Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the Maharatna Company SAIL, has bagged the first prize in "National Energy Conservation Award 2015" in Integrated Steel Plant sector for 2014-15.
The award, given by by Union Ministry of Power, was presented at a function held in New Delhi on the National Energy Conservation Day recently, RSP said in a release.
In its endeavour to conserve energy, RSP has taken a number of initiatives recently as a result of which, the overall specific energy consumption in the plant has come down from 6.97 giga calorie per tonne of crude steel in 2009-10 to 6.57 giga calorie per tonne of crude steel in 2014-15, it said.
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Gadkari to inaugurate electric vehicle show on Dec 24 * Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate EVEXPO-2015 on December 24, which is being claimed to be the country's maiden electric vehicle show.
The expo will be held here from December 24 to 27.
Over 100 e-vehicle manufacturers is expected to participate in the event, while business delegations from China, Germany, Sweden, Japan and other countries have confirmed their visit.
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Axis Bank to offer electronic signature facility * Taking its digital banking initiatives a step forward, Axis Bank today said it has partnered with e-Mudhra to introduce 'eSign' an online electronic signature service which facilitates a Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document within seconds.
"'eSign' will be an integrated service which will facilitate customers of the bank to get a digital signature certificate, sign documents, application forms with this digital signature and also submit these digitally signed documents to the bank in a secure online manner, at the click of a button," Axis Bank said in a statement.
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Farmers get bumper harvest of fish using pen culture of KUFOS * A group of farmers near here has harvested a bumper catch of Pearl Spot (Karimeen), Red Snapper (Chembally) and Giant Trevally (Vatta) in pen culture initiated by Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS).
KUFOS introduced pen culture, a new farming practice using net fencing, among the farmers as part of its Samagra Matsyagramam project in Puthenvelikkara Panchayat.
"Around 150 kg of crops were harvested from a seven month long farming cultured in an area of 120 square metres in Kottappuram lake near Periyar. The crop was harvested just ahead of the Christmas," according to a release.
Manappuram Finance to raise Rs 150-cr via debentures
* Manappuram Finance today said it will raise up to Rs 150 crore by issuing debentures on private placement.
"The company will be issuing secured redeemable non-convertible debentures aggregating upto Rs 150 crores by way of private placement", it said in regulatory filing.
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Clariant Chemicals Q4 net dips 8pc to Rs 9.85-cr * Clariant Chemcials today reported 8 per cent decline in its net profit of Rs 9.85 crore for the quarter ended on March 31.
The company had clocked a net profit of Rs 10.65 crore for the in the same quarter in 2014-15 fiscal.
