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Employment in jewellery sector rises 3.80% in Jan-March 2009
The gems and jewellery sector, hit hard by the global financial meltdown, has begun showing signs of improvement with employment reporting a 3.80 per cent increase during January-March 2009.

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BMW to enter auto financing, insurance by mid-2010
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Water resources department plan ceiling at Rs 2,222 crore

The annual plan ceiling of the water resources department (WRD) for 2010-11 has been fixed at Rs 2222.64 crore. It is the highest among all the departments. - Orissa seeks railways support for industrial, freight corridor - Jharkhand to be included in operations against Naxalites - PC happy with offensive against Naxalites - Mass housing for 1 lakh families - DTH operators brought under entertainment tax net - Jyoti Basu an iconic figure of India, says Naveen Patnaik Out of Rs 10,200 crore outlay approved by chief minister, Naveen Patnaik for 2010-11, the energy department has been given a plan ceiling of Rs 1249.96 crore, followed by the works department with a ceiling of Rs 893.75 crore. School and mass education department has been given a plan ceiling of Rs 881.74 crore followed by Rs 813.55 crore for the women and child development department. While the ceiling is Rs 342.68 crore for agriculture department, the same for steel and mines department is Rs 2.8 crore. The ceiling has been fixed at Rs 154.5 crore for the health and family welfare department and Rs 852.5 crore for the Panchayatiraj department. The plan ceiling is Rs 377 crore for the rural development department, Rs 545.37 crore for the planning and co-ordination department, and Rs 505.61 crore for the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe welfare department. The planning and co-ordination department has asked the departments to send the plan proposals and the tabular information, for preparation of the plan document. This would be sent to the Planning Commission (PC) for approval. After discussion in the working group of PC on the plan document sent by the state government, chief minister Naveen Patnaik will hold discussion with the Planning Commission to finalise the size of the state plan outlay for 2010-11, sources added.


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