Govt.-controlled organisation will continue to accept kendu leaf The Odisha government has handed over trade rights of kendu (tendu) leaf, an important minor forest produce, to residents of six villages
Monsoon may have brought some relief to the coastal districts but the farmers of western Odisha continue to suffer from a drought-like situation. Kharif cultivation is yet to pick up momentum in Kalahandi
Bhubaneswar: A year after the CBI probed into the irregularities across six districts of Orissa, a special performance audit of the implementation of the NREGS programme by the Comptroller and Auditor
The Tribal Affairs Ministry has asked the State Government to ensure that tribal villagers get access to bamboo plantation areas to earn their livelihood. The issue of harassment of tribals by Forest Department
With just about 30 per cent of its villages covered under the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, so far, the Odisha Government is more than
We have assigned a neutral rating to Sesa Goa with a target price of R210. We value Sesa Goa’s core business on a sum-of-the-parts (SoTP) basis with iron ore operations on a DCF-to-firm basis (5% debt-to-equity, 15% weighted average cost of capital). We value Sesa Goa as a merged entity (Sesa Sterlite) and believe the merger with Sterlite Industries has a high likelihood of being successful. Recently, the Competition Commission of India approved the merger and the next leg of approvals rest with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha battles with high incidence of diarrhoea among children, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is all set to launch an extensive programme on ‘Management and prevention of childhood
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to sink 50,000 deep borewells by January, 2014 under the Biju Krushak Bikash Yojana to increase irrigation potential. A decision to this effect was taken at
Expansion of Alumina Refinery from 1 MTPA to 6 MTPA and Captive power plant of 75 MW to 285 MW at Lanjigarh, District Kalahandi in Orissa by M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited. This is in continuation of this
BHAWANIPATNA: The revamped public distribution system (PDS) has already been implemented in Kalahandi. Even as the new system aims at curbing pilferage in the PDS, questions are being raised over its effective
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha is making significant strides in curbing children’s mortality with the under-five mortality rate in the State declining at faster rate than the national average for the first time in
