Garment manufacturers today began their two-day strike, closing down their factories across India demanding rollback of 10 per cent excise duty imposed on branded apparel in Budget 2011—12. All Garment manufacturing units in Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat remained closed. A public meeting of garment manufacturers and employees was organized at Gheekanta area...
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Tata Power plans to commission 1,900 MW in 2011: report
Tata Power has reportedly said that it is planning to add 60% of its installed generation capacity by commissioning over 1,900 MW in 2011 The report stated that the company will be commissioning 800 MW in Mundra, 1,050 MW in Maithon’s two units, 120 MW in Jojobera with Tata Steel, 100 MW in wind...
Air India’s T3 chaos giving trouble to Gujarat passangers
If central minister A.Raja is now well known as a Raja of corruption, the Civil Aviation minister Mr. Praful Patel should be known as a Raja of mismanagement, chaos, and worst form of governance. Anyone who has used New Delhi Airport’s T3 terminal in last 12 days will agree to this. For last 12...
Narendra Modi, Adi Godrej launch Godrej Garden City in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today launched Godrej Properties Garden City township project in Ahmedabad. Godrej Group’s Adi Godrej and Parmeshwar Godrej were present on this occasion along with their senior cadre of company officials. Parmeshwar Godrej presented Rs. 25 lakh cheque to Gujarat Chief Minister for Girl Child Education Fund. Godrej Garden city...
Banner Talk: A swinging hoarding on IIM road that actually doesn’t swing!
By Japan K Pathak I am back with yet another issue of series of articles that I am excited about. And this time, one more banner. This one is Jade Blue hoarding that serves public service message ‘Grow more trees’. Though this message is stereotyped, the way Jade Blue conveys it is innovative enough....
DGCA announces new customer friendly rules for air travelers
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has today issued Civil Aviation Rule (CAR) about facilities to be provided to passengers by airlines due to denied boarding, cancellation of flights and delays in flights. These rules will be applicable from 15 August 2010. In view of rapid expansion of air services within India and...
Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011: Detail of international roadshows
Gujarat government’s nine IAS officials will be traveling to 23 nations across the world from 1 August to 3 October along with the delegation comprising of Gujarat’s top industrialists to invite foreign guests to Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011 which is scheduled to be held in January 2011 at Mahatma Mandir site in state...
Gujarat Budget 2010-11 presented by Vajubhai Vala – full text of speech, complete draft
Here is a complete copy of Finance Minister of Gujarat Shri Vajubhai vala’s budget 2010-11 speech that he delivered on 25th February in Gujarat assembly. The copy is in PDF and in two parts. Click below to go to the copy. Also presented are other budget proposal’s PDF copies department wise. The links are...