People across the country will be watching the data for industrial production (IIP) that will be released this Friday. The data, which will capture February figures, will indicate the direction in which the economy is headed. | |
| On Monday, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes will speak during the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Annual Regional Meeting. The events for this week are: |
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Monday, April 7
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes speaks at the CII annual regional meeting in Delhi. Other speakers at the conference include Sunil Bharti Mittal, president, CII, and chairman & group chief executive officer, Bharti Enterprises M Ramachandran, secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Harjit S Anand, secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ajay Shankar, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, will address a CII feedback session on the EuroIndia Forum 2008 & City Presentations on Tourism Potential & Partnership Opportunities in New Delhi. Alexander Spachis, minister counsellor, deputy head of mission, Delegation of the European Commission to India, Nepal and Bhutan will also speak during the session |
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Tuesday, April 8
Gen HS Liddar, chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence and Lt Gen ML Naidu, vice chief of the Army Staff, will address a CII-organised seminar on Battlefield Management Systems in Delhi. Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland, John McCarthy, High Commissioner of Australia and BS Ojha, Director General, Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010, to speak at the Queensland-India Partnership: Sports Infrastructure & Commonwealth Games 2010 Forum in Delhi Tandberg India Ltd will open a research and development centre in Bangalore. The function will be presided over by the company's vice-president (technology & innovation) Merchants' Chamber of Commerce of Kolkata session on Eastern Railway: Vision 2020. Eastern Railways' General Manager NK Goel will preside over the session V Link Taxi will announce their expansion plans in Bangalore |
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Wednesday, April 9
T Ramasami, secretary, Department of Science & Technology, will preside over a Green Investor Summit 2008 "" Round Table Discussion on "Accelerating Clean Technology and Clean Energy Investments in India" in Delhi. Business luncheon of Indian industry official with visiting heads of state of various African countries organised by industry bodies CII and Ficci. The event will be held in New Delhi. |
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Thursday, April 10
CII meeting with Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda, in New Delhi |
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Friday, April 11
Central Statistical Organisation will release the data for the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) which will capture the country's industrial production across various sectors for February |
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