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Industry players have sought clarity on the proposed move from the state government.
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has written to the Prime minister on the need to review the earlier central plan to develop six 'nuclear parks'.
RIL is insisting on a more relaxed contract for committing more gas to NTPC.
With RIL's KG-D6 output playing truant, steps need to be taken to stabilise the country's natural gas production.
In a country where there is such a disparity and large part of population living in villages are below the poverty line, the need for CSR supersedes everything.
Premji met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and expressed his intentions to work with the state government in this regard.
When people get used to something, they want more of it. But gas will always be short in India. All estimates of gas demand are hugely pessimistic.
Of the $1.4 trillion investment opportunities, almost $90 billion each is proposed in petrochemical projects and power generation, $88 billion in water desalination plants and $50 billion in natural gas-related projects.
The government will reserve the right to decide on the cost recoverability of royalty from Cairn India's block in Barmer while clearing Cairn Energy's sale of its Indian subsidiary to Vedanta Resources.
The government had in July 2010 imposed a cess on coal at an effective rate of Rs 50 a tonne.
There was a time when gas was offered to India at a cheaper price but we could not close those deals.
This will benefit 4,217 high-tension industrial consumers, whose daily power requirement is 2,000 Mw.
The company is also looking to expand the supply of gas by roads and is evaluating creation of small storage hubs along the highways.
BP has valued Reliance Industries' (RIL) new exploration and production (E&P) business at around $25 billion (Rs 1,12,500 crore), according to Goldman Sachs.
The government has made several region-wise and sector-wise allocations in its annual plan and budget proposals.
NPCIL will comply with all the 35 conditions stipulated by MoEF.
With the cricket World Cup mood building up, bookies and punters across India have taken their positions. Sources involved in betting, who did not want to be identified, fearing police action, estimate a turnover of about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion).
The state-run Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) recently handed over the land. The company was exploring investment opportunities in various states and finally selected a site at the Shendre industrial estate near Aurangabad.
The ministry holds about 1.73 million acre of land.
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