Jayajit Dash
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Steel demand to nosedive 60-65% in Q1, recovery unlikely before Q3
Read more about Steel demand to nosedive 60-65% in Q1, recovery unlikely before Q3 on Business Standard. Companies to either delay or shelve Capex plans → Read More
Odisha to tweak industrial policy, pitch for fresh investments post Covid19
Read more about Odisha to tweak industrial policy, pitch for fresh investments post Covid19 on Business Standard. While the state government had drafted a fresh IPR for 2020, the policy statement needs revision to keep in sync with a changed geopolitical and business ambiance post pandemic → Read More
Miners seek tax rationalisation as Covid mutes demand for minerals
Read more about Miners seek tax rationalisation as Covid mutes demand for minerals on Business Standard. The mining sector is rooting for a uniform tax subsuming all levies and capped at 40 per cent → Read More
Miners seek moratorium on dues as lockdown cripples operations
Read more about Miners seek moratorium on dues as lockdown cripples operations on Business Standard. Experts believe Q1 will be a complete washout for the sector; assuming subdued activity during monsoons or Q2, revival is only expected towards the second half of FY21 → Read More
As bauxite loses traction, Fimi seeks waiver of 15% duty on exports
Read more about As bauxite loses traction, Fimi seeks waiver of 15% duty on exports on Business Standard. The mineral lobby body has appealed to the Union finance ministry to exempt bauxite exports from duties → Read More
Odisha hoteliers ask for tourism marketing plan before lifting lockdown
Read more about Odisha hoteliers ask for tourism marketing plan before lifting lockdown on Business Standard. An announcement of a robust tourism policy laced with incentives can be a major impetus for tourism infrastructure in the state, say hotel guild → Read More
Odisha merchant miners stare at glum future after coronavirus outbreak
Read more about Odisha merchant miners stare at glum future after coronavirus outbreak on Business Standard. Since the enforcement of lockdown orders, barely any activity has occurred at the merchant leases between March 19 and 31 → Read More
Aluminium makers stare at piling inventory following Covid-19 outbreak
Read more about Aluminium makers stare at piling inventory following Covid-19 outbreak on Business Standard. In the domestic market, flagging demand, slowing pace of production and tumbling exports have unnerved the primary producers → Read More
Vedanta banks on Jamkhani coal block to lower aluminium production cost
Read more about Vedanta banks on Jamkhani coal block to lower aluminium production cost on Business Standard. Once operational, the coal block will save power costs by 10-15%, get company closer to its avowed aluminium Cost of Production of $1,500 per tonne → Read More
Tight pollution norms to hit power generation, harden prices in 2020: Study
Read more about Tight pollution norms to hit power generation, harden prices in 2020: Study on Business Standard. Scenario to benefit power exchanges, merchant producers → Read More
Odisha investments tank 67% by value in FY19, job creation potential halves
Read more about Odisha investments tank 67% by value in FY19, job creation potential halves on Business Standard. Not all investment intents of Make in Odisha 2018 translated into commitments; several projects stuck in 'labyrinth of approvals' → Read More
Numaligarh refinery gets 200-acre land within Paradip port for oil terminal
Read more about Numaligarh refinery gets 200-acre land within Paradip port for oil terminal on Business Standard. NRL has deposited Rs 20 crore with the PPT as initial land deposit → Read More
Vedanta's aluminium cost of production falls 12% in April-December
Read more about Vedanta's aluminium cost of production falls 12% in April-December on Business Standard. n the period under review, Vedanta Ltd achieved 24 per cent surge in alumina output at its Lanjigarh alumna refinery in Odisha → Read More
PhonePe goes live across one million offline shops in eastern India
Read more about PhonePe goes live across one million offline shops in eastern India on Business Standard. PhonePe continues to expand into newer geographies enabling even local kiranas to accept payments from consumers → Read More
More connecting flights, novel tourism products to spur footfalls
Read more about More connecting flights, novel tourism products to spur footfalls on Business Standard. Alliance Air has already commenced direct flights connecting Jharusguda with Kolkata → Read More
Copper producers want waiver of 2.5% import duty on concentrates
Read more about Copper producers want waiver of 2.5% import duty on concentrates on Business Standard. China, Japan, Korea, European Union (EU) are already importing copper concentrate at zero duty → Read More
NLC India to start mining from Talabira-II, III coal blocks in FY21
Read more about NLC India to start mining from Talabira-II, III coal blocks in FY21 on Business Standard. Annual production capacity pegged at 20 million tonnes → Read More
Steelmakers fear iron ore supply disruption once leases expire next March
Read more about Steelmakers fear iron ore supply disruption once leases expire next March on Business Standard. Industry says transition from existing to new lessee is not going to be as easy as anticipated → Read More
Electricity generation from thermal plants stagnates during Apr-Sept period
Read more about Electricity generation from thermal plants stagnates during Apr-Sept period on Business Standard. CEA data shows a modest 0.92% rise in power produced by Thermal units, compared to a 25% spike by nuclear plants and 15% rise by hydro → Read More
Odisha signs pact with Abhijit Banerjee's J-PAL for anti-poverty schemes
Read more about Odisha signs pact with Abhijit Banerjee's J-PAL for anti-poverty schemes on Business Standard. Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are co-founders of J-PAL → Read More