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Target to award Rs 50,000-cr highway projects in next 3 months: Gadkari

The projects will cover a length of 4,471 km of highways

Unleash market forces to realise full potential of SatCom: TRAI chief

RS Sharma asserted that the 'open sky policy' needs to be implemented in "letter and spirit" to unleash the full potential of satellite technologies

With onions at Rs 80/kg, restaurants passing on cost burden to customers

According to retail vegetable vendors, onions are being sold in the range of Rs 70-80 per kg in the national capital and suburbs

India rice rates near three-year low, Bangladesh considers cutting duty

Rates for India's 5% broken parboiled variety were unchanged around $358-$362 per tonne, the lowest since January 2017

Parliament clears chit fund Bill: Monetary limits, commissions to go up

The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha

Odisha seeks I-T exemption on DMF funds, credit trust for farm loans

Flagging the issue of farm loans, the minister said availability of bank credit without collateral and third party guarantees would go a long way in providing access to long-term credit to farmers

Paucity of hotel rooms dents 'sports capital' tag for Bhubaneswar

Govt reaches out to companies, asks them to accommodate visitors in their guesthouses

Odisha's GO-SWIFT draws investments to the tune of Rs.10.6 bn in 6 months

The single window portal that has integrated and synchronized myriad applications was rolled out in November 2017 and has received 200 proposals, promising employment for over 10,500

Make in Odisha 2.0: State to run novel campaign to showcase its strengths

A delegation of the state government led by industries minister Ananta Das is on a tour to Saudi Arabia, Italy and Germany to stage roadshows for the impending investment summit

No proposal to increase anganwadi centres: Smriti Irani in Rajya Sabha

In reply to another supplementary question, she said technical textile is the sunrise sector where 50,000 people can be trained

Odisha increases DA, DR for govt employees, teachers and pensioners by 2%

The increase in Odisha comes close on the heels of hike in the DA of central government employees by two per cent with effect from July this year

Odisha to distribute smartphones to 600,000 women self-help groups

Mission Shakti, started as a project in 2001, has Rs 50 billion savings and Rs 20 billion annual bank exposure

Odisha seeks Rs 15.34 bn assistance for helping drought-affected farmers

Odisha government, in its memorandum submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said that a crop loss of 33% and above had been recorded in some pockets of the state

15th Finance panel hails Odisha's farm package as 'best conceived'

The Commission lauded Odisha's consistently high growth trajectory but the state has faced significant volatility which could be due to natural disasters

Odisha to take up environmental impact assessment study for NIMZ

Kolkata-based Envirotech East Pvt. Ltd has been roped in to undertake EIA study

Odisha govt starts disbursements of funds to farmers under 'KALIA' scheme

Patnaik had assured that his government, on the first day of its taking oath, will release funds under the KALIA scheme

UK arms industry keen to invest and forge alliances in UP defence corridor

The Corridor is estimated to attract investment of Rs 20,000 crore

Pegasus-WhatsApp spying: Digvijaya asks govt to come clean, demands JPC

In a scathing attack, the veteran Congress leader said that the government had procured Pegasus as part of an organised plan and used it illegally

CBSE exam fee hike for 2020 Board on no profit no loss basis: HRD Minister

The minister said CBSE is a self financed and self-reliant board and generates its own resources

Andhra govt hopes to get $60 mn loan from World Bank for watershed project

The REWARD project would be implemented in Karnataka and Odisha apart from AP, with the World Bank lending a sum of $178 million for the three states