The Power Trading Corporation has agreed in principle to buy power from BSES's proposed 500 mw plant at Srimushnam in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The project is being implemented by the Tamil

With the Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh high courts banning pan masala and related tobacco items, the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court order on appeal by several manufacturers. The Andhra

Maharashtra ended its monopoly cotton procurement scheme and permitted private players to purchase cotton directly from farmers, However the government has empowered the Maharashtra State Cooperative

The grid collapse due to alleged overdrawal of power by Madhya Pradesh last Tuesday, that plunged five states into darkness, has sparked off a controversy between Madhya Pradesh and the Power Grid

Notwithstanding the US based Overseas Private Investment Corporation's objections the government is supporting the Indian lenders move to sell the Dabhol Power Company's assets to recover their dues.

Drought slipped into the domain of competitive politics as Congress chief ministers sought central assistance amounting to over Rs 12,000 crore and charged the Centre with discriminating between

The World Summit on Sustainable Development come to a close today with spirited protests against the remarks of US Secretary of state Colin Powell. Some five US environmental activists and anti

The union textile ministry has prepared a scheme to modernise ginning and pressing factories of the country as well as to develop market yards in some states. A fund of Rs 130 crore has been

While India expects to achieve population stabilisation within the next 40 odd years, projections made by the United Nations indicate that India will not achieve a zero per cent growth rate in the

The government finalised the annual plan for Uttaranchal for 2002-03 at Rs 1,533 crore, a sharp hike from the Rs 1,050 crore in 2001-02. However, it opposed the state government's decision to set up