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Mining

Pellet makers want Odisha govt's nod to partake in iron ore auctions

Most of the pellet makers in the state are running their units without captive iron ore resource and hence, depend on merchant supplies of ore

Publication Date: 
24/07/2019
Jayajit Dash
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Iron, Minerals, Iron And Steel Industry, Environment
Air Pollution

Odisha to soon get electric buses: Massive push to curb air pollution

These e-buses are going to operate within the radius of 100 km, covering the cities of Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Air Pollution, Puri (T), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack (T), Electric Vehicles
Health

E-cigarettes, e-hookah banned in State

The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2019
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Smoking, Health Effects, Cosmetics, Health
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees for the "Project Mega Piped Water Supply" in Kendrapada, Odisha, 15/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Alaya Samantaray & Others Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/07/2019 regarding cutting of trees for the "Project Mega Piped Water Supply" in Kendrapada, Odisha.

Judgement Date: 
15/07/2019
Tags:
Deforestation, Kendrapara (D), Water Supply, Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
Hazardous Waste

Jharsuguda-dump yard of polluting industrial garbage

During monsoon the situation worsens with the industrial waste and particularly Ash flowing to rivers and drains.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Hazardous Waste
Economy

Odisha Economic Survey 2018-19

Odisha's gross state domestic product (GSDP) grew by 8.4 per cent during 2018-19 compared to 7.4 per cent in previous financial year, highlighting that it has grown at a faster rate than states like Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Government of Odisha
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, GDP, Orissa (Odisha)
Poverty

Odisha to bring poverty below 5%

To lay stress on agriculture development, says Governor

Publication Date: 
26/06/2019
Hindu (Kolkata)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Poverty, Agricultural Labourers, Farmers
Mining

Merchant mining leases lapsing by March 2020 may get three-year extension

Fimi had earlier said non-extension will disrupt raw material supplies to steel, other industries.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Orissa (Odisha), Minerals
Agriculture

Solarisation of agriculture

Greenpeace India’s Solarisation of Agriculture report, examines five models of solar irrigation pumps in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Odisha, looking at state policies and cost/revenue and benefit sharing associated with each case study.

Publication Date: 
21/06/2019
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Solar Pumps, Irrigation, Agriculture, Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha)
Industry

Ambient air quality and indexing with reference to suspended particulate matter and gaseous pollutants around a cement plant in OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur, Odisha, India

Cement industry is a potential anthropogenic source of air pollution. Emissions from cement plants are one of the major sources of global warming.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2019
Ambikesh Kumar Mishra, Manish Kumar Jain, Suvendu Kumar Dash
Current Science
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Tags:
Cement Industry, Industrial Pollution, Orissa (Odisha), RSPM (PM 10), Air Pollution Control, PM 2.5, Statistics

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