A Jindal spokesperson said that the green-field manufacturing plant will reduce reliance on imports and generate employment opportunities in the state.
Two lakh people turned up for Om Prakash Jindal’s funeral. It was a resounding testament to the tycoon’s impact and legacy, not just on Indian industry, but philanthropy and politics too.
Russia is eyeing the shipyard to buttress its pitch for building six new conventional submarines under Project 75 India, while Jindals see it as a captive client of its own.
The cheque was presented to CM Bhupesh Baghel at the bhoomi pujan and foundation stone-laying ceremony for Phase II of Fortis OP Jindal Hospital in Raigarh.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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