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

New port on Mahanadi waters

September 2016

In times of confrontation over sharing of Mahanadi waters between Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the state government is set to construct a riverine port o...

Tags: Mahanadi waters, Riverine port, Port project, Odisha

Coal ministry to allocate alternative block to Odisha

September 2016

The Coal Ministry has agreed to Odisha´s proposal to allocate an alternative coal block to Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OPTCL) for its 2,400...

Tags: Coal Ministry, OPTCL, Coal block, OMC, OHPC, JV, Odisha government, Pranab Prakash Das, Tentuloi block

Nalco bags Pottangi mines

August 2016

National Aluminium Company (Nalco)has bagged the Pottangi mines in Odisha´s Koraput district....

Tags: National Aluminium Company, Nalco, Pottangi Mines, Odisha, Koraput

Bhubaneswar to have world trade centre

July 2016

Bhubaneswar will soon have a World Trade Centre (WTC), a hub of corporate and government offices, at Satya Nagar....

Tags: WTC, Satya Nagar, Smart city project, Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd, World Trade Centre, Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation

100 new bridges 'dedicated' to Odisha

July 2016

The Odisha Government recently dedicated 100 bridges constructed under the Biju Setu Yojana (BSY) and 75 drinking water projects to the people. ...

Tags: Odisha Government, BSY, Drinking water projects