Iron ore exports from Odisha, the largest producing state in the country dipped by 46 per cent in 2011-12 to 12.96 million tonnes (mnt) as against 24.12 mnt in the year-ago fiscal as high export duty of 30 per cent imposed by Centre dragged exports to China, the single largest market for exporters from the state.

Odisha iron ore export shrinks 46%

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The estimated foodgrain production target set by the state government for the current kharif season is just two per cent higher as compared to production in the kharif 2011-12. Last year, the state has produced 7.22 million tonne of foodgrain.

Chhattisgarh govt targets of 7.3 mn tonnes of production

The Odisha government has targeted for 20 per cent higher food grain production at 7.65 million tonnes during the kharif 2012 on the hopes of normal monsoon and better productivity.

Odisha targets 20% higher foodgrain

As per preliminary assessment done by state government agencies, Assam would need around Rs 2,500 crore &ldquo;as immediate fund requirement&rdquo; for restoration of infrastructure damaged by floods.

Assam needs Rs 2,500 Cr to restore infrastructure damaged by floods

A twelve member delegation comprising business leaders and government officials from the state visited European nations between June 18 and June 28 to highlight investment opportunities in Gujarat, promote the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit of 2013, as well as meet city administrators and ministers in the European cities to cement developing relationships.

Gujarat govt delegation visits Europe

The Goa Mines and Geology Department has suggested confiscation and auction all the iron ore that is illegally stacked on various private lands across the state.

Goa Mines Dept suggests auctioning of illegally stored ore

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The Karnataka government is looking to mobilise close to Rs 10,000 crore from the iron ore mining sector which will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to undertake social infrastructure development works in the three mining districts where large scale environment degradation has taken place due to iron ore mining, a top government official said.

Karnataka seeks to mobilise Rs 10,000 cr from mining

Public Works Department officials in Dharwad seized lorries on charges of illegal transportation of sand.

Lorries mining sand illegally seized

Tamil Nadu has attracted investment proposals worth Rs 9.2 lakh crore for 1,637 projects as of June 2012, with a majority of them going into power and services sectors, according to a study released by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

TN attracts Rs 9.2 lakh cr worth of investment proposals till June

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) managing director Tom Jose on Wednesday said that the Phase-I of the project would be completed within a span of three to four years.

Kochi metro rail to get ready within four years

Odisha expects to get additional revenue of Rs 1000 crore from the proposed forest development tax (FDT). The FDT is set to be levied at the rate of 15 per cent on sale value of minerals raised on forest land.

Odisha expects to mop up Rs 1000 cr from forest development tax

The state government has decided that Posco India will have to pay the same price for rehabilitation colony land as it has paid for the project area, following a complaint raised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Posco will be asked to pay more for rehab colony land, says Govt

With unavailability of coal posing hurdle to 1320 Mw expansion plan of Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), the only state-owned thermal power generator, the state government has sought interim coal linkage from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) from its Basundhara group of mines.

Odisha seeks 16 mnt coal linkage from MCL for OPGC expansion 

According to available data of state agriculture department, paddy, a major kharif crop has been sown on about 6,66,992 hectares, down from 7,90, 330 hectares in the corresponding period of last year.

Deficient rainfall hits kharif sowing

A good number of industrial units which were provided plots to micro, small and medium enterprises to set up industrial units at the allotted plots made by the Industrial Area Development Authorities of Ranchi, Bokaro, Adityapur and Dumka, which are either suffering losses, ailing and closed many now easily transfer their assets to the management of a new unit after clearing all liabilities.State industry secretary A P Singh said closed and sick industrial units stood on the allocated plots of different Industrial Area Development Authorities, could now partially solve land crisis faced by prospective investors.

New industries in Jharkhand to aquire plots from closed unit areas

The possession of 218 acres of agricultural land in Nagri, 15km from capital Ranchi for establishment of IIM, IIIT and NUSRL campuses by the district administration of Ranch has taken a violent turn on Wednesday when villagers armed with bamboo poles and iron rods clashed with the police that continued for nearly two hours and partially dismantled the boundary walls set up by the managements of the institutes.

Villagers battle with police against acquisition of agricultural land

West Bengal Housing minister Arup Biswas today said that the government would probe the sale of flats of Public Rental Housing Estates at dirt cheap prices, the beneficiaries of which included prominent political personalities and their cronies.

West Bengal  to initiate probe into sale of flats 

The Karnataka government's state-wide initiative to improve the quality of education in government-run schools &ndash; &ldquo;Shalegaagi naavu-neevu&rdquo; (We-You for Schools) &ndash; was launched in Mysore on Thursday.

Drive to step up education quality in govt schools

The US seems to have gradually succumbed to the health and wellness-conscious consumer preference, in favour of coconut products, if its growing demand for these products is any indication.

Coconut products catch fancy of US consumers

The Visakhapatnam port has reported a 20 per cent decline in cargo handling during the first quarter of the current financial year, as compared to the corresponding period last year.

Vizag port reports 20% dip in cargo handling in Q1 this year

The Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday urged the state government not to resort to more power cuts, stating that any such move will adversely impact the industrial growth.

'No additional power cuts please'

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