A senior RIL executive confirmed this development, but refused to divulge further details. "There has been some research on producing ethanol from jethropa. However, the tests have not been confirmed," said a scientist who has been working with the Gujarat state government for studying crops in Kutch. Another view by the industry experts is that the sugar industry in South Gujarat is not finding enough takers for the ethanol produced.
Shell India is the second private sector petroleum company to review its expansion plans in India. The company has decided not to open any more petroleum outlets. The company has also asked some of its employees to start looking for another job. Shell has 50 petrol pumps across the country and has a licence to open 2,000 pumps.
While company executives refused to divulge further details, industry sources said that Reliance has earmarked a huge area in the SEZ for the project.
"The tie-up with the ASE could either be an equity partnership or a technology tie-up, or both. The regulatory bodies have to clear the proposal and we also need approval from our members first," a top ASE official said on conditions of anonymity.
ASE Capital Markets, a subsidiary of The Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, the second oldest bourse in India, is selling a part of its holding in the Bombay Stock Exchange -- the second time in less than 12 months.
A study conducted by the CII and the Institute of Rural Management on the Jyotigram Yojana, the state government's rural electrification scheme which promises 24-hour, 3-phase electricity to villages, says there is an increase in the level of average employment and reduction in migration from rural areas by 33 per cent.
The allusion is simple: Modi is the BJP in Gujarat. This encapsulates a paradigm shift in the way the BJP's internal politics is now being run.