VAL to close Lanjigarh refinery
Bhubaneswar: Facing acute shortage of raw materials to run its 1 mtpa refinery at Langigarh in Kalahandi district, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) on Wednesday said it plans to serve a closure notice on
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Rising chemicals output a hazard, clean-up needed by 2020: U.N.
Increasing misuse of chemicals is causing health and environmental damage especially in emerging economies and governments must do more to carry out a promised clean-up by 2020, a United Nations report
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Carbon tax leaves big polluters better off
AUSTRALIA'S highest-emitting brown coal electricity generators are between $400 million and $1 billion better off than they would have been if there were no carbon tax, new modelling shows. The brown
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on Mr. Joseph Coutinho vs Goa State Pollution Control Board dated 06/09/2012 (Appeal No. 22/2012)
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in Mr. Joseph Coutinho vs Goa State Pollution Control Board dated 06/09/2012 (Appeal No. 22/2012).
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UP Cabinet okays new industrial policy
It comes after a gap of eight years succeeding the UP Industrial and Service Sector Investment Policy 2004 The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, in its pursuit to iron out regional industrial imbalance and attract fresh investment, on Tuesday gave its nod and cleared the New Industrial & Infrastructure Investment Policy 2012. The policy is aimed at ameliorating the ills of traditional industries scattered across the state and energising the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) base estimated at over 3 million units.
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CAG raps ONGC for hiring RIL rig without calling for bids
GAIL pulled up for undue benefit of Rs 246 crore to private firms The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for hiring a drilling rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) without calling for competitive bids. It also indicted GAIL (India) for giving over Rs 246 crore of undue benefit to private power companies by selling natural gas at subsidised rates.
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NTPC to go ahead with Katwa project
The Rs 9,600-crore project would need about 1,030 acres State-run NTPC has said it would go ahead with the 1,600 Mw (2x 800 Mw) Katwa project in West Bengal. It, however, added it had shelved plans to purchase the land directly. Earlier, NTPC had, for the first time, decided to buy land directly from farmers. However, owing to hurdles in the involvement of middlemen and the high prices quoted by farmers, the company decided against it. Now, NTPC has written to the state power department, urging it to acquire land for the company. The state government is yet to decide on NTPC’s request.
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Chhattisgarh HC quashes land acquired for firms
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday quashed the proceedings conducted by the state government for acquiring land for four big companies investing in the state's power sector. The companies are Moser
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Public-private partnership booster for UP's health sector
UP’s dismal performance on the health front has been sliding further with scams in its NRHM implementation, murders of senior health officials The public-private partnership (PPP) model will soon permeate the rickety health-sector in Uttar Pradesh. Under the top-down approach, the state government would rollout diagnostic centres at the district headquarters level and percolate to community healthcare centres.
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18 mining firms get SC nod, but 1 eligible
Nearly 12 mines have to get various statutory approvals, including reclamation plan The Supreme Court has given a nod to 18 iron ore mines to resume operations in Karnataka, but only one of them fulfills the conditions required to start the operations. As many as 12 mines have to get various statutory approvals, including rehabilitation and reclamation plan, forest and environment clearances and permission from the Departments of Mines at the State and the Centre. The process could take at least a month and in some cases one year, depending on the licences required to resume mining.
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Petrol subsidy burden bleeds upstream oil companies dry
New Delhi Rising global crude oil prices over the last four years have inflated India’s subsidy bill, but the burden on the exchequer could have been higher hadn't the fiscally-conscious government reduced its share of the onus, at the cost of upstream oil companies. According to official data, between 2008-09 and 2011-12, the Centre reduced its direct funding of oil marketing companies’ losses — from 69.02% of the total estimated under-recoveries to 46.24%. Consequently, upstream firms such as ONGC, OIL and GAIL funded 38% of the under-recoveries in 2011-12, as against 30.98% in 2008-09.
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Farm universities for increasing production
Representatives of State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Tuesday called for developing coordination between the public and the private sector to increase agriculture production. They were participating in a meeting at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, which was also attended by representatives of research institutes, agro-industries and entrepreneurs and progressive farmers.
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2 Blocks were Given After Coal Bill was Introduced in Parliament: BJP MP
Ahir alleges 2 ‘Coal To Liquid’ project allocated in 2009 without panel nod BJP has punched holes in the government’s claim that all allocations of coal blocks were cleared by the steering committee.
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RPower to be Among the Coal Giants Soon: Ambani
Reliance Power will soon be among the world’s largest coal companies while its power projects are on schedule to benefit from the captive coal availability, chairman Anil Ambani said. “With 65 million
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Plan for TB control endorsed
The fifth Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM) of India and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has endorsed the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB control for 2012-17. The JMM lauded the Government’s efforts in TB control but cautioned that successful implementation of the NSP requires urgent and emphatic expansion in the prioritisation, development, financing and deployment of innovative activities to rapidly detect and correctly treat cases, irrespective of care in public or private sectors. If implemented properly, the NSP can save 750,000 lives over the next five years and transform TB control in the country.
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10 coal blocks remain untapped after allocation: Minister
The State Government said 10 power generating companies, including three State-run public sector undertakings, were allocated coal blocks by the Centre, but none has so far started coal production. “The
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Coal shortage: NTPC-Kaniha shuts down one unit
ANGUL: Even as the country is in the grip of the coalgate fever, India’s second largest power plant at Kaniha has shut down a 500-MW unit due to coal shortage. The power generation at the plant which normally
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UP industrial policy aims at 11.2% growth
LUCKNOW, 4 SEPT: In order to speed up industrial development and attract investors in Uttar Pradesh the state Cabinet on Tuesday passed the new industrial and infrastructure policy 2012 with a special
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CAG drills holes in 4-year ONGC rig deal with RIL
New Delhi: The comptroller and auditor general (CAG)has slammed state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for deviating from standard procedure to hire a drilling rig without sufficient
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UP's industrial policy aims at 11.2% growth
LUCKNOW: Eyeing a growth rate of 11.2%, with a focus on removing regional imbalances in industrial development, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday cleared the final draft of the Industrial and Service