The single window clearance authority (SWCA) Thursday deferred giving clearance to two thermal power projects and a special economic zone (SEZ) proposal of Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) and asked the companies to re-apply with complete details on the projects.

Calcutta, Oct. 16: The government today signed a deal with NRI businessman Prasoon Mukherjee

TO MINE OR NOT: The Supreme Court of India has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to explain why the mining activity in the state should not be restrained. Petitioner Ajay Dubey, secretary of Prayatna, a Bhopal-based NGO, pointed out that a number of mining leases were functioning illegally across the state. The state pollution board had also admitted that of the 5,069 mining leases across the

nsg India gets into nuclear family On September 6, the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (nsg) lifted its 16-year-old embargo on nuclear commerce with India. The tough negotiations in Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the nsg meeting took a different line. Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ireland also acted

There is good news for coal power plants. A Swedish company has developed the world

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MEETING THE DEMAND: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh with Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi inspect the piling work at the NTPC

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Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity.