Saturday 7 November '09
Setting a new timeline for consolidation, the finance ministry has projected that it will be able to wipe out revenue deficit and rein in fiscal deficit....Thursday 5 November '09
The government has finally cut the red tape that kept the roads sector tied down by letting the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways under Kamal Nath....Saturday
31 October '09After having helped the government frame economic policies in exceptional times that brought the global financial system to its knees...Thursday
29 October '09In what may well be the biggest disinvestment of the year, the government is on course to offload 15 per cent stake in state-owned mineral exploration behemoth National Mineral Development Corporation....Monday
26 October '09India is all set to push for developing a mechanism for conducting a peer review of economic and financial systems among G20 partners...Friday
23 October '09Concerned about the slow pace of capacity addition in the ports sector, the government has set up a committee to look into the financing plans for ports projects in the remaining part of the current five year plan....Saturday
17 October '09When it comes to building roads, India seems to have a slow track record. The UPA government’s flagship social sector scheme....Friday
16 October '09Blue chip public sector enterprises including miniratnas and navratnas have asked the government to bring about a system of accountability to monitor the performance of government nominees on the board of directors....Thursday
15 October '09Road projects may soon be bid out as complete development packages and not just as a simple highway construction exercise.....Tuesday
13 October '09Even though the contours of the disinvestment policy are not finalised, the government has flagged off plans for three companies....Saturday
10 October '09The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) may soon see change at the top. On Friday, CBDT corridors were abuzz with the news that the Central Administrative Tribunal....Wednesday
7 October '09With most developed countries reluctant to consider beefing up the capital of the World Bank, India may lose out on a sizeable portion of its assistance...Wednesday
7 October '09The empowered group of finance ministers and the Union finance ministry officials are mulling over a clearing house model to distribute...Monday
5 October '09The ministry of shipping may soon make changes to the model concession agreement (MCA) for bidding out port projects on a public private partnership (PPP) basis....Friday
2 October '09Eleven road projects funded by multilateral institutions World Bank and Asian Development Bank have missed their completion target...Tuesday
29 September '09To avoid delays in award of port projects, the finance ministry has asked the shipping ministry to stick to the basic framework of the bid document....Friday
25 September '09The soaring fiscal deficit and dipping revenue collections have galvanised the UPA government to consider rolling back duty concessions...Wednesday
23 September '09Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today that he sees reflections of an economic revival in the current market rally.Tuesday
22 September '09Even as the finance minister recently stepped in to issue an advisory to curtail unnecessary expenditure, it is learnt that the finance ministry has already used up four-fifth of its funds allocated for foreign travel.Thursday
10 September '09After kicking off the disinvestment process for OIL (Oil India Ltd) and NHPC through initial public offers (IPOs), the government...Tuesday
8 September '09The government is likely to roll back the asset-based calculation of Minimum Alternative Tax as proposed in the Direct Taxes...Tuesday
8 September '09Concerned with the low acceptance of the New Pension Scheme (NPS) by the masses, the government has roped in the...Monday
7 September '09The government’s debt management office (DMO) is unlikely to be a public sector enterprise as proposed by the working group that submitted a report....Saturday
5 September '09The B K Chaturvedi committee, appointed by the PM, has called for scrapping the controversial norm that limits the number of players that can be shortlisted for projects.Saturday
5 September '09The ministry of shipping has asked the finance ministry to provide support for raising funds worth Rs 35,000 crore to help the Indian shipping industry acquire tonnage....
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