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Business

• ACC - The Associated Cement Companies Limited
  http://www.acclimited.com/

  A profile of Associated Cement Companies, Ltd., (ACC), founded in 1936 by F. E. Dinshaw and the largest cement company in India with an annual income of Rs. 30 billion, assets worth Rs. 20 billion, and annual cement capacity is 16 million tons.



• Aditya Birla Group
  http://www.adityabirla.com/

  The Aditya Birla Group of Companies is the second largest business house in India with operations in 25 countries around the world, a turnover of Rs. 280 billion and an asset base of Rs. 265 billion. The website provides information on the group, its constitutent flag ship companies (Grasim, Hindalco, Indian Rayon, Indo Gulf, and Indal); information on the joint ventures, other companies in India, international ventures, and community initiatives of the group.



• American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AMCHAMBD)
  http://www.amchambd.org/

  The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh, incorporated in 1996 as a joint stock firm, promotes America-Bangladesh business relations and represents American companies doing business in Bangladesh and Bangladesh companies doing business with American firms. The website provides information about AMCHAMBD objectives, structure, programs, and events.



• Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
  http://www.assocham.org/

  The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India is the apex body of the Chambers of Commerce of India which represents the interests of over a 100,000 direct and indirect members from trade, industry, professionals, and trade and industry associations both national and international. The website provides information about the history, mission and organizational structure, analyses of Indian budget, policy and news analyses. The site also provides information about the publications and events sponsored by Associated Changes of Commerce and Industry



• Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India
  http://acmainfo.com/

  The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (India), founded c1960, represents the car industry. The website contains a history of the organization, the current annual report, status report on the industry, events, statistics from the last five years, business outlook survey, and member databse.



• BSE, the Stock Exchange Mumbai
  http://www.bseindia.com/

  The website of the 605 member Mumbai/Bombay Stock Exchange gives pertinent data relating to the leading capital market in India.



• Cement India
  http://www.cementindia.net/

  An online journal dealing with the cement industry in India. Coverage includes news, reviews of companies, the mining of the compon ents of cement, Indian geology relating to cement, and a world-wide table of per capita use of cement.



• Central bank of Sri Lanka
  http://www.lanka.net/centralbank/

  The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, established in 1950 as a semi-autonomous agency, is the apex financial institution in the country. The website provides current annual report, socioeconomic indicators, notes and coins, seminars and training, speeches and announcements, open market operations, daily rates, budget speeches, public debt information, and press releases.



• Coal India Limited
  http://coalindia.nic.in/

  Coal India is a public sector company which produces 88% of India's coal and is the largest corporate employer in India. The website provides information about its position in the coal sector, collaborations, performance, and investor information. The website includes annual reports of Coal India, tenders, notices and publications. Hindi version also available



• Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council
  http://texprocil.com/texprocil/

  The Government of India Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council promotes the export of one of India's major industries. The website provides the national textiles policy, profile of the industry, monthly statistics, events and exhibitions, corporate profile of the council and the most recent annual report



• Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
  http://dgft.delhi.nic.in/

  The Directorate General of Foreign Trade is the Government of India body responsible for export-import activities. The website provides information on the exim policy, procedures, circulars and notifications and appendices.



• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  http://www.ficci.com/ficci/index.htm

  Founded in 1927, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry represents the interests of over 250,000 businesses. The website provides information on the organization, events, analyses and updates on the business environment in India.



• Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO)
  http://www.fieo.com/

  The Federation of Indian Export Organizations, founded in 1965, promotes exports of Indian manfuactures. Among its activities are exhibitions, seminars. conferences, dissemination of information, facilitating debate on issues of common concerrn, and acting as an interface between the Government and exporters. The website hosts homepages of exporters, posts and the latest trade related news and analyses.



• Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
  http://www.fpcci.com/

  The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) promotes selected sectors of the Pakistan economy. Major sectors in FPCCI include airlines, banks, hotels, newspapers, sea ports, stock markets and trade missions



• Indian Dairy Industry
  http://www.indiadairy.com/

  This compendium with 500 pages of information gives a thorough overview of all aspects of the dairy industry in India. Organized by the various audiences who need information related to dairies, the major subsections are: Business zones; Resources; Facts and figures; Dairy India yearbook (latest volume only); Membership directory; and, general information.



• National Association of Software and Service Companies
  http://www.nasscom.org/

  The National Association of Software and Services Companies facilitiates knowledge of the IT software and services industry in India and development of this economic sector. The site provides information about the organization's activities, promotional schemes, publications, and a directory of IT companies.



• National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
  http://www.ntpc.co.in/

  The government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation, with a staff of 24,000, regulates the generation and distribution of thermal power in India and produced 26% of India's power in 2000-2001 The website provides information on the organization, operations, joint ventures with other companies, and a map of power plants.



• Nepal Rastra Bank
  http://www.nrb.org.np/

  The website of the Nepal Rastra Bank (central bank), founded in 1956, provides coverage of the bank's activities, organizational structure, an introduction to Nepalese banking structure, basic socio economic indicators, a quarterly economic bulletin, exchange rates, data on regional rural development banks, treasury bill auctions, press releases, notifications, and a review of the economy.



• Nepal Stock Exchange Ltd.
  http://www.nepalstock.com/

  The Nepal Stock Exchange began in 1993 and has 110 companies listed. The website provides access to the companies and their financial data



• PDEXCIL
  http://www.pdexcil.org/

  PDEXCIL is founded by the Ministry of Textiles Government of India to promote India's textile exports. The website provides information on powerloom textiles, their qualities, product range, export assistance, major markets technology upgradation fund scheme and the annual reports available since 1998



• Plastics Export Promotion Council (PLEXCONCIL)
  http://plexcon.org/

  The Plastics Export Promotion Council of India, founded in 1955, serves as the Indian government Department of Commerce agency which assists overseas firms in 150 countries who are looking for partners in the Indian plastics industry and helps Indian firms increase their exports. The council represents over 2000 plastics manufacturers in India . The website contains homepages of these firms, besides giving information on India's exim policies.



• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  http://www.rbi.org.in/?

  Since 1949 the Reserve Bank of India has served as the central financial institution that regulates Indian fiscal economy. The website provides official information about the bank, notifications, financial markets, speeches, regional offices, publications, statistics, and monetary museum. Annual reports available since 1998. Hindi version available



• RPG ENTERPRISES
  http://www.rpgnet.com/rpenter.htm

  The R. P. Goenka Enterprises began in 1820 in Calcutta and now encompasses financial services, chemicals, communications, life sciences, retail, tires and power, with an annual turnover of USD 1.6 billion. The site provides information about the group's activities by sector including financial information



• State Bank of Pakistan
  http://www.sbp.org.pk/index.cfm

  The website of the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of Pakistan founded in 1948, contains notifications, monetary policy, publications, history of the bank, departments, charter, governor's speeches, press releases, and agreements with the IMF. Annual reports available since 1999



• Tata
  http://www.tata.com/

  The Tata group of companies, one of the oldest businesshouses in India, contains 80 comapnies in seven business sectors: materials, engineering, energy, chemicals, consumer products, communications, services. The website provides detailed information on the companies, products, strategies, performance (audited results) and media reports and news



• TRADENETSL
  http://www.tradenetsl.lk/

  The Computerized Trade Information Network (TradenetSL) began in 1995 within the Sri Lankan Ministry of Internal and International Commerc and Food to provide timely trade information to internal and foreign businesses and to promote e-commerce in Sri Lanka. Trade information includes statistics, economic research and studies, trade directory, events calendar, publications and newsletters, and government notifications.

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