Rajasthan - Projects and Development

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why are they going for thermal and gas when they have huge potential for solar and wind

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Maybe because it's cheaper and they are going for solar and wind as well but these take a lot of money and time and the aim here is to be self reliant so probably that's why.

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JODHPUR: The newly commissioned IIT-R in Jodhpur has set up a vision team to generate ideas. This vision team has national and international experts from different fields of academics and industry. Chairman of the board of governors, Goverdhan Mehta said the proposal for a centre of excellence is one of the first idea to come out of the vision team.

Mehta was in Jodhpur to attend the first meeting of the on Saturday. The first meeting of the board, which was formed in November 2009, was convened in New Delhi four months ago. Mehta told the media we have identified solar energy as a focus area. He said IIT-R is going to carry out significant work in this field.

"Many national and international agencies have evinced interest in associating with us as we want to build a multi-agency, multi-institution network of projects,'' he said. He claimed funding was not an issue for research us the institute hoped to get it from various agencies.

Regarding campus, Mehta said the district administration is working on land acquisition. "We are hopeful of getting possession of land by the end of September. We hope that the first batch of the IIT-R, which will pass out in 2012, will be from our own campus. On this basis, we look forward to have out own campus in three years,", Mehta added.

Thanking the government and the MBM Engineering College administration for their cooperation in establishing entire set up in a record time, director of the IIT-R, P K Kalra said that it is a remarkable job that has been done in 3 months, that we have shifted from Kanpur to Jodhpur. He said the first two batches were admitted in Kanpur and the third batch has started from Jodhpur.

He also said the IIT R will regularly hold conference and discussions on some vital technical issues. An International cdiscussion on " Information Communication Technology" will be held from 15 to 17 September.

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With Rajasthan fast emerging as an industrial and educational hub, global market research companies are now eyeing the desert state for setting up their research and development activities.

Brett research Ltd, a London-based research firm, is to start providing six months training in Rajasthan for management graduate students to enable them entry in the emerging field of market research, which is getting momentum worldwide post recession.

According to Punit Sharma, Team Leader South-East Asia, Brett research, market research is a new trend in India, and investors worldwide are focusing on conducting research post-recession to minimise risks, identify opportunities and offer best products or services that are focussed and well targeted.

Small scale industries in Europe and UK now prefer market research before finally launching product or services.

"The trend of market research is emerging in India which is a good career opportunity that offers high salary packages to management graduates," Sharma said.

Brett research conducts market research training in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China. "Our next destination is Jaipur in India," Sharma said announcing his company plans to invest in the country by next year.

Over 10 thousand management students pass out from a number of government and deemed universities in Rajasthan every year.

"I have approached several management colleges of the state and the initial response is good. The six months paid training, which we plan to start from November this year will be equally divided in two modes- online and practical. Later, we would recruit candidates for Jaipur office, which would be operational from next fiscal year," he said.

Rajasthan is fast growing into the country's new commerce and industrial hub, with the central government having approved of setting up a manufacturing and investment zone.

"This will be our first training in India due to availability of required human resource and bright future perspective of state’s industrial growth and possibility of foreign investment in the state."

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NEW DELHI: The country's largest wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Friday said it has won a 30 MW wind turbine order from Bhubaneswar-based mineral developer Altrade Group.

Suzlon said it will operate and maintain the turbines which is will be installed at wind farms in the Jaisalmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

"The project will extend Suzlon's leadership of the Rajasthan wind market taking the total installed base to over 700 MW," the company said in a statement.

The company did not divulge any financial details of the deal.

According to Suzlon, the project is Altrade's maiden venture into wind energy annd once completed it will generate enough electricity for over 6,000 households.

The project is will be commissioned by January 2011.

Currently Suzlon is the market leader in this power segment and has over over 40 sites across eight states with an installed capacity base of more than 5,000 MW.

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The Rajasthan government Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with International Finance Corporation (IFC) to attract private investment, generate opportunities for small businesses and support job creation in the state.

The MoU was signed by Sunil Arora, principal secretary in the industries department, and Anil Sinha, general manager, advisory services, IFC, an arm the World Bank.

'By bringing IFC on board as a knowledge partner, we hope to draw on its global experience to help Rajasthan emerge an attractive investment destination for private sector initiatives and bring economic growth opportunities to our people', said Industries Minister, Rajendra Pareek.

The MoU aims at forging a three-year partnership for identifying promising sectors for investment promotion, reviewing the state's investment policy, and assisting the government to implement reforms that create an environment conducive for business and economic growth.

It also aims at setting parameters for the government to improve the quality of infrastructure services in the state and structure public-private partnership projects.

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Scientists and technicians at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station have always been proud of what they have achieved. Rajasthan Atomic Power Station’s units 7 and 8, two of India’s largest, indigenous pressurised heavy water reactors, of 700 MW capacity each, started last week. So it’s natural that


the site director of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, C P Jhamb, is jubilant.
“Apart from lifting our nuclear apartheid, the Indo-US nuclear agreement erased the mismatch between our capacity increase and our fuel supply, which had dogged the Indian nuclear power industry,” Jhamb says, sitting in his office, with the serene Rana Pratap Sagar, a reservoir built on the Chambal river, in the backdrop. The reservoir was built for generating hydro-electricity and supplying water for the cooling systems in the nuclear power plant.

After the deal and the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group’s nod for nuclear commerce with India, the capacity of three of the plant’s six reactors has increased. Units 2, 3 and 4, earlier operating at just 50 to 60 per cent, are now operating in full swing, with Unit 2 rolling out at 102 per cent. The last two, unit 5 and 6, commenced operation by March. (The first reactor is non-operational.)

This station is dedicated to power production and has all its reactors under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. Following the deal, it became the first site to have received the benefits, receiving consignments of uranium oxide pellets from Russia and natural uranium from France in 2009.

The country’s other facilities are yet to derive the benefit and are still dependent on indigenous fuel from the Jhaduguda mines in Jharkhand.

With Parliament having passed the nuclear liability bill last week, Jhamb explains how the sector will benefit. “With old plants running at full capacity and deriving good profits, we can plan many major projects,” he says.

His colleagues share his optimism.

“With so much happening on the nuclear front, I am raring to get back to installation work on units 7 and 8,” says Chandra Mohan Pandit, a senior maintenance engineer who played a major role in installing unit 5 and 6 and is now in charge of security systems.

Meanwhile, the economy of Rawatbhata, a town owing its existence to the power station, is also growing. A small nondescript village in 1971 when the construction on the plant began, Rawatbhata is among the biggest municipalities in the state.

Property prices are rising, with suppliers of construction material and automobile shops doing good business.

“Whatever the town is today is because of the nuclear plant. As more reactors came up, the opportunities increased,” says Neeru Govil, 45, who teaches science at the Government Senior Secondary School for girls and whose husband works as a plant operator. “There is commotion about the deal. But we, along with many others, have benefited from the nuclear plant.”

When there is resistance against nuclear plants coming up in Saurashtra, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, locals here have not protested. “We do not see any danger from the plant,” says Arjun Gujjar of Kolipura, a village in the Mukandara hills wildlife sanctuary.

Villagers of Jawra Khalan, another small village 17 kilometres from the plant, say they have 24-hour power supply for domestic and agricultural use, which they feel is because of the plant. With the completion of 7 and 8 units, the state’s power shortage will be history, says a Nuclear Power Corporation official.source

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ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel-maker, is in discussions with Indiabulls Group to form a joint venture company for scouting and mining iron ore in Rajasthan and setting up a steel plant.

"The discussions are on (between ArcelorMittal and Indiabulls to form a JV company). ArcelorMittal is pitching for a majority stake in the JV company," a person in-the-know
of the development said.

"There are indications of iron ore in Rajasthan. It is a mineral-rich state. The JV company would seek to locate and develop it. Then, a steel plant would be developed in the state," the source said.

According to the source, the JV would be between an ArcelorMittal subsidiary or an investment arm of the Mittal family and an Indiabulls Group firm.

ArcelorMittal Chief Financial Officer Aditya Mittal is said to be the brains behind the proposed venture, which aims at tapping the market for steel in North India, where there is no integrated steel plant.

"Promoters of ArcelorMittal and Indiabulls share a good relationship and the new venture would further their partnership," the source added.

Through LNM India Internet Ventures, it is said that L N Mittal already holds an 8.79 per cent stake in Indiabulls Power, which is developing various power projects across the country.

State-owned SAIL has already discovered iron ore deposits in the desert state.

The proposed investment in the JV could not be immediately ascertained. An ArcelorMittal spokesperson did not revert to a query on the cost of the proposed venture.

ArcelorMittal had in July said it expects to start work on one of its proposed Rs. 1.3 lakh crore India projects in early 2011.

The world's largest steel-maker, accounting for 8 per cent of global production, announced plans to set up projects in Jharkhand in 2005 and in Orissa a year later. In June this year, it signed an MoU with the Karnataka government for a Rs. 30,000 crore steel project.

"We believe that in 2011, in one of the projects, we will break the ground, we don't know which one... It is our hope that it should be in the first quarter or the second quarter," ArcelorMittal Chairman and CEO L N Mittal had said.

The company is in the process of acquiring land for construction of a 12-MTPA steel plant in Jharkhand. The company has proposed a plant of similar size in Orissa.

The company has already been allocated iron ore mines in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, where it is awaiting clearances to mine more such deposits. However, it is facing regulatory hurdles and protests over land acquisition in the state. Most recently, it had to move out of the Khunti-Gumla area to a new site near Bokaro on account of such problems.

Last year, ArcelorMittal had entered into a co-promoter agreement with Uttam Galva to produce steel.


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The Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) and Ambuja Cement Limited (ACL) Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to set up a Rs.1,500-crore cement plant in Nagaur district of the state.

'The project is expected to become operational in 2013 and will have an installed annual production capacity of two million tonnes,' said Rajendra Bhanwat, RIICO managing director, who signed the MOU with ACL Advisor Sudhir Dewan.

Dewan said the project would provide direct and indirect employment to 3,000 people.

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State to become self-reliant in power production by 2015'

JODHPUR: In another five years, Rajasthan will become self-reliant in power production and may even produce surplus electricity. This was stated by S K Kalla, chairman and managing director of Rajasthan State Vidhyut Utpadan Nigam Limited ( RVUNL). Currently, the state is purchasing electricity at a higher price from other states. A number of power projects are under progress in the state with a total production capacity of 8800 MW.

Talking to the reporters during his visit to Jodhpur, Kalla said the government has sanctioned eight projects in the state with a production capacity of 7750 MW under 12th Five Year Plan. Six super thermal power stations with a production capacity of 660 MW are proposed in Suratgarh and Chabra. Besides, four more such power stations with similar capacity are proposed to be set up in Kalisindh and Banswara.

Along with this, thermal power stations with a capacity of 330 MW each are also proposed to be set up in Chabra and Kota before 2015. The permission for this has been given in principal, Kalla said. Apart from this, three power plants at Chabra, Kalisindh and Ramgarh are to be commissioned with a total production capacity of 1860 MW by 2011-12.

"We are exploring all sources of energy available in the state. We have proposed two gas-based power plants with a capacity of 160 MW and 330 MW which are to be set up in Ramgarh and Dhaulpur respectively. Private companies have also been given permission to set up their power plants in the state," he said.

Focusing on the rich deposits of lignite in the state, two lignite-based power plants with 250 MW capacity each will be set up in Barsinghsar of Bikaner by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Similarly, Rajwest Power has already started production in Jalipa Kapuradi in Barmer, which has a capacity to produce 135 MW. This plant is also lignite-based. Seven more units with the similar production capacity are to be commissioned later, he said.

Two more private players have been given permission to set up power plants in Banswara and Keshoraipatan. Ramgarh will also have two gas-based power plants by private players. Kalla assured that once all these projects are complete, Rajasthan will not only be in a position to meet the state's power demand but will also be in a position to produce surplus electricity.

Read more: State to become self-reliant in power production by 2015' - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz0z1ugJSxQ

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Hey sscaddict, If you don't mind then can you just refer to the post no or the headline rather than quoting the whole article and that too to just have three dancing bananas.

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The DMIC Development Corporation, which is developing the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, today said that it would set up six gas-based power projects of about 12,000 megawatt capacity each along the corridor.

"We will set up 6 gas-based power projects, of which, two power plants will come up in Maharashtra, two in Gujarat and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) CEO Amitabh Kant told reporters here on the sidelines of a CII conference.

This includes 1200-mw plant at Banswara, Rajasthan, 1,000-mw plant near Guna in Madhya Pradesh and about 2,000-MW power plants in Gujarat.
DMIC Development Corporation Chief Executive also said that land acquisition process of the proposed plants have been completed and other necessary clearances, including environmental clearance, are being taken from respective government agencies.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the National capital and the business capital and entails an investment of over $90 billion.

The corridor is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub. The first phase of the industrial corridor is slated for completion in 2018.

Talking about the fuel requirement of the plants, Kant said that an agreement with GAIL has been signed recently for sourcing of 24 million standard cubic meters of gas per day (MSCMD).

The proposed plants will be set up along the GAIL's Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur and Dahej-Vijaipur pipelines, which falls on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, he added.

Besides this, the DMICDC is also developing seven new environment friendly cities spanning Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Rajasthan in Phase-I at an estimated investment of about Rs 40,000-50,000 crore, Kant said.

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New Delhi: Azure Power plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore over the next five years to develop solar power projects. The company is looking for sites in Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Karnataka, the company's top executive said.

“We plan to develop 100-mw solar power generation capacity by 2015 with an estimated investment of Rs 1,500 crore,” Azure Power chief operating officer Inderpreet S Wadhwa said. Azure Power has set up a 1-mw solar power plant in Punjab which supplies electricity to Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) under a long-term power purchase agreement. The company is developing another, similar-sized project in the state, which is expected to be commissioned in a month's time.

In Gujarat, it is setting up a 10-mw solar power project, which would be perhaps India's largest solar generating station when commissioned by the end of next year.

The company has planned to set up a 10-mw project in Karnataka and another project of 5-mw capacity in Haryana. “Our target is to add 50 mw generating capacity by 2012 and are looking at Karnataka and Haryana,” Wadhwa said. For the Karnataka project, the company has identified two possible sites—Bagalkhot and Bangalore.

Besides Karnataka and Haryana, Rajasthan is also on the company's radar screen.

Azure has sourced equipment for its initial projects from US-based suppliers but now it is looking to procure from domestic suppliers like Moserbaer as well is in a bid to expand its vendor base.

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First integrated manufacturing zone to come up in Neemrana

JAIPUR: The first integrated manufacturing and investment zone as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor will come up at Neemrana in Rajasthan. This was stated here by Union minister for commerce and industries Anand Sharma on Saturday.

The survey of the project has been completed and the union industries ministry and the state government are giving final touches to the ambitious project, he said.

A presentation of the project was held at the chief minister's office here on Saturday in the presence of the Union minister, chief minister and senior officials.

Sharma said the second manufacturing and investment zone is proposed in Pali and Marwar region. Besides, a footwear design centre at Jodhpur is also proposed at an investment of Rs 100 crore.

Out of the five training institute to train skilled manpower for the industry requirement, the first one would come up at Bhiwadi by April 2011. This is a pilot project and the places for the other four institutes would be identified within two months, he said.

The minister said Rajasthan would emerge as a major industrial and manufacturing hub in the coming days and a number of steps had been taken to realise this aim.

The Centre proposes to set up another spice park at Ramganj Mandi in Kota with special focus on coriander, in addition to the spice park in Jodhpur, he said.

In order to harness the potential of water bodies, the central government has also decided to support the proposal for ornamental fish cultivation. The ornamental fish project were proposed in Banswara, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Hanumangarh, and Bharatpur district, said Sharma.

In order to augment power production to meet the demand of the freight and industrial corridor, DMIC proposes to set up a 10MW solar power project in the state while another 1200 mw of gas-based power project in Banswara is also in the pipeline while two export units of vegetables and fruits are coming up in Sohela in Tonk and Bassi in Jaipur district.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said a huge opportunity is waiting for the state as 39% of the freight and industrial corridor passes through Rajasthan which promises an industrial and employment boom for the state. He said the state is well-prepared to take maximum advantage of the project and is eager to complete the project on time.


Read more: First integrated manufacturing zone to come up in Neemrana - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz0z9JIUhGP

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Whoa! loving the fact that 39% of it passes through Rajasthan!!! amazing!

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JAIPUR: In a bid to ensure a smooth passage for devotees thronging various temples in the state, the Devasthan department has urged all trust-managed temples to overhaul their public utility systems.

The department will be convening a meeting of all such temples authorities on Tuesday to reach a consensus. There are about 30 such temples in the state, including famous ones like the Govindji temple, Mehindipur Balaji, Jharkhand Mahadev, Khatushyamji, Chamunda Mataji etc.

"The idea is to ensure better facilities in all big temples for the benefit of devotees. These temples are frequented by lakhs of devotees throughout the year. But in focus will be those temples that hosts melas," said Bajrang Lal Sharma, commissioner, Devasthan department.

In fact, one of the interim recommendations of the Jasraj Chopra committee, set up after the stampede at the Chamunda Mataji temple at the Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur, was to ensure that all temples of this sort have proper facilities not only to ensure a smooth passage for devotees but also to ensure safety.

A rush of devotees at the temple in 2008 had caused a massive stampede killing nearly 250, mostly youngsters.

"Most of these trusts have enough money that come into them as donations from devotees. And it is this money they will be required to use for building these infrastructural facilities. Some of them also have a lot of land and the first thing that such temples will be required to do is to build rest houses in them. These are those temples which have devotees coming to them from other states for melas but there is no proper place for the devotees to stay," he said.

Other things that will be required are toilets, drinking water facilities, ramps for the disabled and old, parking areas and permanent barricades.

The temples will also be asked to erect CCTV cameras for safety purposes. Provisions have to be made so that the waiting time for elderly persons, women and children is reduced to minimum. Provisions have to be also made to ensure that prasad' distribution is done in a proper manner.

The department also proposes to give free land to some temples like the Gogamedi temple in Hanumangarh that sees about 25 to 30 lakh devotees thronging it, some from other states like UP, Haryana, so that a rest house could be build for them.

Read more: Temples told to improve public utility systems - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz0zDmZb6Y0

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Two more n-power units cleared

JAIPUR: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Wednesday cleared the proposed Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Units 7 and 8.

The two new reactors are to come up at the Rawatbhata Nuclear Power site in Rajasthan where six reactors of 1,180 MW are functioning, Nuclear Power Corp of India executive director Sudhinder Thakur said.

"We plan to complete Units 7 and 8 around 2017 at the Rawatbhata site. After that, the problems of power shortage in the state shall become history," Thakur claimed.

Already, Rajasthan's share of nuclear power generation, currently at 19%, is the highest in the country. Thakur attributed the development to the decision of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to go for international nuclear commerce with India.

Since September 2009, there had been improvement in nuclear power generation in Rajasthan, he added.

"For instance, the RAPS Unit 2 has been in operation at full power from September 1, 2009. Units 5 and 6 have commenced commercial operation from February-March 2010 respectively and Units 3 and 4, which operated at about 60% power, now operate at full power. Rajasthan is among the states with the least power shortages," Thakur said.

Unit 3 has operated without interruption, for more than 400 days at a stretch, from June 26, 2009 to Aug 5, 2010. This, typical of nuclear power unit, outperforms any contemporary fossil fuel operations, he said.

While the power of Unit 2 is fully allocated to Rajasthan, all beneficiaries of the northern electricity region share power with the other units. Incidentally, with 1,180 MW, Rajasthan follows Maharashtra, which has a capacity of 1,400 MW, but uses indigenous fuel for nuclear plants, Thakur added.


Read more: Two more n-power units cleared - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz0zEKE9zoM

i think after 6-7 yrs Rajasthan will export a large chunk of power to other states

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Yes if you've read the article posted before it says that Rajasthan will become self reliant on power by 2015 and may even start selling electricity to neighbouring states.

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ARSS Infrastructure today said it has bagged an order worth Rs 93.72 crore from the Rajasthan government for construction-related work.

The company received a work order from Rajasthan State Road Development Corporation, Jaipur, on September 7 for Rs 93.72 crore, ARSS Infrastructure said in a filing to the BSE.

Shares of the company were trading at Rs 1,288, up 1.52 per cent over the previous close.