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PM’s weekend review of progress in road projects

Wednesday 2 December '09

The Prime Minister is set to review the pace of development of road infrastructure in the country this weekend.
Kamal Nath to negotiate $3 bn loan with Zoellick

Tuesday 1 December '09

With the finance ministry pushing for a more equitable distribution of developmental funding by multi-lateral institutions, road transport...
DP World’s port bids may come under scanner

Saturday 28 November '09

After international construction and development major Dubai World failing to repay its huge pile of debt on time, the state of...
Needed: Photos of Sonia, PM every 25 km of national highway

Thursday 26 November '09

NHAI has floated a proposal to erect billboards with pictures of Prime Minister and Congress president on all National Highways under it.
No coastal trade for foreign ships

Wednesday 25 November '09

Foreign flag ships and foreign-owned vessels may soon be barred from doing coastal trade along the Indian peninsula.
Govt looks for ways to improve efficiency at 12 major ports

Tuesday 24 November '09

Fearing loss of traffic and business to minor ports run by state governments, the Centre has come out with a detailed report....
‘Monetary policy has a bearing on food inflation’

Friday 20 November '09

Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exiting its accommodative monetary policy, economist and policy doyen C Rangarajan says...
Govt arranges money for Kamal Nath’s 20-km-a-day road scheme

Tuesday 17 November '09

The government has put in place a financing plan for Kamal Nath’s ambitious road development programme of building 20 km a day by allowing the...
IIFCL making notional losses

Saturday 14 November '09

With deposit rates dropping by about 200 basis points since January 2009, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), a company promoted by the government in January 2006....
Centre lets Kerala know: progress on rural roads a real crawl

Thursday 12 November '09

Kerala is there right at the top when it comes to key development indicators such as gender ratio, literacy rates and health facilities but there’s one area where it has fared miserably....
FinMin says fiscal and revenue deficits to be reined in by FY’15

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....
To fast-track roads, Nath bypasses Montek panel

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....
‘US growth spurt mitigates uncertainty for India’

Saturday 31 October '09

After having helped the government frame economic policies in exceptional times that brought the global financial system to its knees...
Biggest stake sale this year on its way: 15% in NMDC for 18,000 cr

Thursday 29 October '09

In 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....
India to press for peer review of economies at G20 meet

Monday 26 October '09

India is all set to push for developing a mechanism for conducting a peer review of economic and financial systems among G20 partners...
Govt forms panel to increase capacity addition in ports sector

Friday 23 October '09

Concerned 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....
Govt’s flagship road scheme goes off track by five years

Saturday 17 October '09

When it comes to building roads, India seems to have a slow track record. The UPA government’s flagship social sector scheme....
Seeking autonomy, PSUs call for monitoring of govt nominees

Friday 16 October '09

Blue 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....
Highway projects to include motels, eateries, service stations, malls

Thursday 15 October '09

Road projects may soon be bid out as complete development packages and not just as a simple highway construction exercise.....
3 more PSUs up for stake sale

Tuesday 13 October '09

Even though the contours of the disinvestment policy are not finalised, the government has flagged off plans for three companies....
New chairman for CBDT?

Saturday 10 October '09

The 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....
India fears World Bank lending will shrink below $2 bn in 2011

Wednesday 7 October '09

With 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...
Clearing house model for GST revenue share mooted

Wednesday 7 October '09

The empowered group of finance ministers and the Union finance ministry officials are mulling over a clearing house model to distribute...
Port bidding rules may be changed to cap govt risk

Monday 5 October '09

The 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....
Highways that remain way short of target

Friday 2 October '09

Eleven road projects funded by multilateral institutions World Bank and Asian Development Bank have missed their completion target...
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