Amid political promises & potential projects, Ratnagiri’s youth migrate in search of better prospects, while region’s elderly are left behind in hamlets without vikas and cellphone towers.
Mahayuti candidate Narayan Rane asserted he would heed the people’s will. An alliance leader, however, said they were deliberately refraining from talking about the refinery to avoid any upsets in the election.
Proposed Barsu refinery is latest of many projects in industrially backward Ratnagiri district, part of Konkan region, to face protests with heavy political undercurrents.
Shiv Sena wants to shift Rs 3 lakh crore Ratnagiri refinery project to Barsu-Dhopeshwar after getting it scrapped in Nanar. But, ‘environment’ and ‘sons of soil’ are issues here too.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company intends to store 5.86 million barrels of crude at the Ratnagiri refinery. India is targeting support from both Saudi Aramco and Adnoc for the $44 billion Ratnagiri project.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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