LIC to invest Rs 21,556 cr in 1999-2000
Baulking the performance in the financial sector, the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has added Rs 21,556.17 crore to its life-fund kitty which has touched Rs 127,389.06 crore during 1998-99.

HZL to set up zinc smelter plant in Rajasthan
Hindustan Zinc Ltd has decided to put up a Rs 1150-crore new zinc smelter at Kapasan in Rajasthan.

Larsen & Toubro, Punj Lloyd bag NHAI contracts
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Punj Lloyd are among the 14 companies to bag engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts on the east-west and north-south highway corridors.

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