On Wednesday, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan said that while driving from the airport through Rajarhat, he came across beautiful buildings but it looked like a countryside under development with no signs of industrialisation.
The Board of approval had given more time for Raheja's to develop their project in the state. The project is one amongst the three SEZs recommended to be denotified by the state government. Goa's Rajya Sabha member Shantaram Naik said he would meet new Union Commerce ministry Anand Sharma and brief him on the issue.
A directional landmine blast took place at Baroa, 17 km from Salboni, from where the West Bengal CM, Paswan, state industry minister Nirupam Sen and industrialist Sajjan Jindal were returning after laying the foundation stone of Jindal Steel Works plant, police said.
The commerce and industry ministry is in talks with state governments to prepare guidelines for setting up local governance bodies inside these tax-free industrial enclaves. Sources said these bodies may either be modelled on the lines of townships developed by state industrial development authorities like the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) in Uttar Pradesh, or follow a Jamshedpur-like model, where a corporate house takes care of civic infrastructure.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
Goa has scrapped 12 SEZs, including the seven, which were approved by the state government. But the government is struggling over denotification of three industrial enclaves, which has now rushed to the High Court against government's intention to scrap them.
Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Prashant Kumar Misra resigned on Friday. His resignation was accepted within minutes of its submission, following which Mayawati appointed Atul Gupta.
'The land is partly with the government, partly with the company. In the changed economic scenario, I cannot say how quickly another plant will come up there,' said West Bengal's Industry Minister Nirupam Sen.
High drama continued till late Thursday over electing the new Maharashtra chief minister even as Ashok Chavan, the state industry minister and Congress MLA from Nanded, emerged as the clear favourite for the top post.
The IT and IT-enabled services companies will be provided space in the proposed SEZ. The proposal awaits final approval from the Board of Approval. SIDCUL has been appointed the nodal agency for the proposed IT SEZ which would invite Expression of Interests from top reputed companies. The sources said top IT multinational companies like Infosys could be invited for the development of the IT SEZ, which is being set up over 14.2 hectares.
CBI has alleged in court that Kumar, an "influential" officer, was intimidating witnesses.
While the exact investment for the project, which is likely to come up in Jamnagar is not known, senior government officials say the company is looking to ink an agreement during the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, to be held in January next year.
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"Crores of Muslim women had always demanded that triple talaq should be banned, as it is also banned in Islamic countries," he said.
The Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation (RIICO) is going all out to woo textile firms to set up shop at its proposed garment zone in Bhilwara.
The Maharashtra government can do little beyond using its good offices to pursue the Bajaj Auto management to revive production at its mother plant in Akurdi, near Pune.
Several companies, including Tata Motors and Bajaj Auto, which are setting up units in Uttarakhand, want to buy more land amid reports that plots comprising an area of 300 acres are still lying vacant in the key industrial estates of Haridwar.
Even as Left parties have demanded a review of the tax concessions provided to SEZs, the DoT has sought extension of excise duty exemptions to industrial units set up in telecom-specific SEZs.
West Bengal government would continue to invite investments despite the controversy over acquisition of agricultural land for setting up industrial units, the state's industry minister Nirupam Sen said on Tuesday.
An official close to the development said the tender invited by the SUUTI closed in the second week of this month and 12 parties submitted their expressions of interest.
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The bypolls to the two seats were necessitated following demise of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators Hokishe Sema and Lakiumong.
State Industry Minister Nirupam Sen, in his first public address in this area since Tata Motors chose it as the site of its new car plant in May 2006, said many companies were poised to follow Tata's lead in setting up shop in Singur.
The official paid a premium of up to Rs 3 lakh annually on insurance policies bought in the name of his family members.
Ind-Swift Ltd completed buyback of 25,56,600 shares constituting 23.14% stake held by Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation in its sister company Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd for Rs 82 million.
International Finance Corporation, the private equity venture of the World Bank Group, DEG, one of the largest European development finance institutions, are eyeing a stake in State Industrial Corporation of Maharashtra.
Housing Development Finance Corporation has joined hands with the Maharashtra government and State Industrial Investment Corporation of Maharashtra, its subsidiary, to bid for control of the troubled United Western Bank.
Sabeer Bhatia's proposal for setting up a 'Nano City' has been given the go ahead.
The Centre has asked the Maharashtra government to reduce the size of the Reliance Industries-promoted Mahamumbai SEZ as it involves acquisition of over 10,000 hectares of land.
The scion of erstwhile Patiala Royal family refused to comment on the number of ministers who will be part of the new cabinet.
A high-level team from Infosys Technologies Limited visited Rajarhat in West Bengal on Tuesday to survey land for setting up a development centre in the state.
While Kumar, Tarun, Ashok, Sandeep and Dinesh were earlier in CBI custody for five days, the other accused were sent to the agency's custody on Monday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched real estate developer DLF Universal's Special Economic Zone project here, as part of initiatives to revive the state's industrial sector.
It was difficult to set up a unified zone on the SEZ land.
Mr Mitra, show me where is industrial development in Bengal: Tata
A revenue court on Wednesday ordered return of the land sold to Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust by an industrial house to Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.
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Apart from around 40 Japanese companies and five global vendors of MG Motor India, many other biggies are eyeing Gujarat for either greenfield opportunities or brownfield expansion.
Increase in service tax would make properties costlier to buyers.
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