Budget gives boost to infrastructure and rural development to power GDP
Pharma sector demands ignored and MAT disappointing Budget reactions from : D Sucheth Rao, CEO, Neuland Laboratories Ltd The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has presented a budget which will gradually accelerate growth. The finance minister’s focus and stress on infrastructure development, growth of rural India which includes electrification, employment and agricultural thrust/ increased spend on farmers and benefits will play a pivotal role in the growth of the GDP
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Budget gives boost to infrastructure and rural development to power GDP
Budget is fair and takes healthy steps towards taking the country’s GDP back to 8%+ levels. Through this Budget, the Finance Minster has strived to uplift the social sector in the country by emphasizing on education, agriculture and poverty alleviation programmes deserve a thumps up. While a lot of focus has been made on benefit of individual tax payers like Rs 10,000 personal income tax exemption and scrapping of 10 per cent surcharge, the abolishment of Fringe Benefit Tax would also help ease pressure on employers in giving benefits to the workers
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Mr. Pranay Dhabhai, Whole Time Director & COO, Haier Appliances India
Yes, as the budget document states – yesterday’s budget by Pranab Mukherjee is a budget targeting inclusive development and stresses on improving the delivery mechanism of the government. The plan documents stress on more spend on agriculture development (say, target credit at Rs 3,25,000 crores), infrastructure development (say, IIFCL financing scheme), NREGS, and PMAGY (another new inclusive development scheme) do give us enough indications on the same. On the other hand the budget document by honourable minister also gives enough indications of an incomplete document
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Budget Review: A Mixed Bag and A Feel of Incompleteness Dr. Ram Kumar Kakani, XLRI Jamshedpur
India International Mega Trade Fair that is (IIMTF) has started on 05 Jun 2009 and will end up on 15 Jun 2009. also offers a brilliant opening to the companies from India as well as abroad to show their products & services to the potential buyers. A platform to make bigger business contacts focusing on property and construction, lifestyle, tourism, food, fitness & health, beauty and cosmetics, furniture and interior, it, education, communication, books & gifts, electronics, appliances and electrical and many more….visitors at india international mega trade fairs like leading builders & developers, real estate agencies, architects, housing finance companies, tour operators, hotels and resorts, students etc
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International Mega Trade Fair 2009
International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF) 2009Every year, some 30 million tonnes of natural fibres are farmed from animals and plants across the globe, from China to the Andes22 January 2009, Rome – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today officially launched International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF) 2009 to celebrate the virtues of cotton, flax, sisal and hemp, but also of wool, alpaca, camel hair and angora.
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International Year of Natural Fibres
“I PRODUCE CULTURE,” SAYS ALEXA LIXFELD.`CROSS-CULTURE`WOULD BE BETTER. WHETHER IT`S A PROJECT IN WHICH SHE TRIES TO USE CONCRETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR CERAMICS IN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS, A PERFUME, FOOD-DESIGN, AN EAT-ART PERFORMANCE IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANTS LADLE SOUP FROM A PLATE WITH A 1,4 METER DIAMETER, OR A SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION SHE SET UP IN SRI LANKA, TO HELP CHILDREN AND RUAL WOMEN – SHE OFTEN SEEMS TO GO FOR A CHALLENGE THAT OTHERS THINK IMPOSSIBLE. IN CREACETE™ SHE COMBINED HER PIONEERING EXPERIMENTS WITH CONCRETE IN THE FIELD OF TABLEWARE WITH THE ULTIMATE IN FINISHING, THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE URUSHI LACQUERING TECHNIQUE FROM WAJIMA, WHILE LEAVING THE CONTRAST OPEN AND VISIBLE
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Alexa Lixfeld Designer
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source: www.auma-messen.de Furniture 15.04.-18.04.2009 FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL MUEBLE DE MADRID – Madrid International Furniture Exhibition Madrid (Spain) 17.04.-19.04.2009 INTERIOR, GARDEN – International Furniture and Interior Decoration Fair Tallinn (Estonia) 22.04.-27.04.2009 SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE – International Furniture Exhibition Milan (Italy) 16.05.-24.05.2009 LARMOVEL – Trade Exhibition for Furniture, Interior Decoration & Household Appliances Braga (Portugal) Hometextile 06.05.-08.05.2009 PROPOSTE – Trade Fair for Furnishing Fabrics and Curtains Manufacturers Cernobbio (Italy) Interior Decoration 29.04.-10.05.2009 Foire de Paris – International Trade Fair Paris (France) 17.05.-20.05.2009 TRADEXPO – International Volume Goods Tradeshow Paris (France) 31.05.-02.06.2009 Pulse by Top Drawer London (Great Britain)
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TRADE FAIRS in Europe April and May 2009 Home Decoration, Handicrafts and Home Textiles
Forest Stewardship Council Certified taken from The Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council was created to change the dialogue about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide. This impressive goal has in many ways been achieved, yet there is more work to be done. FSC sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns
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Forest Stewardship Council Certification Symbol
SFI Inc. is a fully independent, charitable organization dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management. We work with conservation groups, local communities, resource professionals, landowners, and countless other organizations and individuals who share our passion for responsible forest management.
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Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification Symbol
Organic Exchange Symbol taken from Organic Exchange.org and www.easywaystogogreen.com Organic Exchange is a 501(C)(3) charitable organization committed to expanding organic agriculture, with a specific focus on increasing the production and use of organically grown fibers such as cotton. Our long term goal is to grow the amount of certified organic land farmed for fiber production by 50% per year.
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Green Symbol: Organic Exchange
Corporate Social Responsibility A resource which provides a fantastic introduction to the issues of strategic CSR is an article “ Understanding and developing strategic corporate social responsibility ” by Heslin and Ochoa. In 2006 in estimated USD 2,3 trillion out of 24 trillion was invested in companies that rate high on some measure of social responsibility. Many larger companies now have a senior level corporate officer who is charged with directing the organization’s corporate social initiatives.
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Understanding and Developing Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility CSR
CBI The Netherlands is in the process of conducting a 3 day product development workshop. This will be based on the product development guide and will be an opportunity to work hands-on with support from the consultants on developing your own range development strategy and action plan
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CBI Workshop on The Guide to Product and Range Development in Morocco, South Africa, Ethiopia, Colombia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Indonesia
The strategy of focussing exclusively on Design has allowed the MAISON&OBJET trade show to confirm its position as a leader and demonstrate Paris’s ability to stand out as an unbeatable venue and a major economic centre among its European counterparts in synergy with the MEUBLE PARIS show. The MAISON&OBJET trade show, which was held from 23rd to 27th January, 2009, received 75,755 visitors of whom 32,043 were from abroad, representing 42.30% of the visitors who came to discover the 2009 collections over nearly 130,000m² of stands. Despite a 12% fall in visitors, the MAISON&OBJET trade show is focussing its design-based strategy on the long term, with a transversal offer turning the spotlight very much on product innovation, extreme quality of layout designs and unique expertise
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Maison et Objet Fair Paris January 2009 Fall in visitors but still the leading trade show