Coal Minister S Jaiswal approved a policy for small and isolated coal blocks that are economically unviable but are enough to feed local demand.
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IIFCL signs $250 mn deal with ADB
The government, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the IIFCL have signed a $250 million loan agreement for tranche 2 of the ongoing Second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility.
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Oil prices favor gas cos
The gap between the price of crude oil and natural gas will provide an impetus to a fast shift towards cheaper natural gas.
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Nomura floatS $500 mn fund
Nomura Securities plans to raise $500 million India Infrastructure Fund from domestic investors to invest in companies that build roads, ports and power utilities.
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Noida gets Rs 5K cr thrust
Noida received a budgetary allocation of Rs 4,997.65 crore out of the Rs 17,000 crore allotted for the development of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway.
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615.7 mt traffic in 2011-12
Union Minister of Shipping, GK Vasan said that the traffic handling at major ports is forecast at 615.70 million tonne for 2011-12 as per National Maritime Development Programme.
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MbPT increases capacity
The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) is expecting its container traffic to improve as its offshore container terminal (OCT) project gets ready in 2011-12.
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JNPT pays back the locals
The Jawaharlal Nehru port will part with 165 hectare of developed land to the project affected people around the port.
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MoEF clears Gopalpur port
The decks have been finally cleared for developing the minor, seasonal port at Gopalpur into an all-weather port with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) giving its green signal.
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Chennai airport to upgrade ground handling services
The Chennai International Airport will have new ground services aimed at improving security and quality of ground-handling services in line with standards recommended by the International Air Transport Association.