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Govt to award 20 port projects this fiscal

Thursday 25 June '09

In a bid to complete its target for the XIth Five-Year Plan and speed up port infrastructure development...
‘India’s high growth is not pre-ordained’

Tuesday 23 June '09

As global economists and business and political leaders gear up for the Emerging Markets Forum’s meeting in India...
Toll on two-lane roads to drive costs down

Monday 22 June '09

More than 10,000 kms of roads may get tolled across the country. In what may be called a first, the ministry of road...
New RFQ raises bidders’ threshold capability

Sunday 21 June '09

Taking a cue from the difficulties faced by administrative ministries in implementing the model request for qualification (RFQ) document...
Recession pulls port traffic down marginally

Saturday 20 June '09

Port traffic declined 1.15 per cent in April-May 2009 compared with 2008 figures for the same period on account of the ongoing recession in western countries....
NHAI proposes altering highway projects to 2-lanes

Friday 19 June '09

In a bid to reduce the cost for building highways and rope in more developers in phases III and V of the National Highways Development Programme...
Indian jewellery, electronics cos eye Chinese advantage

Monday 15 June '09

Playing on the cost advantage of doing business in China, Indian businessmen seem to be looking at China as their big new trade partner for the future.
IIFA serves as forum for biz partnerships

Sunday 14 June '09

KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry have chosen the India International Film Awards...
NHAI tells new govt: Cut red tape to open roads

Tuesday 9 June '09

National Highways Authority of India has asked Kamal Nath not to restrict private players from bidding for more than eight projects.
Road developers want govt to share project losses

Saturday 6 June '09

Road developers have asked the government to not only share profits under the build-operate-transfer mode, but also share the risk or loss associated if a project goes awry.
Chinese power equipment are not energy efficient

Thursday 4 June '09

In an effort to assess the problems faced by Indian power plants using Chinese technology and equipment...
Kamal Nath gets into action, calls road builders

Wednesday 3 June '09

Kamal Nath has sprung into action, readying plans to revamp the award process of the National Highways Development Programme.
Seven new ultra mega power projects on way, three in Orissa

Wednesday 3 June '09

Having launched four ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) during the previous UPA rule, the Power Ministry....
OIL, NHPC on top of new divestment list

Friday 29 May '09

Even as the disinvestment department starts preparing a fresh list of PSUs for disinvestment in the medium term...
CBEC to move SC for service tax on commercial property rent

Thursday 28 May '09

The Central Board of Excise and Customs is planning to go for appeal before the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court...
Standard deduction for salaried may return

Wednesday 27 May '09

Ahead of the annual budget, here’s some cheer for salaried employees and pensioners. The finance ministry is considering bringing....
Special Rs 5K-cr credit sought to buy 72 new ships

Tuesday 26 May '09

The ministry of shipping has written to the finance ministry to consider a special Rs 5,000-crore line of credit for state-owned navratna company....
Regulator, toll review on road ministry’s 100-day agenda

Monday 25 May '09

After failing to push award of road projects worth over Rs 55,000 crore in 2007-08, the ministry of road transport....
FinMin rejigs

Thursday 21 May '09

Almost a week after taking charge, the new finance secretary is restructuring work for bureaucrats in his ministry.
Govt asks cash-rich PSUs to spend

Wednesday 20 May '09

The department of public enterprises (DPE) has asked public sector undertakings (PSUs) sitting on piles of cash to expedite....
Govt asks Japan for more money, this time for an IIT

Wednesday 20 May '09

India may get a new Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad on the back of loans from the government of Japan....
Govt unlikely to reduce CST to 1%

Tuesday 19 May '09

The government is unlikely to reduce the central sales tax (CST) from the current rate of 2 per cent to the proposed level of 1 per cent....
No trimming of wage rates under NREGA

Monday 18 May '09

The government is in no mood to pare the wage rates under its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme despite the strain on the exchequer...
To define ownership, govt to look at pact

Friday 1 May '09

Following the Reserve Bank of India’s request to clearly define ownership control in downstream investments made by companies....
Govt officials ‘in the know’ may not get to invest in PSU stocks

Monday 27 April '09

Government employees moving files on disinvestment proposals of public sector undertakings listed on the stock exchange...
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