Industry players and analysts feel that the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI)must increase the frequency of its meeting in order to resolve issues in pending infrastructure project. The panel has met only five times in the last six months of its existence and its diktats have pertained largely to public sector investments, though a few proc
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Steel ministry to expedite big ticket steel projects
Union steel ministry is reportedly taking steps to expedite big ticket investment projects, which are held up owing to various issues in the steel sector. In Odisha itself, eight projects are stuck because of reasons like lack of statutory clearances, non-availability of raw material linkage and law and order problem during land acquisition
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Dhamra Port takes steps for environment protection
Santosh Kumar Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer of Dhamra Port Company (DPCL) said the port undertook several initiatives in the field of environment protection under the guidance of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These include installation of special designed environment friendly and dark-sky friendly lighting system within the port premises
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JN Port to take steps to kickstart Rs 8 bn project
The board of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) would soon take a decision to break the deadlock on the Rs 800 crore container loading facility project to be developed by DP World. The proposed facility, with a capacity to load 800,000 standard containers a year, is key to JN PortĂâs expansion plans
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Ministry clears Ponnani port project in Kerala
The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) gave approval to Malabar Ports Private Limited (MPPL) for setting up the Ponnani cargo port in Kerala. Following this, the Chennai-based construction agency
has applied for the final 'Consent for Establishment' to the state
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Discussion on hydro projects
The Union Power Ministry has taken up the issue of environmental and forest clearances to hydel projects with the Environment Ministry. The initiative is to encourage development of hydro sector in the country.
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Ministry gives green nod to Anketell port project
API Management Pty received conditional approval from the Australian environment ministry for its proposed Anketell Point port project in the western part of the country. API Management is a joint venture between coal miner Aquila Resources and mining investment company American Metals and Coal International (AMCI). The firm wan
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Environment ministry seeks details from GSPC
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has reportedly asked Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) to submit details on certain critical environmental issues identified during laying of pipeline for its project in Andhra Pradesh. It may be noted that the company is laying pipeline for transporting natural gas from Deen Dayal West block in KG Basin in KG-OSN-2001/03
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Chidambaram reviews Rs 7 tn worth projects
As part of his efforts to expedite infrastructure projects in different states, Finance Minister P Chidambaram held discussion with promoters of delayed projects and officials of state-run banks in Karnataka. During the discussion, the minister reviewed 21 infrastructure projects, which are delayed, in the state acros
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Kerala govt addresses hurdles in Vizhinjam project
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the state government was sorting out several obstacles including getting environmental clearance for the Vizhinjam International Seaport project. He said this while denying the allegation that the state government was trying to delay the project. He further informed that the state government set a time line for each proc