** Shares of Hariom Pipe Industries HARO.NS rise as much as 3.8% to 561 rupees on Friday, marking its highest level since Dec 19, 2024
** The pipes and tubes makers enters into a memorandum of understanding with the government of Maharashtra for setting up an integrated steel plant
** HARO proposes to invest upto 31.35 bln rupees ($356 mln)
** YTD, HARO rose ~10%; stock closed at 2.7% higher at 555 rupees on Friday
($1 = 88.0887 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru)
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