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Odisha asks district authorities to initiate action against errant miners

State govt seeks status report on steps taken against miners who failed to pay Supreme Court-mandated compensation

IOCL's ethylene supply constraints threaten petro investments in Odisha

The potential polymer-based units at the PCPIR hub were looking at a steady supply of ethylene from the IOCL refinery installed at Paradip

Odisha gets Rs 3,548 cr for development projects in mineral-rich areas

Allocated sum to be provided from the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Trust Fund

Odisha sets target of Rs 1 lakh crore export turnover by 2025

Odisha Export Policy will be in alignment with the Foreign Trade Policy of India

Dell, IBM, HP in race to develop world-class data centre in Odisha

Technology solution providers Dell , IBM, HP have evinced interest to develop a world class data centre to be established in Odisha by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).Apart from these technology firms, engineering company Sterling and Wilson and infrastructure development company IL&FS are also in the race to build the centre." The work of setting up the world class data centre will be completed within 180 days after the finalization of bids", said an STPI official.It will be the first Uptime institute certified commercial data centre which will be fully owned by any government organization. The certification from the institute will guarantee Uptime of 99.982 per cent in the entire life time of the data centre considered as 20 years.The centre will be built at a cost Rs 30 crore within the STPI's own office complex coming up at the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. It will have 120 racks. Sources said, the data centre is designed to withstand the windspeed of 300 kilometers .

Odisha clears fresh investment proposals worth Rs 1.31 lakh crore

The state received these proposals during its roadshows conducted in Mumbai & Bengaluru

Patnaik urges PM to set up National Institute of New Energy in Odisha

Odisha government already allocated 73.680 acres of land free of cost for NINEI set-up

Odisha to implement all reforms by July end, digitise 47 services

Aims to improve its rating in Ease of Doing Business and to be among top three states

Odisha gets 28 technical bids for two iron ore blocks

JSPL, Tata Steel, Vedanta, JSW among bidders

State govt approves investments worth Rs 1,770 cr in Odisha

Approved projects have a potential of creating 3,200 additional jobs in the state

Odisha: Curfew imposed in Bhadrak after violence

Violence erupted after a derogatory Facebook post against Lord Ram

Odisha targets 12 million tonne food grains output in FY18

Anticipating good rainfall, the Odisha government has set a target 12.09 million tonne (mt) of food grains production in the ensuing Kharif and Rabi season for 2017-18.For 2016-17 , the state government had set a food grains production target of 11.12 mt. The target, as per the second advance estimate, included 1.6 mt and 9.463 mt production during the Rabi and Kharif seasons respectivelyAs per a government plan, the production target for this fiscal will be covering 6.72 million hectares of land with a yield rate of 1799 kilogram (kg) per hectare.In the cereals bracket, rice production is expected at 9.56 mt with the productivity of 2544 kg per hectare and spreading over of 3.76 million hectares of land. Others in the cereals include 0.983 mt of maize and 0.149 mt of Ragi with a yield of 2892 kg and 903 kg per hectare respectively.Similarly, the output of pulses during the crop season 2017-18 is estimated to be 1.35 mt including 0.23 mt of Arhar and 0.46 mt of Mung . The state ...

46 out of 92 MoU units start production in Odisha

Forty six out of the 92 units that have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government, have commenced either partial or full scale production."The industries that have started partial or full operations have invested Rs 2.53 lakh crore, generating employment for 152,398 people in the state", industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra informed the Odisha legislative assembly through a written reply.The operational industries have recruited 101,147 persons from the state and the rest from elsewhere. From 2004, the Odisha government has signed MoUs with 92 companies across sectors like steel, aluminium, cement, thermal power, downstream, auto components and petrochemicals. The combined investment intention by these companies stands at Rs 5.68 lakh crore.Bulk of the investments have flown from the steel sector. With 48 MoUs, steel sector leads the pack of investors. As many as 33 steel units have already started partial or full scale production, investing around Rs 1.3 ..

Odisha's growth betters national average at 7.94%

The growth rate in Odisha's economy has reached 7.94 per cent in 2016-17, higher than the pan-India rate of 7.1 per cent projected for this fiscal by the central government's statistics ministry.The state's growth engine has bounced back from the modest rate of 4.61 per cent registered in 2012-13."Odisha has made impressive achievements in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction. The size of Odisha's economy has increased by 22.27 per cent in real terms (at 2011-12 prices) during the last six years in terms of GSDP (gross state domestic product), achieving an annual growth rate of 6.23 per cent", Odisha Governor S C Jamir said in his address to the legislative assembly on the Budget session's inaugural day.The state government's real per capita income grew from Rs 47632 in 2011-12 to Rs 61678 in 2016-17 at 2011-12 prices. "My government has consistently and continuously strived to achieve a sustainable and inclusive higher economic growth, accelerated overall development, ...

Odisha to revive stalled non-major port projects

Tata Steel Ltd will acquire the majority stake in Creative Port Development Pvt Ltd

Odisha: SEC exempts forest officials from election duty in panchayat polls

Panchayat elections, beginning from Feb 13, would be conducted in 5 phases in the state

Odisha needs Rs 13,500 cr investments in green energy by 2022

The state government has envisaged a renewable energy capacity of 2,750 Mw by 2022

Shapoorji Pallonji Group to buy 51% stake in Gopalpur port from Odisha

This is a major acquisition by the group after the ouster of Mistry as the chairman of Tata Sons

Odisha targets 11 million tonne food grains production in FY17

The food production, was recorded at 6.2 mt last Kharif against target of 10 mt due to drought

Odisha govt notifies terms for doing business with banks

State has finalised 15-point eligibility criteria for banks to handle the operations of state PSUs