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Betel farmers demand compensation from Posco
Hundreds of villagers belonging to Nuagaon panchayat in the proposed site of the Posco steel project near Paradip, today staged demonstration and mass dharna in front of the company’s office at Kujanga demanding compensation for destruction of betel vines.

'Skyline' termed generic
The Supreme Court last week ruled that ‘Skyline’ is not a specific word on which a company can make a trade mark claim, as it has become a ‘generic’ name. In India 117 companies including software firms are using the word as part of their name. In the US there are 10 educational institutions with the same name as the first word. In the UK also there are two such institutions. Therefore, one company could not stake claim to the word in the name of trademark. The court made this ruling while dismissing the appeal case, Skyline Education Institute (India) Ltd vs S L Vaswani. It affirmed the judgement of the Delhi high court in this case, with minor modifications regarding admission of students to one institution. Both were educational institutions operating around the capital and they were litigating over the word ‘Skyline’.

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Mumbai SEZ in danger of being scrapped
The country’s largest special economic zone (SEZ), promoted jointly by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his confidant Anand Jain, is in danger of being scrapped. The zone was being set up by a company called Mumbai SEZ Ltd in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.
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Industries seek redressal of land issue

Protracted problems in land acquisition, availability of raw-material, supply of power and water are among others causing inordinate delay in implementation of various projects in the state. - Land acquisition for Posco to take off next month - Hearing in Dadri case hits roadblock - Problems in acquiring land may stall UMPP projects - Maha SEZ plan put off - Rlys" land acquisition rules will be altered: Mamata - "India to start building 20-km roads/day by April" This was highlighted by the representatives of different companies in a review meeting chaired by the steel and mines secretary in the state secretariat, here, today. The government assured the industries for steps to mitigate their problems. It will also initiate measures to expedite the process of revalidation of the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) whose timeline has expired because of delay in project implementation. “The industries have pointed out the problems pertaining to land acquisition, availability of raw-materials, power supply and water allocation. We are initiating measures to take care of these problems”, Ashok Dalwai, secretary, steel and mines told the media on the sidelines of the review meeting. Twenty three industries were invited on the first day of the two-day review meeting. They included Posco India, Essar Steel Orissa, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel ans Power, Bhushan Steel, Arcelor-Mittal, Sterlite Iron and Steel Company, Welspun Power and Steel and OCL Iron and Steel. Adhunik Metalliks, Surendra Mining Industries, Sree Metaliks Patnaik Steel and Alloys, Deepak Steel and Power, Beekay Steel and Power Cracker India and Orissa Sponge Iron and Steel Ltd attended today’s review. This will continue tomorrow with 24 more industries expected to take part in it. The availability of raw-material assumes importance as the alleged multi-crore mining scam has cast its shadow on the state owned Orissa Mining Corporation, which is the main supplier of iron ore and chrome ore to the metal-based industries. Few weeks ago, Kalinga Nagar Industries Association located at the Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex, had urged the state government to ensure the supply of raw materials for their units. Non-supply of raw material, they warned, will force them to close their units. Representatives from water resources, revenue, energy, forest and environment departments along with representatives from the Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Ipicol), Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), Central zone and Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) participated in the review meeting.


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