Tamil Nadu

April 16, 2013

GI tag to tune up lives of Thanjavur veena makers

Tags: GI Tag, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, Thanjavur veena, Geographic Indications Registry

The Geographic Indications Registry has awarded the coveted GI status to the famous Thanjavur veena. The status was granted on March 30, 2013, according to the office of the Geographic Indications Registry, Chennai.

April 04, 2013

TN to get manufacturing estate for heavy vehicles

Tags: Tamil Nadu, Heavy vehicle body manufacturing, Small Industries Development Corporation

According to Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Rural Industries P. Mohan, the state government will set up an industrial estate outside Namakkal, 300 km from Chennai, in association with heavy vehicle body manufacturers.

February 20, 2013

Microfinance grows significantly: Report

Tags: Microfinance Institutions Network, Gross Loan Portfolio, Alok Prasad, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh

While microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh continue to be at a standstill, the industry has witnessed decent growth in the rest of the country, a report said Tuesday.

February 20, 2013

Strike cripples banking operations in India

Tags: strike, C.H. Venkatachalam, All India Bank Employees' Association, ATM, Tamil Nadu, All India Insurance Employees Association, J. Gurumurthy, General Insurance Employees All India Association, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

Banking transactions across India were paralysed Wednesday with around one million bankers striking work, affecting the clearance of around four million cheques valued around Rs.250 billion (Rs.25,000 crore), said a union leader.

February 04, 2013

Kerala restaurateurs drop chicken from platter

Tags: chicken, Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association, Tamil Nadu, Poultry Growers Association, Poultry farm

Restaurateurs in Kerala Sunday announced they would not sell food items made from chicken as it was not profitable, a claim rejected by the suppliers who described the move as a ploy to raise prices.

January 16, 2013

Tamil Nadu health tourism conference in April

Tags: CII, medical tourism, Tamil Nadu, An International Conference and Exhibition on Health Tourism, Indian hospital

The CII, with the support of the Tamil Nadu government, will hold a conference on medical tourism in Chennai in April to create awareness about the state as a global health tourism destination.

January 08, 2013

Tamil Nadu woman entrepreneur awarded

Tags: Woman entrepreneur, Josephine Selvaraj, Tamil Nadu, Bee keeping, Jankidevi Bajaj Puruskar, Vadipatti, honey, Indian Merchant Chambers, Vibis Natural Bee Farm

Josephine Selvaraj, from Tamil Nadu, was conferred the 20th Jankidevi Bajaj Puruskar for her initiative in spreading awareness about the advantages of honey and bee keeping. Selvaraj is the founder of Vibis Natural Bee Farm, based in Madurai district's Vadipatti Taluk.

January 08, 2013

TICEL: Catalysing growth for biotech SMEs

Tags: TICEL, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, life sciences, industry, biotechnology, Government, support

P.Shanmugasundaram, managing director, TICEL Bio Park, shared his thoughts on the relevance of the life sciences and biotechnology industry for Indian SMEs, in an exclusive interaction with SupportBiz. He also provided a glimpse into Tamil Nadu's potential in this space.

December 31, 2012

Coir industry needs more public, private aid

Tags: Coir, production, Manufacturing, Coir Board, M.Kumaraswamy Pillai, india, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Higher public and private investments into modernizing and mechanizing the coir industry in India, the top producer and exporter of the fiber, can help farmers and manufacturers fight off competition from alternative synthetic products, according to the state-run Coir Board.

December 27, 2012

2012: Indian factories lacked power to shift gears

Tags: india, Manufacturing, factories, electricty, demand, supply, distribution, Padmavathy Poly Packages, Gandhikumar Foundry, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, IMTMA, FAPSSIA, IEEMA

In 2012, India promptly stepped in to bail out its cash-starved electric utilities, responsible for triggering a blackout that cut power to more than half the country’s population on July 31. But can India resolve its electricity demand-supply mismatch?

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Tamil Nadu

GI tag to tune up lives of Thanjavur veena makers

TN to get manufacturing estate for heavy vehicles

Microfinance grows significantly: Report

Strike cripples banking operations in India

Kerala restaurateurs drop chicken from platter

Tamil Nadu health tourism conference in April

Tamil Nadu woman entrepreneur awarded

TICEL: Catalysing growth for biotech SMEs

Coir industry needs more public, private aid

2012: Indian factories lacked power to shift gears

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