Agriculture
One of the crop research institutes that are located in the city has tied up with the Ramoji Film City for setting up an agriculture theme park at the latter. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Ramoji Film City yesterday together signed a Memorandum of Agreement on sustainable management of water [...] Continue Reading »
The move that could help in boosting the development in Maharashtra to help in conversion of agricultural lands in cities and townships into no agriculture land has been simplified in a state cabinet meeting. In the present provision the owners of the land will not need to take collect permission previously to convert their land [...] Continue Reading »
Seeking to streamline the foreign investment regime, the commerce and industry ministry has proposed to introduce a composite cap which will include FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), FII (Foreign Institutional Investment) and other instruments in various sectors. In a draft cabinet note, which was circulated for inter-ministerial consultations, the DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) [...] Continue Reading »
The city has been developing rapidly over past decade and a half. The city is close to Mumbai, and is strategically located on the Central Railway main line and the Mumbai-Agra National Highway. It is the new centre of industries, commerce, administration, education, production and marketing. The city has has three well-developed industrial estates at [...] Continue Reading »
Farmers, in parts of Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, protested against land acquisition by Maruti. The villagers claim that the land was taken away from them at a throwaway price and given to Maruti. This is the second major instance where farmers are protesting against the State Government’s attempts to acquire agricultural land for industries. The farmers [...] Continue Reading »
To be able to meet the investment target of Rs 5000 crore in public infrastructure through public private partnerships (PPPs) for the12th Plan period (2012-17), Odisha’s state planning & coordination department has invited proposals from government departments and agencies. The PPP projects are to be taken up in socio-economic sectors like agriculture, water supply, health care, education, municipal services, warehousing, [...] Continue Reading »
With most of the banks concentrating on funding the mainstream infrastructure projects, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is exploring the feasibility of supporting development of micro-infrastructure in villages. To work on developing the micro-infrastructure projects in villages in areas such as bore-wells, sanitation, electrification (solar/ biogas/ windmill), warehouse to store farm [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), the apex body of real estate developers from across the country, expressed that the government’s policy paralysis has severely impacted the real estate sector which is facing stagnation in growth. CREDAI National President, Lalit Kumar Jain said that the economy is in a bad shape [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi, one of the most populous and urban cities in India is in shortage of spaces for residential and commercial purpose. Keeping the living spaces need in mind, urban development ministry has affirmed that agricultural land has to be used for the developing projects. This realisation came into picture while framing the Delhi’s Master Plan [...] Continue Reading »
Thippagondanahalli Reservoir will soon be revived by the state government. To carry on with the revival work, Bangalore Water Supply authority has asked its officials to remove all the encroachments along the riverside. The residents in the surrounding areas near reservoir can now sigh a relief, they can enjoy the best benefits planned by Arkavathy and [...] Continue Reading »
