Friday 2 October '09
Eleven road projects funded by multilateral institutions World Bank and Asian Development Bank have missed their completion target...Tuesday 29 September '09
To 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....Friday
4 September '09The Rs 10,000-crore raised by India Infrastructure Finance Corporation (IIFCL) through tax-free bonds may be disbursed...Tuesday
1 September '09The rural development ministry is gearing up for drought related contingencies and has already set up a monitoring cell at the...Monday
31 August '09With a plan to build over 55,000 km of rural roads across India, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak YojanaSaturday
29 August '09Govt will push for timebound restructuring before agreeing to help Air India financially....Friday
28 August '09The Finance Ministry is likely to effect a sharp hike in the basic tax exemption limit on personal income to Rs 2.25 lakh a year from the Rs 1.6 lakh as proposed in the draft Direct Taxes Code unveiled less than a month ago....Wednesday
26 August '09The government has finally settled for an Indian Administrative Service officer to head the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor...Monday
24 August '09The government may fall short of its planned infrastructure investment target for the current five-year plan by as much as...Saturday
22 August '09Paving the way for the fulfilment of its commitment made at the G-20 summit, the finance ministry is chalking out ways to...Friday
21 August '09After a long turf war between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the finance ministry on the issue of setting up an autonomous....Wednesday
19 August '09Reluctant to welcome the goods and services tax (GST) by April 1, 2010, certain states have made it clear that its introduction...Tuesday
18 August '09To bring transparency in the selection of board-level posts of state-owned enterprises and remove delays in providing information on candidates...Monday
17 August '09The government may not be able to push its policy for lower emissions across the country with the road transport and highways ministry...Sunday
16 August '09The government has allowed its officials to take their companions on official international tours, reversing an order issued a year ago.Friday
14 August '09Unfazed by the lack of response for the New Pension Scheme (NPS), the government has ruled out increasing budgetary support for the same....
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