadeb
  Chinese goods worth $115 m in Indian market
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  Bharat Shah files bail plea in Bombay HC
  Batala industrial units in the throes of closure
  Top Nepal leaders may be probed in aviation scam
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