India's Essar Oil and Ecopetrol, the Colombian gas major and the fourth-largest oil and gas company in Latin America, are set to cement ties. Ecopetrol's three-member delegation, along with the ambassador of Colombia to India and other senior officials held extensive meetings with Essar Oil on September 18 in Mumbai.
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Further US sanctions may fail to cut Iran oil sales
Media reports say that the US Congress is set to pass a bill to further squeeze Iran's oil exports - and its nuclear programme - but new sanctions may fail to cut Iran's crude sales. However, Tehran says its nuclear programme is for generating electricity and medical devices.
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Ennore Port to double its car storage capacity
To cater to the growing demand for car exports from Tamil Nadu, the Ennore Port is planning to double its car storage capacity from the existing 10,000 units in a year. The additional space at the port would be ready by the middle of 2014-15, the port Director-Operations Sanjay Kumar has said.
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SBI increases lending, deposit rates
Ahead of Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) mid-quarter monetary policy review the State Bank of India (SBI), hiked its lending and deposit rates on September 19. The country's larges bank hiked its base rate, or the minimum lending rate, to 9.8 per cent from 9.7 per cent.
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Centre orders austerity measures to cut costs
A few austerity measures have been ordered by the Union government, which includes a ban on holding meetings of the government departments at five star hotels and creation of new posts in Central government departments, at a time when government revenue growth has slowed down.
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Infra definition expanded for ECB facilitation
With an intension to raise funds through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 18 expanded the definition of the infrastructure sector. The existing definition will be expanded for infrastructure sector for the purpose of availing ECBs, the apex bank said in a notification.
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PM Office monitors CAPEX, investment plans of CPSEs
The Prime MinisterĆās Office has been monitoring the Capital expenditure (CAPEX) and investment plans of selected Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) since FY 12-13. The purpose of this exercise was to enhance investment in the economy and use CPSEs to drive economic growth.
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Crude oil-tanker vessel Desh Shanti reaches Vizag
India's crude oil-laden oil tanker vessel MT Desh Shanti reached Vizag Port Trust (VPT) in the early hours of September 18. The oil tanker of the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) was detained by the Iranian authorities for almost 26 days and now finally reached the VPT in the eastern coast of India.
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Govt issues GO facilitating mercantile marine activity
The Union Ministry of Shipping has issued an order to facilitate trade using inland waterways and mercantile marine activity along coasts. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued an order declaring waters inward of the baseline, as per the notification under Maritime Zone Act, as 'Inland Waters'.
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AP attracts lion’s share in port investments
Andhra Pradesh has claimed that it has surpassed Gujarat in attracting private investments in the port sector during the first six months of the current fiscal. This was stated by K Pradeep Chandra, the Commissioner for Industrial Promotion, Industry and Commerce Department of the State.