ProjectsToday Weekly
Round-up: 03 Nov 2007
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
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- Ispat Industries plans major investment in Madhya Pradesh
- Dow Chemicals plans R&D centre
in Pune
- NFCL plans fertiliser granule units
in West Bengal
- Eden Group, REIT Asset Management
plans residential project in Kolkata
- Meghmani Organics plans caustic
chlorine complex at Dahej
- RP Group plans hardware
manufacturing plant in West Bengal
- Concor plans ICD in Himachal
Pradesh
- Tata Realty, Jafza in JV for
business parks
- Indo Rama plans 125 MW coal-based
power plant
- KLM Royal Dutch Airline plans MRO
facility
Approvals, Clearances
- PGCIL board approves JV with REL
for Parbati-Koldam transmission line
- NABARD sanctions
loan to Andhra Pradesh
- New norms approved for NELP VII
contracts, criteria
MoUs signed
- Ashok Leyland, Nissan signs pact
for LCVs, power trains
- M&M signs pact for commercial
vehicle engines
- Prakash Industries signs MoU for
1,000 MW power plant
- GTC signs pact to develop
mall-cum-multiplex in Hyderabad
General developments
- CIAL to float SPV for airport
development in India, abroad
- L&T bags city
airport re-development contract
- Parikh Enterprises to receive approvals from
the Centre for its copper chemicals project at Jaghadia in Bharuch by
end-Oct 2007.
- Videocon plans to bid for Navi
Mumbai international airport
- GEECL signs pact with IOC to retail
CNG
- Spencer's plans separate chain for
consumer electronics
- Varroc plans plastic injection
moulding facility, paint shop for Bajaj Auto plant
- REL plans separate subsidiary for
infrastructure projects
- Hinduja Group to pick up stake in
ONGC's Kakinada refinery
- PEDA allocates 31 biomass power
projects to private developers
- West Bengal to soon finalise
partner for Indian Design Centre
- Cidco acquires land for
Navi Mumbai airport
- Groundbreaking ceremony performed
for Chennai outsourcing centre
- Government to allow 49 per cent
foreign holding in PSU refineries
- RGPPL to undergo change in equity
structure
- Dabur's Amit Burman forays into
food retail
- L&T signs pipeline JV agreement
with US-based company
- Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust
invites bids for Sai Baba airport
- Sobha Developers launches
residential project in Pune
- Unitech to develop 'Vizag Knowledge
City'
- OIL, HPCL to jointly bid for
exploration licensing
- Marg Constructions to form JV with
Malaysian co for Karaikal port
- Paranjape Schemes launches township
in Pune
Completion of projects
- Wheels India inaugurates new plant
in Chennai
- Unit I of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram
Power Project inaugurated
Organic Indian Investment Abroad
- Tata Steel signs MoU with Vietnam
Steel for cold rolling mill plant
Inorganic Indian Investment Abroad
- PGCIL board approves to pick up
stake in Philippines transmission company
General Investment Plans
- RPG Cellucom plans
major capacity expansion
- APTransco plans to invest in major transmission lines
projects
- RCom to invest for GSM services
- HCL
plans investment in technology hubs
- ONGC
plans to
revamp onshore assets
- Maruti Suzuki to
set up R&D facility
- Royal Palms plans major investment in Goregaon
- Ashok Leyland plans Rs.4,000 capex
- Gujarat Fluorochemicals to invest in wind power
Project Financing
- India gets $944 million World Bank
loan
Policy Developments
- New aviation policy by early 2008
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