Smaat Aqua Technologies, a city-based company offering water purifying solutions, would henceforth offer the systems on rental basis in addition to the outright sale, to suit the needs of moderate consumers of water.

Smaat Aqua to offer water purifying systems on rent

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In the times of Bhatta-Parsaul, Singur and Nandigram crises, the way Tamil Nadu has gone about land acquisition for industry could be a lesson for all states.

The key to not landing in trouble

The Andhra Pradesh government has issued an ordinance providing basic rights to tenant farmers enabling them to avail of crop loans apart from input subsidies offered by it. The decision will benefit 2.6 million tenant farmers, who have been denied crop loans and other sops from banks and government agencies as they do not possess any legal sanction on the land they cultivate.

AP issues ordinance in favour of tenant farmers

The Centre will soon appoint a consultant for developing the National Inland Waterway No 4 between Kakinada and Puducherry.

Consultant soon for Kakinada-Puducherry waterway

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), an apex body of industry representatives, has proposed setting up of 16 new clusters on public-private partnership in Orissa, each accommodating about 1,000 units and providing direct and indirect employment to 4 lakh people.

Assocham proposes setting up of 16 new clusters in PPP mode

Sensing opportunities for budget hotels, Tata Group promoted Roots Corporation Ltd (RCL) proposes to three more Ginger hotels in the state. These hotels will come up in industrial towns of Kalinga Nagar, Paradip and Jharsuguda.

Ginger plans three more hotels in Orissa

The Consortium of Manangement Education (CoME), formed by 52 management institutes from Maharashtra, has announced the common admission process for postgraduate diploma in business management course offered by its members.

CoME tests in Hyd on June 14, 15

The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AICIL) has sanctioned Rs 137.50 crore to Orissa to settle the agriculture insurance claims for the Kharif season of 2010 under the National Agriculture Insurance Yojana (NAIY). The state government&rsquo;s share in the sanctioned amount is 34.5 per cent.

Rs 137.5 cr sanctioned for settling agri-insurance claims

All Orissa Textile Merchants&rsquo; Association (AOTMA) and Orissa Garments' Association (OGA) continued their stir for the second day today protesting the imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT) on textile products in the state.

Textile traders continue stir

Extending its school education (K-12) services to pre-school and daycare, Gowtham Model Schools (GMS) today entered into a partnership with Sunshine Preschools &amp; Daycare, promoted by SatNav group, to open Gowtham Kids centres at its 70 schools in the state. Announcing the tie-up, M Venkat Narayana, chairman, K12 Techno Services, which runs GMS schools, said the agreement was in line with its existing partnerships with different entities for, among other things, digital classrooms (TeachNext) and IIT foundation course (Brilliant Tutorials).

Gowtham ties up with Sunshine

Close on the heels of the state Women and Child Development department seeking reports from the Jagatsinghpur district administration on the use of small children in the anti-Posco agitation, the state School and Mass Education department has asked the district administration to probe the allegation of children deserting schools to join the agitation.

School & mass education dept seeks report on use of kids in Posco protest

In a bid to signal the beginning of a nationwide stir against the Posco project, the Left parties have decided to observe the upcoming Friday as the 'Solidarity Day'.

Left parties to observe Solidarity Day on Friday

The North Eastern Council (NEC), the nodal agency for socio-economic development of the North-Eastern states, has come up with a &ldquo;blue print&rdquo; for civil aviation &ldquo;strategy&rdquo; in North-East.

NEC comes up with civil aviation 'blue print' for North East

Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) would raise interest rates on its commercial vehicle loans in the second quarter, as its cost of borrowing increased by 100 basis points after the RBI withdrew the priority-sector status for loans to transport finance companies.

Shriram Transport Fin to hike rates next quarter

Shriram Automall India Ltd, a subsidiary of the Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC), will set up 11 auto malls in Andhra Pradesh by the end of this fiscal.

Shriram group firm to set up 11 auto malls in Andhra Pradesh

Linking Uttarakhand with the Eastern Freight Corridor, IT-enabled single window system and special tourism zones are among key suggestions forwarded by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to the state government for improving investment climate.

CII recommends linking Uttarakhand with Eastern Freight Corridor

A senior delegation from PSA Peugeot Citroen, France&rsquo;s leading car producer, is expected to meet the Tamil Nadu government next week. The car manufacturer, which is planning to re-enter the Indian market, is looking at three states for setting up a greenfield facility, which would attract investment of $2 billion, including from the suppliers.

Peugeot executives to meet TN officials

CaratLane, a Chennai-based online diamond and jewellery portal, has raised $6 million from New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global.

CaratLane gets $6 mn investment from Tiger Global

The Punjab cabinet today approved the detailed project report (DPR) for the Ludhiana metro rail project prepared by the Delhi metro rail corporation (DMRC) besides giving nod for the execution of this prestigious project in the public private partnership (PPP) or build operate transfer model.

Punjab cabinet sanctions DPR for Ludhiana metro

Days before the arrival of monsoon in North India, food procurement agency Food Corporation of India (FCI) has asked Punjab to give details about freshly harvested wheat crop, stored in poor conditions, to move it on priority basis to prevent wastage due to exposure to rains.

FCI to move wheat stock before rains

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The production unit of FACT-RCF Building Products Limited (FRBL), a joint venture between Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and Mumbai-based Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertlizers (RCF) is nearing completion at the Ambalamedu campus of FACT. The unit will manufacture gypsum-based wall panels and other building materials. The unit is being installed&nbsp;on 12 acres of FACT land with an investment of Rs 100 crore. Gypsum is a by-product of FACT and is stored at Ambalamedu and Udyogmandal divisions in large quantities.

FRBL's gypsum products unit nears completion

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