-The Business Standard Even as the process of renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco India has been hit by delay presumably due to the contentious issue of iron ore swapping, the Orissa government has maintained that the pact would be renewed by the end of this month. “The process of renewal of MoU with Posco India is on. The pact will definitely be renewed by the end of July....
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Posco faces hurdles in Karnataka too
-The Business Standard The farmers in Halligudi of Mundargi taluk in Gadag district are firm on their stand to not part with their land to make way for the Posco steel plant. They have taken serious exception to industries minister Murugesh Nirani’s claim that farmers had volunteered to hand over land to KIADB in lieu of the compensation amount and employment, President of Mundaragi Taluk Abhivruddhi Horata Vedike Y R Goudar said no...
More »Lighting up rural India by STR Team
-The Business Standard A young entrepreneur with an engineering degree from India’s premier engineering school and a postgraduate degree from the US’s finest technical school develops an innovative service aimed at ameliorating the energy utility situation in rural India. In 1995, he co-founds SELCO India, which provides customised energy solutions based on each household’s requirements. It facilitates low-income rural households to secure financing help from local financial institutions. Read how...
More »Amazing journey of a 70-year-old social entrepreneur by Shobha Warrier
Retirement at 60 means a relaxed life for most people. Not so for 70-year-old P Mukundan, managing director of Servals Automation Pvt Ltd, though. He did retire from his busy business life at 60 but chose to become a social entrepreneur after that. He started a social enterprise that is 'for-profit' but that touches the lives of those who live in rural areas all over the world. In 2002, Mukundan started manufacturing...
More »Rx Negative, Genetically by Pragya Singh
People who play doctor or heed quackery are biting off more than they can chew Whenever a patient with bleeding in the stomach or a child whose fever has not subsided in a week is admitted into Sasaram-based physician B.B. Singh’s clinic, he immediately knows that it’s a case of self-medication. “At least 40-50 per cent of my patients have either had sleeping pills, or antibiotics, or painkillers without a...
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