Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) informed that the bank may achieve a deposit growth of 14 -16 per cent and a loan growth of a maximum 16 percent in 2013-14. In 2012-13, the largest public sector bank posted 15 per cent and 21 per cent growth in deposits and adva
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NHAI, IL&FS ink deal on Rs 16.6 bn road project
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed concession agreement with IL&FS Transportation for a Rs 1,665 crore road project in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The contract involves six-laning of Barwa-Adda-Panagarh section of national highway (NH 2) and it would be executed by Barwa-Adda Expressway, a subsidiary of IL&FS Transportation
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RINL seeks ore mine for proposed steel project
Jharkhand government received a request from the state-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) for allocating the over 2,600 acre Ghatkuri iron ore mine, located at the West Singhbhum district. The company wants the mine, which is estimated to have 600 million tonne reserves, for its proposed 3 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) steel plant
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IOC to get land from Ennore Port for LNG terminal
Ennore Port (EPL) received approval of the union cabinet to lease land measuring 520,000 square metre to a joint venture led by state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) for the 5 million tonne a year liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project. While IOC will hold majority stake in the joint venture, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TID
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Cairn finds exploration not feasible in entire KG block
In a letter to the union oil ministry, Cairn India said a quarter of its KG basin block area falling on both sides of "no go area" is operationally not feasible and offered to surrender it to the government. For proper and effective exploration, only 40 per cent of the original contract area of KG-OSN-2009/3 block is feasible, it wrote
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ONGC, Shell to form partnership for overseas ventures
In order to acquire oil and gas assets abroad, oil explorer Shell and Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) are considering to forge a partnership. Recently, both the firms said they are keen to come together to explore both upstream and downstream opportunities domestically. Some reports suggest that both the firms would extend this partnership to overseas proje
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CCEA clears two major port projects
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the setting up of two major ports, one each in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The ports would be set up in at Sagar Island, West Bengal and at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. According to a government press release, the existing port facilities at Kolkata and Haldia are riverine ports and are f
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Work on FOB in Gurgaon awaits funds
In Gurgaon, work on constructing a foot overbridge (FOB) at Hero Honda Chowk is awaiting funds from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and necessary approval to start the work. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has written to the NHAI about the project which the two departments have to jointly fund. A senior HUDA official said that the DPR of the project has been prepared and submitted to the NHAI for approval.
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Toll plaza on Delhi-Gurgaon highway may be removed
The toll plaza between Delhi and Gurgaon on the national highway is likely to be removed. The toll plaza has become contentious as users had to wait for long, resulting in traffic block. This also led to an intervention by the Punjab High Court last year. This was one of the options discussed in a meeting held between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Union Road Transport Minister CP Joshi in Delhi recently.
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Govt may revamp MCA for road projects
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the government would revamp the model concession agreements (MCAs) for public private partnership (PPP) projects in the highway sector. It may be noted that the existing MCAs have outlived their utility and there are no provisions for addressing emerging problems in many such projects. The