Jayajit Dash

Corrupt Naveen govt playing to chowkidaar's tune: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi alleged Modi was remote controlling the corrupt Patnaik government seeped in corruption

Odisha plans roof top solar projects atop 1000 government buildings

It is in the scale of implementation of solar roof top projects that Odisha expects to better the performance of other states

Steel industry's capital expenditure to rise to Rs 75,000 cr, says study

Capacity upgrade and freeing up of stress assets to drive investments, says ratings agency Icra

Odisha tourism department taps AI, analytics to rejig its portal

Among states, Odisha is pioneering use of AEM platform in the country which is already currently in vogue in Australia and Visit Florida portals

India needs $80-bn investments in next 5 years for grid transmission infra

India has expanded transmission network capacity at a compound annual growth rate of 12% over 5 years between 2012-13 and 2017-18

Odisha's EMC to house Rs 500 crore investment by March 2019

The cluster has drawn investors in mobile handset manufacturing, solar modules, printed circuit boards, electric vehicles and IoT (Internet of Things) devices

Ministry panel favours extension of Nalco's coal linkage for three years

As per the revised mining plan submitted by Nalco, approval to open the mine is scheduled by March 2020

Aluminium companies fear swell in scrap imports as China hardens norms

In a latest step to protect its indigenous aluminium smelting industry, China has classified 'aluminium scrap' under its Restrictive Import list

Odisha govt begins land identification for Haldia Petrochemicals' project

The country's eastern region has the potential to attract Rs 30,000 crore investments in the petrochemicals sector by 2030

Pellet makers oppose 5% export duty levy amid falling domestic demand

Since the product is losing out on price to iron ore and lumps at home, exports offer the only reprieve; a duty hike will blunt India's competitive edge in the global market

Slide in iron ore, fertiliser traffic hits growth of major ports

A report by the India Brand Equity Foundation shows net profit at major ports had more than trebled from Rs 1150 crore in FY 13 to Rs 3413 crore in FY18

Rising input costs, soft LME prices to dent aluminium makers' profits

Data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics shows Chinese aluminium import into India having risen 62% year-on-year in the first eight months of this fiscal

Mining industry pushes for single GST to supersede multiple levies

Royalty rates on minerals are the highest among resource-rich nations and a cocktail of levies makes India top the list of nations with steep effective taxation rate on mining

MMTC to sell NINL's steel billets through online auctions on Jan 17

With the steel market looking up, NINL expects to earn maximum net margin on billet by reducing the cost of production

Odisha turns to other states for wind power, hopes to get 150 Mw in FY20

None of the locations in Odisha have been deemed to be suitable for installing wind power projects, prompting the state to buy from elsewhere

Aditya Birla Renewables inks PPA for 75 Mw solar plant in Odisha

The company had offered the lowest bid of Rs 2.79 per unit for putting up the 75 Mw project in the state in response to the 200 Mw solar power tenders floated by Gridco