* AUTOMOBILES: The Supreme Court has asked Fiat India to pay more than 3.11 bln rupees towards additional excise duty on sales of Uno cars between 1996-2011.
* AVIATION: Air India is planning to raise 50 bln rupees through monetisation of some properties.
* BANKING: Standard Chartered Bank is in talks to acquire the India wealth management business of Morgan Stanley.
* ENERGY: A group of creditors of the Essar Group-owned coal company Trinity Coal have approached a US bankruptcy court seeking appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee.
* EXCHANGE: BSE will suspend trading in 26 securities from Mar 21 for non- compliance of several clauses that are part of the listing agreement.
* GOVERNMENT: To set up joint parliamentary committee to probe AgustaWestland helicopter deal.
* PHARMACUETICAL: Domestic drugmakers and aid bodies are concerned over the Government's proposal to dilute the provisions of compulsory licences on the basis of price.
* INVESTMENT: The government has approved nine foreign direct investment proposals worth 11.40 bln rupees.
* METAL: India 's iron ore exports fell 68.3% in Apr-Jan to 16.34 mln tn.
* MINING: Moody's Investors Service has maintained a negative outlook for Vedanta Resources with corporate family rating at Ba 1 and senior unsecured rating at Ba 3.
* POWER: Blackstone Advisor India has called off its $11 mln deal with Kolkata-based Visa Power.
* REALTY: Registration of home sales in Mumbai and its suburbs has continued to trend higher with 26% year-on-year growth in January.
* REGULATORY: Securities and Exchange Board of India has written letters to 2,000 entities, including banks and mutual funds, to identify assets owned by Sahara group and to prevent their transfer.
* RETAIL: A government appointed one-man committee, investigating alleged corruption charges against retail giant Walmart in India , will submit its report by April. After clearing IKEA's 105-bln-rupee FDI proposal, the finance ministry has forwarded the investment plan to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for final approval.
* TELECOM: Attorney General Vahanvati denied that the procedures for grant of telecom licences in January 2008 were formulated by Department of Telecom after discussion with him and the then external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, as claimed by the former telecom minister A. Raja, the prime accused in the case. Aircel has begun informal talks with bankers for restructuring its 240-bln-rupee debt. A department of telecommunication panel has recommended that mobile phone companies offering 3G services through roaming deals must stop such activity immediately.
