Govt.-controlled organisation will continue to accept kendu leaf The Odisha government has handed over trade rights of kendu (tendu) leaf, an important minor forest produce, to residents of six villages in Kalahandi district. “Residents of six villages in the Kegaon range of the Bhawanipatna kendu leaf division are free to …
The exports have increased substantially in the last 2-3 years Trade body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has urged the Union ministry of commerce and industry to ban bauxite exports fearing closure of alumina refineries for shortage of the key raw material required to produce alumina. …
VAL attributed the step to the unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of the London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, today sent a notice to the Odisha government, seeking temporary closure of its one-million tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in the …
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd today served a three-month notice on Orissa government for shutting down its Lanjigarh alumina refinery due to acute shortage of bauxite. Vedanta Aluminium president Mukesh Kumar told The Indian Express that he served the mandatory notice on state labour department under the Industrial Disputes Act. “We just …
Bhubaneswar: Facing acute shortage of raw materials to run its 1 mtpa refinery at Langigarh in Kalahandi district, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) on Wednesday said it plans to serve a closure notice on the matter to state government today. We are planning to serve the notice to the state's labour …
The human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the London-stock-exchange-listed mines and metals major, Vedanta Resources Plc, of glossing over criticisms of its poor human rights record at Lanjigarh in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, where it has set up and is operating a one-million-tonne alumina refinery. Stating that the company has …
The purpose of this report is to present a clear context and holistic contextual perspective to our stakeholders on the Lanjigarh refinery operations, including human rights aspects, environmental and safety management practices, community interventions and stakeholder engagement. The report will present broad information about the Vedanta Group, and detailed information …
Vedanta Aluminium, which runs a 1 million tonne alumina refinery in Orissa’s Kalahandi district, may shut down within a fortnight due to acute shortage of bauxite. The refinery at Lanjigarh block has been going through an ore supply crisis after the environment ministry in August 2010 withdrew the stage II …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been experiencing scanty and erratic rain during the current monsoon across the state. While the extent of rainfall has improved in July and in the month of August till Monday it has been 52 per cent more than normal rainfall. Despite heavy downpour, eight districts fall short …
The state energy department has urged Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to obtain no objection certificate from the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) for setting up the coastal Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) at Bijayapatna under Chandbali tehsil in Bhadrak district. The site has been zeroed in for the second …
Monsoon may have brought some relief to the coastal districts but the farmers of western Odisha continue to suffer from a drought-like situation. Kharif cultivation is yet to pick up momentum in Kalahandi district where hundreds of farmers still await drought assistance and crop insurance. Lok Sabha member Bhakta Das …
Bhubaneswar: A year after the CBI probed into the irregularities across six districts of Orissa, a special performance audit of the implementation of the NREGS programme by the Comptroller and Auditor General has found misappropriation of funds through ghost workers, uneconomic execution of the works, delay in payment, and irregular …
The Tribal Affairs Ministry has asked the State Government to ensure that tribal villagers get access to bamboo plantation areas to earn their livelihood. The issue of harassment of tribals by Forest Department officials was raised in a letter reported to have been written by Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore …
With just about 30 per cent of its villages covered under the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, so far, the Odisha Government is more than keen to expedite things and has already drawn up plans for a comprehensive programme to implement the …
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BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha battles with high incidence of diarrhoea among children, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is all set to launch an extensive programme on ‘Management and prevention of childhood diarrhoea’ to combat the menace in the State. The programme would be launched in five districts of Rayagada, Kalahandi, …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to sink 50,000 deep borewells by January, 2014 under the Biju Krushak Bikash Yojana to increase irrigation potential. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Official sources said …
Expansion of Alumina Refinery from 1 MTPA to 6 MTPA and Captive power plant of 75 MW to 285 MW at Lanjigarh, District Kalahandi in Orissa by M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited. This is in continuation of this Ministry’s earlier letter of even no. dated 2nd February, 2012 prescribing the terms …
BHAWANIPATNA: The revamped public distribution system (PDS) has already been implemented in Kalahandi. Even as the new system aims at curbing pilferage in the PDS, questions are being raised over its effective implementation. Last year, the State Government had decided to do away with the storage-agent system from October 1 …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha is making significant strides in curbing children’s mortality with the under-five mortality rate in the State declining at faster rate than the national average for the first time in 2010. Under-5 mortality has declined by six points from 84 in 2009 to 78 in 2010 surpassing the national …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed a land scam in Orissa where the state government acquired land for industrial houses like Vedanta and Posco by reportedly misusing existing provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. The CAG also found that the companies were not using the land for which …
