Domestic oilseeds output to touch 27m tonnes by 2002-Som Pal
The country's oilseeds production is set to touch 27 million tonnes by the terminal year of the Ninth Five Year Plan, minister of state for agriculture Sompal said on Friday.

Delhi-Lahore bus service comes under risk cover
The Tariff Advisory Committee(TAC), the constitutional body for fixing tariffs for the general insurance industry, has allowed the general insurance companies to extend the geographical area of motor vehicle policies to facilitate the bus services between New Delhi and Lahore and vice-versa without any additional premium.

Centre may alter dividend norm for select consumer goods industries
The Centre may modify guidelines on dividend balancing for 22 specified industries in consumer goods next week. The issue has been referred by the department of industrial policy & promotion to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) core group for a final decision.

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