Odisha plans e-auction of mines

November 2016

The Odisha government would issue a notification for organising an e-auction to sell off four mines. Three limestone mines and one manganese mine loc...

Tags: Odisha government, E-auction, Ghorhaburhani-Sagasahi iron ore block, Mines, Mineral Development, Regulation Act 2015

Odisha pegs infra outlay for NIMZ at Rs.10,000 crore

November 2016

Odisha has pegged the cost of external infrastructure at Rs.10,000 crore for the National Investment & Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) to be set up at Kali...

Tags: Odisha, Infrastructure, National Investment & Manufacturing Zone, NIMZ

Odisha plans e-auction of four mines

October 2016

The Odisha government would issue a notification for organising an e-auction to sell off four mines in 2-3 days. According to the Steel and Mines Min...

Tags: Odisha, E-auction, Mines

Govt to re-auction 37 mineral blocks by December

October 2016

The governemnt is planning to re-acution 37 mineral blocks in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand by December th...

Tags: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mines, Balvinder Kumar, Non-coal mines

Slow progress of auctioned blocks worries ministry

October 2016

The Union Mines Ministry has expressed displeasure over the unimpressive progress of mineral blocks auctioned by states, reports the Business Standar...

Tags: Union Mines Ministry, Balvinder Kumar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Seven mineral blocks

STATE targets fertiliser firms for petrochemical hub

October 2016

The Odisha Government aims to collaborate with noted fertiliser companies to set up units at the PCPIR (petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals inves...

Tags: Odisha Government, PCPIR, Fertiliser, IOCL, Petrochemical hub

Odisha Transport Minister inaugurates ´Vision Zero´

October 2016

Odisha Transport Minister, Ramesh Chandra Mahji inaugurated the first-ever session of ´India Vision Zero´, a conference to address the issue of incre...

Tags: Odisha Transport, Ramesh Chandra Mahji, India Vision Zero, WRI India Sustainable Cities, BDA, Safer Streets, Safer Cities, Global motor vehicles

ESIC, EPF benefits for construction workers, plans government

September 2016

Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya has recently announced that the Central Government is planning to extend benefits under th...

Tags: Labour, Employment Bandaru Dattatreya, ESIC, Central Government, BOCW, Odisha Government, Supreme Court, EPF, ESIC