Bhubaneswar : Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said on Monday the group, which has already invested Rs 6,000 crore in Odisha over the last few years, will invest an additional Rs 3,000 crore in the state. “Today, ...
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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Tuesday approved seven investment proposals worth Rs 7,416 crore, which will help create employment opportunities for 4,454 people. The 80th meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) held under the chairmanship ...
Read More »From Delhi’s cocktail circuit to Odisha’s longest serving CM, a balanced telling of Naveen Patnaik’s journey (Book Review)
By Chinmaya Dehury, Title: Naveen Patnaik; Author: Ruben Banerjee; Publishers: Juggernaut; Pages: 226; Price: Rs 469 How did a man, spending his early days on Delhi’s cocktail circuit, defy stereotypes to script an enviable success story that has few parallels ...
Read More »Odisha’s single-window portal receives 300 investment proposals
Bhubaneswar : The government of Odisha’s Single Window for Investor Facilitation and Tracking (GO-SWIFT) has received 300 proposals from investors across the country, an official said on Friday. Launched in November 2017, the portal received the 300th proposal from Kerala-based ...
Read More »Odisha government seeks early announcement of MSP
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Tuesday targeted the Centre over the delay in announcement of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy and other crops for the Kharif season 2018. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Read More »Odisha CM requests Modi for Defence Industry Corridor
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish a dedicated Defence Industry Corridor and Aeronautical University in the state. In a letter to Modi, Patnaik said Odisha provides a comprehensive ecosystem and ...
Read More »Odisha to spend Rs 75,000 cr on developing water resources
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government said on Thursday Rs 75,000 crore will be spent in the next five years for developing the state’s water resources. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Water Resources department to prepare a comprehensive river ...
Read More »Odisha’s Paradip aims to become No. 1 port in India
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Paradip (Odisha) : State-owned Paradip Port Trust, which has been focusing on promoting competition and bringing down costs to users, is looking at 17 per cent growth in cargo handling — touching 120 million tonnes (mt) in ...
Read More »Having learnt from Posco episode, Odisha creates land bank for industries
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Bhubaneswar : Mineral-rich Odisha, aspiring to become a manufacturing hub in India with downstream metal industries, has “learnt from the Posco experience” and prepared a GIS-based land bank of 121,000 acres for various industries, according to a ...
Read More »Internet services suspended in Odisha town ahead of Ram Navami
Bhubaneswar : In view of the communal tension last year during the Ram Navami celebrations, the district administration in Odisha’s Bhadrak on Saturday suspended internet services for next two days in a bid to maintain law and order. Internet services ...
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