Honda has invested Rs 3,526 crore in its Rajasthan unit.
Amul, Gowardhan raise prices by Rs 2 a litre; others might wait for some time.
Virtuous Retail (VR), a retail real estate company sponsored by global investment firm, The Xander Group Inc., is currently building as many as eight large format retail shopping centers in city center locations across India, the majority of which are expected to be operational by 2015.
While Amul recently expressed its intentions to raise pouched milk prices by five-seven per cent, or about Rs 2 per litre, other leading producers like Mother Dairy, Paras and Hatsun seem to be in favour of keeping prices unchanged.
Company has been test marketing the whey-based drink across the country since 2006, but this year the beverage will sport a new look and packaging.
The official website of CAT was flooded with visits on Monday, ever since some members of education networking sites claimed to have seen their results.
France wants Indian salt to help melt this season's mounting snowfall. A leading French chemical company involved in de-icing has approached Indian Salt Manufacturers' Association (Isma) for getting 250,000 tonnes.
In a bid to create an ecosystem of both large and small companies in the chemical and engineering industries, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) is developing specific zones for small and medium enterprises in these two sectors.
Consumers in Delhi and Gujarat will have to cough up more for milk as Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns and markets Amul brand of milk and milk products in the country, has decided to raise the retail prices of milk in these two markets.
GCMMF member daires do not rule out the possibility of price rise.
A year after its split with Britannia, the French dairy major is betting big on milk products. But the task ahead is tricky
Azure Power, an independent solar power producer, is in the process to set up 15 Mw solar photovoltaic power project in Gujarat.
The Bt cotton variety Bollgard-I, which is the most widely used variety in India, has been phased out in many countries.
The industry's estimated losses stand at Rs 5-6 crore per day.
One million more go globe trotting in 2008-09.
The revival has been such that denim players are experiencing a tsunami of orders. Arvind Limited, India's largest denim producer based in Ahmedabad, has its hands full with export orders. The firm has a denim production capacity of 75 lakh (7.5 million) metres a month.
"Surat had 2,500 to 3,000 diamond-cutting and polishing units operational before Diwali. However, only 1,000 units were able to start operations after the vacation," said CP Vanani, president, Surat Diamond Association. Confirming that 500 units had re-opened this month, he said 1,500 units were now back in business.
In a bid to increase efficiency, telecom major Vodafone Essar is set to relocate over 1,500 of its employees to Ahmedabad from all over the country.
Aditya Aromedic and Bio Energy Pvt Ltd has recently started commercial production of bio-diesel from Jatropha. The good news is that bio-diesel marketed by the company is cheaper than the fossil diesel sold by oil marketing companies in the country.
RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a telecom and IT wing under the ministry, has selected the four railway stations for providing wi-fi connectivity. Within the next couple of weeks, passengers will be able to use their laptops at these stations, said senior officials of RailTel. The move is aimed at providing high-speed internet connectivity at railways stations. RailTel also plans to install wi-max facility to provide connectivity to remote railway stations at a later stage.
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