Salt

The Centre on Monday modified the guidelines for transfer of government-owned salt lands, providing for online auction under which the private sector can participate in case there are no takers from CPSEs, or states at the applicable rates. As per the revised guidelines, the land can be allocated for welfare measures, such as slum re-development, affordable housing and PM-Awas Yojana, and for the purpose of schools and colleges, lands can be transferred to CPSEs (central public sector enterprises), states and their enterprises at 25 per cent of the circle rate. These norms were issued in supersession of the internal policy guidelines-2012, after the approval of the Cabinet. "Online auction with the participation of private parties may be held in case CPSEs, state governments or their PSEs are not willing to take such lands at the applicable rates," the guideline said. The reserve price for such land parcel will be fixed through an approved valuer with reference to the circle rate .

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin laid the foundation stone here on Monday for a 400 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) desalination plant, set to be the biggest in south east Asia. The Rs 4,276.44 crore plant is to be set up with assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). To cater to the growing need for drinking water, steps have been taken by the state government to set up a 400 MLD plant at Perur on East Coast Road in Chengalpattu district, an official release said, adding, "This plant will be the biggest in Southeast Asia. Work to establish the plant will be completed before December 2026." The desalination plant will use technologically advanced water treatment systems such as dissolved air flotation and dual media filtration. The proposed new plant would benefit 22.67 lakh people living in localities under the Greater Chennai and Tambaram municipal corporations, apart from 20 village panchayats near Chennai city. The government also reported on the status o

Fintech firm Salt on Monday said it has raised $500,000 and is looking at strengthening its headcount to about 100 by the end of next year

CSE director general Sunita Narain said consumers have the right to know what is contained in the package.

Salt shakers, once ubiquitous at fancy restaurants, have vanished. That's deliberate, say top chefs

If you eat a lot of salt you will become thirsty and drink water

Salty foods also make people more thirsty

Despite a 30% rise prices over the past six-odd years, their profit margins have risen by only 10%

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have quashed any such claims; angry Delhi's Jamia Nagar residents hurled stones at police buses

Consumer Affairs Secy Hem Pande says there's no need to panic even as rumours of Rs 200/kg of salt are doing rounds