Week at a glance

Monday 1 Sept
Know thy distant neighbour. CII is organising a roadshow, India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), at 3:00 p.m., at CII Headquarters, Lodi Road, New Delhi.
Follow the world trade trail with the Research and Information System (RIS) for the Non-Aligned And Other Developing Countries-organised seminar on World Trade And Development Report, 2003,at 3:15 p.m. at Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Planning Commission deputy chairman and RIS chairman K C Pant will release the report, and Mr Arun Jaitley will receive the first copy of the report.

Wednesday 3 Sept
Let your workforce retire rich. Attend Assocham-Invest India Economic Foundation joint conference on Policy Imperatives And Investment Strategies For Maximising Retirement
Benefits For India’s Workforce at 9:30 a.m., at Hotel Imperial, New Delhi. Minister for labour Sahib Singh Verma will inaugurate.
Be tech-wise and remain in the news. Take time out for Newsrooms Tech India, 2003, the international conference, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Hotel Le Meridien, Napoleon 2, New Delhi. Star News is the co-host and platinum sponsors are Shaf Broadcast, AP ENPS, IBM, Omnibus, Leitch, Softimage XSI and Vertigo Media, and organisers are Exhibitions India Pvt Ltd.

Thursday 4 Sept
The government’s Asean agenda. To know all about it, attend Ficci-CII Second India-Asean Business Summit at 11:00 a.m. at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha and minister for IT Arun Shourie are the speakers.

Friday 5 Sept
Another day, more of the same. Ficci-CII’s India-Asean Business Summit’s second day will see secretaries at finance, I&B, power, tourism, health and DIPP speak, at 9:45 a.m., at Hotel Oberoi, New Delhi.

Saturday 6 Sept
This is the opportunity to air your views on TDS: PHDCCI’s Interactive Workshop On Tax Deduction At Source at 9:30 a.m., at PHD House, 4/2 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi. Income-Tax chief commissioner Mr Sikander Talwar is the speaker.

Sunday 7 Sept
After enriching business from the 1st to the 6th, enrich your body and soul on the 7th. Times Foundation-Nityaanandita is organising Suryayog Foundation’s Surya Yog by Mritunjoy between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Please contact 23782396 or 23782319 for the week’s programme.