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Brussels, 22 January 2013 – World crude steel production reached 1,548 megatonnes (Mt) for the year 2012, up by 1.2% compared to 2011. This is a record for global crude steel production. The growth came mainly from Asia and North America while crude steel production in the EU (27) and South America decreased in 2012 …
The “Visa on Arrial” (VoA) Scheme of the government has increasingly become popular with the tourists. The scheme registered a growth of 26 % in the year 2012 over the figures of 2011. A total number of 16,084 VoAs were issued during 2012 as compared to 12,761 VoAs issued during 2011. The highest number of …
The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2004-05 = 100) for the month December, 2012 declined by 0.1 percent to 168.6 (Provisional) from 168.8 (Provisional) for the previous month. INFLATION The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 7.18% (Provisional) for the month of December, 2012 (over December, 2011) as …
PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 60.06 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers at its port projects around the world for the year ending 31 December 2012. The Group’s throughput increased 5.2% over 2011 on the back of contributions from the flagship PSA Singapore Terminals with 31.26 million TEUs (+6.4%) and PSA terminals outside Singapore with 28.80 million …
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 for the month of November 2012 havebeen released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. IIP is compiled using data received from 16 source agencies viz. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP); IndianBureau of Mines; Central Electricity Authority; Joint Plant Committee; Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas; Office ofTextile Commissioner; Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals; Directorate of Sugar; Department of Fertilizers; Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils & Fats; Tea Board; Office of Jute Commissioner; Office of Coal Controller;Railway Board; Office of Salt Commissioner and Coffee Board. 2. The General Index for the month of November 2012 stands at 167.3, which is 0.1% lower as compared to the level in the month of November 2011. …
EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during December, 2012 were valued at US $ 24877.57 million (Rs. 135950.47 crore) which was 1.92 per cent lower in Dollar terms (1.75 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 25365.69 million (Rs. 133618.61 crore) during December, 2011. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-December 2012 -13 …
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Following are the salient features of the initiatives taken by the Union Ministry of Water Resources during the year 2012: Draft National Water Policy (2012) Released for Comments In pursuance of the strategies identified in National Water Mission Document as well as deliberations in National Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources had initiated the process …
December 17, 2012 As 2012 draws to a close, it would be useful to analyse what moved the markets during the year and which sectors performed better than the rest. More importantly, what lies in store in the forthcoming year as far as market direction is concerned? Interestingly, in the current year markets have bounced …