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Gujarat becomes the first Indian State to aim at implementing tidal power generation

December 10, 2009
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Gujarat becomes the first Indian State to aim at implementing tidal power generation

Tidal power developer Atlantis Resources Corporation and the State of Gujarat executive today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assess Gujarat’s tidal power resources with the intention of developing tidal power projects of 100 MW or more capacity in the State.   The memorandum was signed by the General Manager, Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd....

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Gujarat govt okays Nirma's controversial Mahuva cement plant

December 10, 2009
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Gujarat govt okays Nirma's controversial Mahuva cement plant

The government of Gujarat has okayed Nirma’s controversial Mahuva cement plant. State Finance minister Vajubhai Vala and minister of state for power and industry Saurabh Patel announced this today at Bhavnagar in a press conference. The ministers said that about 54 hectares land would be excluded from the proposed plant’s total land allotment. They...

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Ford India to hike prices across board in January 2010

December 2, 2009
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Ford India registered a 13.5% growth in year on year sales in November 2009 as compared to the corresponding period last year. It sold 2,520 units in November 2009 as against 2,219 units during November 2008. Nigel Wark, executive director, Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford India said, “It has been an exciting month with...

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Surya Group's Steel Tubes plant commissioned in Kutch

December 2, 2009
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Surya Group's Steel Tubes plant commissioned in Kutch

Surya Group Ltd commissioned Rs 200 crore first phase of its newly set-up  greenfield Steel spiral pipe manufacturing plant near Bhuvad village in Anjar taluka of Kutch district through its subsidiary Surya Global Steel Tubes.. Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new plant standing on 100 acre which will address domestic as well as...

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Jaypee Associates Cement Plant commissioned in Kutch

December 2, 2009
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Jaypee Associates Cement Plant commissioned in Kutch

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated Rs 1,500 crore($324 million) first phase of Jaiprakash Associates’ 2.4 million tonnes per annum capacity cement plant in Sewagram, Kutch, Gujarat., adding to its current annual capacity of 14.7 million tonnes, the company said on Wednesday.  The company is in the process of expanding annual capacity to...

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Chief Minister visits Asia Motor Works plant near Bhuj

December 1, 2009
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Chief Minister visits Asia Motor Works plant near Bhuj

watch full gantz movie in hd buy the big bang moivie high quality dinner for schmucks movie review Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Essar’s Asia Motor Works plant at Kanaiyabe near Bhuj in Kutch district. The plant produces 49 tonne capacity trucks with air conditioned cabin, power steering etc facilities. The plant...

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Roads connecting eight ports will be widened

November 26, 2009
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Roads connecting eight ports will be widened

The State Government’s  Roads and Buildings department has approved Rs 181 crore project for widening of nine-port roads that are gateway to eight ports. The roads that are presently 3.5 to 7 meter wide will be expanded up to 10 meter in view of heavy load of traffic. The project will start in January...

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Reliance announces oil find in Gujarat's Cambay Basin

November 10, 2009
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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited on Tuesday announced discovery of an oilfield 130 km from Ahmedabad in Gujarat’s Cambay Basin, its second major find after the offshore MA field in the Krishna Godavari basin. Reliance discovered oil in the fifth well it drilled on the 635-square kilometer CB-ONN-2003/1 block in the Cambay basin, a...

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Gujarat tops JNNURM performance, says central minister

October 22, 2009
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Gujarat Congress leaders always shout that central fund granted to Gujarat is misused and not used properly by Modi administration. Recently when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of Ahmedabad BRTS, Gujarat Congress leader again said the same as BRTS project is partially funded by centre under JNNURM scheme. But contrary...

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Modi meets delegates from 35 countries on Navratri

September 29, 2009
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A delegations of members of 35 countries from Asia and Africa today called on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi told the delegates that Gujarat has achieved economic progress and now it wants to become the destination for cultural tourism also in the country, an official release said. The delegates from 35 countries are...

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Gujarat Congress protests proposed GVIC SEZ in Umargam

September 22, 2009
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Gujarat Congress protests proposed GVIC SEZ in Umargam

The Congress party has decided to oppose proposed Gujarat Vittal Innovation City(GVIC), a high-tech multi-product special economic zone at Umargan on the southern tip of Gujarat. A Congress MP from Valsad, Kishanbhai Patel on Monday held a meeting at the Hanuman Mandir in Kalgam and promised the farmers present in the meeting, that he...

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Gujarat Annual Plan pegged at Rs.23,500 crores

September 17, 2009
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Gujarat Annual Plan pegged at Rs.23,500 crores

The Annual Plan size of Gujarat for the current year is fixed at Rs.23,500 crores at a meeting between Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Dy. Chairman Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia here on Thursday. This year Plan Size is 11.90% higher than the previous year’s approved plan outlay of Rs. 21,000...

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