Under these regulations, it will be mandatory for new buildings to use green technologies for recycling dry waste and drainage water, vermiculture for treatment of wet waste, solar energy and above all rainwater harvesting.
Of this, Rs 6,090 crore (Rs 60.9 billion) is planned for the 11th Plan and Rs 14,030 crore (Rs 140.3 billion) for the 12th Plan.
Currently, the project generates 1,000 Mw.
During his month-long tour, Ramesh would seek views from scientists, agriculture experts, farmers' organisations, consumer groups and non-government organisations on the report submitted by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee on Bt brinjal in October.
Hatoyama is the first Japanese PM to visit India in 25 years.
The ministry has asked the oil marketing companies to further step up their efforts to curb adulteration of petroleum products.
The Union home ministry wants state governments to take proactive action against illegal mining as it has become a national security threat. In a recent meeting with the states, the home ministry said that windfall profits from such mining of minerals and sand were being used by the mafia to aid extremist elements.
While power utilities and traders have generally welcomed the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's draft regulations on renewable energy certificates (RECs), they have warned that the short supply of renewable energy (RE) may encourage speculative activity and volatility in the already tight market.
Undeterred by the real estate crisis after Dubai World's request to creditors for a standstill on repayment of its $60 billion debt until May, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (Credai) has stuck to its original plan to hold its national convention during January 23-25 in Dubai.
The Shiv Sena has raked up the Belgaum card to trump the proponents of a separate Vidarbha state out of Maharashtra. The saffron party, which is yet to recover from its successive defeats in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, has already reiterated that it will launch an agitation for an undivided Maharashtra. At the same time, the party dared the Congress-led governments at the Centre and the state to take concrete measures for the inclusion of Belgaum.
Though we have a debt burden of Rs 180,000 crore, the economic condition of the state is stable and healthy. This is due to efficient fiscal management and effective monitoring of expenditure, says the Maharashtra chief minister.
Nuclear companies from the US, Russia and France, as well as Indian power majors, have unanimously appealed to the Government of India (GoI) for various changes in the rules to facilitate foreign and private sector investment.
Body blow for real estate developers as state switches off tap to high-rise projects.
The Centre's decision to carve out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh has given a much-needed boost to the proponents of a new Vidarbha state out of Maharashtra.
Workers of the Nashik plant had gone on an indefinite 'tool down strike' from May 4 in protest against the suspension of Mahindra Union president Madhav Dhatrak by the management and the company's alleged delay in signing a wage agreement for the past 22 months.
The S A Dave-headed mutual fund advisory committee has recommended to the Securities and Exchange Board of India that mutual fund investors pay the commission to distributors directly. Accordingly, mutual fund investors will have to give separate cheques to distributors as commission if Sebi approves this recommendation.
The company will open seven new super speciality hospitals at major locations across the country and increase the bed capacity of some of its existing super speciality hospitals at an investment of Rs 700 crore (Rs 7 billion) by 2010. Currently, the company has 17 super speciality hospitals with over 2,000 in-patient beds across the country, four in Bangalore, three in Mumbai, two each in Nagpur, Hyderabad and Kolkata, and one each in Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar and Nashik.
"With an aim to meet the market demand, the company is setting up a steel wire manufacturing facility at Sinnar, 30 kms from Nashik. The company has already acquired 44.65 acre of plot from MIDC at Sinnar and will shortly commence construction there. The proposed facility will cover a built-up area of 15,000 sq mts and company's investment in this project will be around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion)," the company sources said.
As part of its expansion plan to strengthen its base in North Maharashtra, Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd (SCBL), the largest multi-state co-operative bank in the country with a business turnover of Rs 17,000 crore, has acquired the financially troubled city-based Nashik People's Co-operative Bank (NPCB) with 14 branches.
Amway India, a direct selling FMCG Company in the country, is all set to enter the Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) colour cosmetics segment.
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