The Annual Plan for Manipur for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.3,210 crore at a meeting here on Monday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.

In his initial remarks, Mr.

GMR Infrastructure, the Bangalore-based developer of power plant, airports, roads and urban infrastructure, is understood to be closing in on its second coal mine acquisition in Indonesia. The mine is expected to cost close to $150 million and has reserves of close to 200 million tonne.

Ensuring equitable economic growth and protecting the environment will be the most crucial challenges facing the Asian countries in the coming years, acclaimed academics said at a symposium yesterday.

Policymakers must come up with strategies from a new angle, unlike the traditional approach to growth which is not sustainable, they said at a symposium titled "Imagining Another Future for Asia:

A visit to the Lavasa Lake City project at night presents a disturbing sight, reflecting on the gross neglect of rural areas by the Maharashtra government.

While the lake city is all lit up and basks in the glow of high-powered lights, seven villages surrounding the proposed township suffer silently in darkness.

In existence well before the Lavasa project was even conceived, the villages of

Chief Minister Mayawati would inaugurate projects worth Rs 4000 crore on Saturday when she would turn 55 despite Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leadership's appeal to party workers for a simple celebration of her birthday.

The people of the state would get 250 new power sub-stations, 22 power distribution centres, road over-bridges, rail overhead bridge and Sewage Treatment Plants as Chief Minister

London: The Indian economy will register the second fastest growth between now and 2050 and emerge as the second biggest economy in the world by the middle of this century, according to a forecast by the consultancy group, Price-WaterhouseCoopers, released on Friday.

In terms of GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP), India is said to be on track to overtake Japan this year.
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