ONGC has sought 2,000 acre from the Maharashtra government at Dahanu to set up a gas-processing plant.
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Tax-free bonds of 4 firms
Government has allowed four firms to raise Rs 300 billion via tax-free bonds in the current financial year.
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Mazagon Dock, Pipavav JV on hold
The Defence Ministry has decided to put on hold a joint venture (JV) between Mazagon Dock and Pipavav Defence and Offshore Ltd, saying it would wait till a policy on JVs is put in place by the govÂeÂrÂnÂment.
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Kerala's power plans
Kerala Government proposes to set up a 1,200 MW gas-based thermal power station at Cheemeni in Kasaragod district with an estimated cost of Rs 4,500 crore.
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Public procurement: Reforms to make procurement professional
Public procurement has been under scrutiny because it is suspected for poor material quality and corruption. Vinod Dhall explains how a new department in the making, hopes to clean up and bring about systemic reforms in public procurement.
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Infra projects on fast track
Worried by the looming European economic crisis and the slow progress of some major public sector infrastructure projects worth Rs 30,000 crore, which could impact the already sluggish economic growth, the Government has decided to put them on fast track, by addressing logistical and environmental concerns.
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18,500-cr boost to DMIC
The Union Cabinet has cleÂared the proposal for infusion of Rs 18,500 crore in the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC). The 1,483-km project running through seven states will come up along the proposed Delhi-Mumbai dedicated rail freight corridor.
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FM pitches to US investors for infra projects
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the country offers huge scope for US firms to participate in its $1 trillion infrastructure development plan. At the USIBC-FICCI round table, Mukherjee inforÂmed the gathering that his government was working towÂards building a consensus on a number of pending policy issÂues, like introduction of Goods and Services Tax, National Manufacturing Policy, liberalisation of FDI policy
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New environment may curb mining, not illegal mining
The recent mining scams have sounded a wake up call, and yet definitive action to prevent illegal mining has not come forth.Will new laws such as higher taxation and profit sharing help the cause of the government’s efforts to curb illegal mining through technology and strengthened monitoring? Charu Bahri goes beyond the regular headlines of new scams and ends up not being convinced the new law will curb illegal mining.
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Karnataka mining in limbo
In the state that produces more than 35 million tonne of iron ore every year, accounting for more about 25 percent of the nation’s output, mining and exports of iron ore from the state have come to a complete standstill National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC)