The new price of gas at $8.40 will be applicable to all types of gas, shale, coal bed methane or...
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buy-back, investors, stock exchange, share market, delisting, cash reserves, fair market price, SEBI.
During the buy-back period, the promoters will not be allowed to do any transaction on or off...
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coal, power supply, Coal India, CIL, Union Coal Minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal, coal blocks, bank guarantees, coal mines.
The tendency to obtain prized allocations for much-needed coal but not do any development work...
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Power Secretary, P Uma Shankar, National Power Grid, Power Grid Corporation of India, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Smartgrid, CERC, Discoms, state electricity distribution companies.
Once the Smartgrid plan is implemented by Power Grid Corporation, it expects to prevent tripping...
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oil price, oil supply, Pakistan, Rangarajan Committee, Reliance Industries, Veerappa Moily, coal methane gas, Cairn India, natural gas, power supply.
The wheels of the nation can move smoothly when power supply is available in plenty and without...
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Cairn India, Barmer, Rajasthan, oil/gas output, shale, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, oil ministry, NELP, New Exploration Licensing Policy
Cairn India would do well to concentrate its expertise in what it knows best—get the gas and oil...
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DIPP, FDI, multi-brand retail, single-window clearance, foreign direct investment, blood-sucking middlemen.
We have always talked of “single-window clearance” for decades now. This is yet to materialize,...
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urea, urea prices, fertiliser subsidy, Gulf countries, joint ventures, urea manufacturers, Sharad Pawar, Group of Ministers.
The government and or urea manufacturers must seriously consider setting up overseas units in...
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tobacco, World No Tobacco Day, smoking, cigarette, cigar, evils of tobacco, gutka, beedi, COPTA.
According to doctors and researchers, more than 40 carcinogenic chemicals with an additional...
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coal, coalgate, coal scam, coal bed methane, natural resources, oil ministry, CBM blocks, coal ministry, mining operations, Great Eastern Energy Corporation, Raniganj, ONGC, Jharia coal block,
The oil ministry should return surrendered CBM blocks to the coal ministry so that it can...
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air travel, airline, contract of travel, ticket, travelling public, air passengers, free baggage allowance, airfare, Jet Airways, IndiGo, airline crew.
There should be a clear written undertaking when airline fails to deliver promised facilities as...
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coal, coalgate, coal mines, coal block, Coal India, CIL, power ministry, NTPC,
A novel idea could be to announce the names of selected winners of the coal blocks, and provide...
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coal, environmental clearances, IA Khan, Planning Commission, consumer items, Coal India, land acquisition, S Narasing Rao.
By 2017, the demand for coal will reach a staggering 980 million tonnes whereas the supplies are...
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MRP, Maximum retail price, discount, grocery, kirana shop,
Most people assume that MRP is the final maximum rate at which a product can be bought. Actual...
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food, food security, daily wages, labourers, economic strata, Food Security Bill, Pawan Bansal, Ashwani Kumar, Parliament.
If we cannot export or do not want to export our foodgrain at cheap prices, can we at least...
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Consumer, consumerism, Supreme Court, FDI, multi-brand retail, Indian economy, Justice Lodha, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma
The court will only interfere when any policy is “unconstitutional, contrary to statutory...
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India Post, banking, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of Finance, Philately, private courier service, private banks.
India Post needs to overhaul its services and become more efficient than private couriers. When...
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coal gate, coalgate, coal mines, coal mining bill,
Function and powers of the coal regulator need to be specific and clearly stated, in order to...
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coal, coal mining, mining, mines bill, minerals, coal mines bill, coal mining bill
The coal ministry has proposed to replace the 26% profit sharing between coal and lignite miners...
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civil aviation, Cloud 9, air traveller, passengers, baggage allowances, domestic airlines, civil aviation ministry, Air India, Jet Air.
Civil aviation ministry has permitted five domestic airlines to charge for various facilities,...
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