document.writeln("
Auto
exports up 34 percent in 05
New Delhi: Automobile exports stayed in top in gear
in 2004-05. During 2004-05 overall vehicle exports grew
34 over the previous fiscal according to data released
by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam).
All
segments in the automobile market except three-wheelers
saw a rise in exports with commercial vehicles posting
the maximum growth at 76 per cent. Light commercial vehicles
were the growth drivers in this segment pushing overall
exports to 2,246 units.
Two-wheelers
followed with a 49 per cent rise to 39,342 units. Motorcycles
posted a growth of 65 per cent with maximum volumes of
28,152 units. Bajaj Auto and Hero Honda contributed the
lion's share exporting 12,353 and 8,415 vehicles respectively.
Passenger
vehicle exports grew 12 percent to 10,705 units. In passenger
cars, Hyundai Motor India accounted for over 62 per cent
of overseas sales at 6,553 units in April.
Back
to News Review index page
States
going through a power crisis
Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar
and Meghalaya, faced power deficits ranging between 7
per cent to 25 per cent in April 2005.
While
the western region comprising Maharashtra and Gujarat
was the worst affected, the southern region had the best
power situation, with a deficit of only 0.8 per cent according
to the country wide Assocham Eco Pulse (AEP) Survey.
99
per cent of businessmen identified power theft, leakages,
and transmission and commercial losses as the main culprit,
the survey found.
Apart
from this, they said electricity subsidy led to wastage
of power and, therefore, only a certain number of units
should be subsidised.
They
suggested vigorous distribution reforms and anti-theft
measures, use of non-conventional sources of energy, especially
for domestic usage and street lighting, and transfer of
surplus power from captive units to state grids, to counter
the shortage.
Maharashtra
is facing one of the worst criseis, with an energy deficit
of 19 per cent and was resorting to load shedding for
4-5 hours a day, because it faced energy deficit of 1,690mw
and peak deficit of over 4,000mw.
In
Gujarat the power deficit is 12.7 per cent . The availability
in the state was only 4,766mw, against a requirement of
5,459 Mw, the figures for April 2005 revealed.
In
the northern region, Uttar Pradesh is the worst-hit and
faces an overall deficit of 7.9 per cent, with a requirement
and availability gap of 1,108mw.
Jammu
and Kashmir, Haryana, Bihar are other states also facing
a power crisis.
Back to News Review
index page
IIT-Kanpur
ranked best tech school
The
Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur has received number
one ranking on the basis of its placement record, intellectual
capital, infrastructure and industry interface, according
to an IDC-Dataquest-Nasscom survey.( See: Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM
survey of best tech schools)
IIT-Kanpur
is followed by IIT Mumbai, Chennai and Kharagpur among the
top 10, in the list of the 116 engineering colleges across
the country that took part in the survey.
The
Banaras Hindu University was ranked five, followed by
IIT Guwahati at the sixth place. The National Institute
of Technolgy, Warangal, and NIT, Trichy were at numbers
seven and eight.
The
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technolgy, Patiala,
and the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi,
completed the list.
The
top ten list does not include BITS, Pilani and the Delhi
College of Engineering, according to IDC and IIT-Delhi
did not take part in the survey.
Back
to News Review index page
