Clamping down on the delays in repatriating foreign exchange earnings, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened norms for special economic zones (SEZs), asking them to realise and bring back full value of goods and services to India within a year from the date of export.
ONGC's chairman and managing director Sudhir Vasudeva tells Business Standard that any price for natural gas that is more than $4.2 a unit is good for the company.
A deal with the Assam government, which holds majority stake in the company through Assam Industrial Development Corporation Ltd, is likely by October.
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss.
Business opportunity after phased diesel deregulation the main trigger.
India has so far set up three projects - Tala, Chukha and Kurichu - in Bhutan under the Inter-governmental Agreement model.
Figures compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, under the commerce ministry, showed India's iron ore exports jumped a whopping 157 per cent to 121 million tonnes in 2012-13, compared with 47 million tonnes a year ago.
R-Power had produced the test certificate claiming March 30, 2013, as the date of commissioning.
First right of refusal may be limited to firms working under NELP, leaving out pre-NELP blocks run by big firms such as RIL and Cairn India.
Railway officials said important projects at crucial stages would now be stuck for a long time.
Bansal's exit came at a time when some good investment and policy decisions were expected.
This year, Coal India plans to gauge the domestic market through a tie-up with MMTC and State Trading Corporation.
The finance ministry has rejected the formula and, instead, suggested an alternative that takes into account well-head prices of suppliers in Qatar, Oman, Abu Dhabi and Malaysia.
LPG alone will save us Rs 8,000 cr a year: M Veerappa Moily.
NTPC raises new demands, while CIL is not willing to yield
The company wants 'economic restitution' due to rupee depreciation and changes in law.
In an interview with Business Standard, CIL Chairman Singayapally Narsing Rao attributes the performance to volume growth but adds a decision on price hike will be taken at an appropriate time.
The move comes at a time when consumers are shunning high-quality coal, which has become costlier than prevailing market rates globally.
This comes against the backdrop of the capital expenditure of these companies rising a mere 1.7 per cent this year, though the projection at the beginning of the year was of six per cent growth.
Underrecovery from sensitive petroleum products seen at Rs 1,55,000 cr in current fiscal.
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