According to media reports, the restriction on exploration in 'no-go' areas imposed by the ministry of defence (MoD) may hinder Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) business plan. The public sector firm plans to rope in technical parters for its deep water and ultra deep water blocks, which fall unde
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Terminal Investment may vie for JNPT container-loading unit
After buying a 50 per cent stake in a container-loading facility at Mundra port in Gujarat in last July, Terminal Investment SA, majority owned by Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA (MSC), is looking to expand in India. Terminal Investment, the worldÂ’s sixth biggest container terminal operator, will submit initial bids for building a Rs 8,200 crore container-loading facility at Jawaharlal Nehru (JN) port near Mumbai.
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IOC, ONGC to bid for stake in HPL
West Bengal government may invite joint bidding by Indian Oil Corporation and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for selling its about 40 per cent stake in Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL). It is learnt that besides IOC, and ONGC, RIL, Cairn India, and GAIL are also eyeing the stake. The state government rejected Reliance IndustriesÂ’ (RIL) plea for an open auction for stake sale as it already announced it woul
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Govt divests stake in NTPC
Government of India has divested 9.5 per cent stake of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) through Offer for Sale (OFS) mechanism. After the completion of OFS on February 11, governmentÂ’s equity holding in NTPC has now come down from 84.50 per cent to 75.00 per cent, said the Union Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha recently.
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GSPC JV to rope in strategic investor for LNG terminal project
Gujarat State Petronet Corporation (GSPC) and Adani Enterprises (AEL) are jointly setting up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Mundra in GujaratÂ’s Kutch district. The joint venture is in the process of roping in a strategic investor for 25 per cent stake in the project. It is learnt that eight firms, including India Gas Solutions, the joint
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FIIs buy govt stake in state-run firms
The government raised about Rs 23,830 crore offloading stake in 7 state-run firms during 2012-13. 39 percent of this amount came from FIIs, union government said in a press release. Only about 25 percent came from Insurance Companies including LIC and less than 10 percent from banks including Public Sect
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CCEA clears new definition of control under FDI policy
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion for amendment to the existing definition of "control" under the FDI policy. The revised definition will be as follows: Until now, the definition of "control", in the extant FDI policy is as under: "A company is considered as "controlled" by resident Indian citizens if the resident India
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Cabinet clears proposal to widen scope of “control” in FDI policy
The union cabinet approved the alignment of the definition of "control" under the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy with the definitions under the guidelines of Securities and Exchange Board of India and Companies Bill 2012. Accordingly, under the FDI policy, 'control' would be defined as "the right to appoint a majority of the directors or to control the management or policy dec
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JSW Steel eyes assets of Stemcors
Jindal Steel and Power and JSW Steel are eyeing stake in the British steel trader Stemcor's Indian iron ore assets. JSW is reportedly holding discussion with Stemcor on this matter. Stemcor appointed Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for its Indian assets which include a iron ore mine and iron processing facilities in the state of Odisha, valued by a
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ONGC plans to re-distribute stake in CBM blocks
Media reports indicate that ONGC plans to re-distribute its stake in the coal-bed methane blocks of North Karanpura and Ranigunj to bidders other than Dart Energy. ONGC plans to re-distribute the stake because Dart Energy refused to take 25 per cent stake in North Karanpura and 10 per cent stake in