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NGOs and Industry
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
By Sandeep Sahu: On February 24, this columnist received a press release from an International NGO working for tribes the world over, forwarded by the Delhi office for verification. Under the rather sensational headline of “Crackdown on sacred ritual as Vedanta mine appeal approa...
Ministry of Power bestows three awards on Tata Power
Monday, March 26, 2012
Delhi: Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has been honoured by the Ministry of Power at the National Award Ceremony in New Delhi for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11.
The award ceremony was graced by Sushil Kumar Shinde, union minister for power, who felic...
ASSOCHAM calls for framing guidelines on allocation of natural resources
Monday, March 26, 2012
New Delhi: Industry body ASSOCHAM today called for urgent consultations between the government, its auditor CAG and business bodies for framing fresh guidelines on the allocation of natural resources to infrastructure projects to avoid generating ‘exaggerated fears’ of about bene...
FM Pranab Mukherjee says No Trust Deficit Between Industry and Government
Monday, March 26, 2012
New Delhi: Speaking at CII’sNational Council meeting in Delhitoday, the Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee stated that the mindset thatgovernment can always deliver on its intentions needs to change. In amulti-party democratic system, the government has to work with the consen...
Odisha: Lanco Foundation Celebrate World Water Day
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Report by OrissaDiary.com bureau, Bhubaneswar: The World Water Day 2012 campaign is envisaged to raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management and to raise the profile of wat...
Gas Pricing Policy Reforms to Ensure Expanded Energy Supplies: PM
Saturday, March 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said here today that to incentive production of natural gas, the government has initiated gas pricing policy reforms as “remunerative energy prices are needed to ensure expanded energy supplies. At the same time since oil and gas ar...
Closer partnerships in Asia vital for meeting natural gas demand
Saturday, March 24, 2012
New Delhi: Oil and natural gas industry experts from India and abroad today underlined the need for closer partnerships amongst Asian countries to meet the emerging challenges and integration.At the plenary session of the 7thAsia Gas Partnership Summit, Mr. G. C. Chaturvedi, Secr...
Himachal Pradesh Annual Plan for 2012-13 fixed at Rs. 3700 crore
Friday, March 23, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Annual Plan for the year 2012-13 has been fixed at Rs. 3700 crore following a meeting held between Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi today. This is 12.12% higher than the approve...
Odisha: Coal shortage hits NTPC; Gridco likely to incur losses
Friday, March 23, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The National Thermal Power Corporation, the largest power producer in the country, is facing coal crisis both on the quality and quantity fronts.
In order to ease the situation, the Corporation is importing 16 million tonnes (MT) of coal from abroad at high ...
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