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Barely three months ago, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda proudly proclaimed that the state has received 94 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals, translating into an investment of Rs 2 lakh crore and many thousand jobs. But by all indications, it appears that an overwhelming majority of these projects shall remain on paper only, with only four or five moving forward.

Chandigarh: Barely three months ago, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda proudly proclaimed that the state has received 94 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals, translating into an investment of Rs 2 lakh crore and many thousand jobs. But by all indications, it appears that an overwhelming majority of these projects shall remain on paper only, with only four or five moving forward.

Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai has called for a review of the 11th Five Year Plan to enhance the allocation of funds for water resources.

In what would seem like a half-hearted move to rev up the domestic economy in the wake of global slowdown, the Government today said it would spend an additional Rs 20,000 crore in 2008-09 to galvanise rural infrastructure, extend sops worth Rs 1,800 crore to exporters and take a Rs 8,700 crore hit on its tax revenues by cutting the Central value added tax (Cenvat) rate by 4 per cent across the bo

NEW DELHI: Delhi Municipal Commissioner K. S. Mehra presented revised budget estimates for the current financial year and budget estimates for the next fiscal in respect of the general wing and slum and jhuggi-jhonpri wing of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday.