Tata Motors, India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company, has informed that it has joined hands with public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) for financing its entire range of passenger cars.

The latest tie-up will provide a single window for both cars as well as car loans and will make car buying easier for customers.

The lender offers car loans up to 90 per cent of invoice for tenure ranging up to seven years at a rate of 10.5 per cent to 11 per cent.

Areva T&D India Ltd, the Indian arm of French energy firm Areva SA has signed a contract worth Rs 60 crore for Hybrid Gas-Insulated Substation with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RRVPNL) for Indira Gandhi Nagar substation (Jagatpura) at Jaipur.

A company official said, that this is the first 145 kV hybrid GIS order for AREVA T&D in India and only the second order of its kind in the country.

Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd (IVRCL) has notified that it has bagged seven projects worth Rs 670.03 crore from different agencies for construction related works.

The company picked first order worth Rs 332.55 crore from Narmada Development Division in Madhya Pradesh for the execution of Lower Goi project in the state.

Under the project, the company will construct dam, canals and its distribution network for irrigation purpose in the state in a period of four years.

Sahara India Power Corporation Ltd., the unit of Sahara Prime City Limited has informed that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Orissa for setting up a 1320 MW (2 x 660) Coal Based Thermal Power Plant in Turla Tehsil of Balangir District.

The Turla plant, which is proposed to be built on an area of 1,500 acres, planned to begin its first Unit of 660 MW by February 2013 while the second unit of 660 MW is expected to start working within 6 to 8 months thereafter.

Subhash Projects And Marketing Ltd (SPML), an infrastructure development company in India, has secured an order worth Rs 69.37 crore from the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board, Karnataka.

The scope of work includes supply and execution of 1,168 mm diameter M. S. Rising Main from Jack well at Saundatti to Water Treatment Plant at Amminabhavi.

In addition, the project involves design, construction, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, trial run and maintenance of 68 million litres a day capacity water treatment plant for a period of 12 months.

Aurobindo Pharma, one of the largest API manufacturers in Asia, has in