FM nod for hardware sops soon
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha is likely to consider next week the key recommendations made by the national IT task force in its hardware panel report.

Maruti car production set to fall
Maruti Udyog's production in the current fiscal is expected to be about 15,000-18,000 vehicles lower than previous year's figure of over 3.54 lakh vehicles.

Ministry against Philip Morris subsidiary plan
The commerce ministry has raised several objections to the proposal of FTR Holdings, a subsidiary of international cigarette major Philip Morris, to set up a wholly-owned arm in India.

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