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Plan panel calls for Railways authority to adjust tariffs, improve fiscal health

Saturday 7 November '09

Concerned that the Indian Railways’ failing fiscal health could upset expansion plans, the Planning Commission has again flagged the issue of setting up of a regulatory authority for it....
Nalco may lose captive block kept idle: CoalMin

Wednesday 4 November '09

Continuing its crackdown on companies idling on their coal blocks, the Coal Ministry has now trained it guns on state-run behemoth National Aluminium...
Govt concedes there will be budgetary support shortfalls

Wednesday 4 November '09

The UPA government is unlikely to draw any comfort on the fiscal front owing to the grim resource mobilization scenario. So much so that...
Posco asked to deal directly with locals for land

Saturday 31 October '09

The steel ministry and the Orissa government have asked South Korean steel giant Posco to expedite the process of land...
In a first, PM to head EGoM for Unique Identification project

Friday 30 October '09

Having set the deadline to roll-out the first batch of Unique Identification Numbers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now stepped in to head an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to fast track the ambitious project....
Cabinet likely to clear Rs 50 bonus in addition to rice MSP

Thursday 29 October '09

With rice procurement during the current marketing season (beginning October) remaining low as compared to that last year....
Dalai Lama India’s honoured guest, PM tells Wen Jiabao

Monday 26 October '09

Rebuffing Beijing’s wish that New Delhi bar the Dalai Lama from travelling to Arunachal Pradesh, Prime MInister Manmohan Singh has told Chinese Premier Wen...
India grants mkt economy status to Vietnam

Monday 26 October '09

Seeking to expand the ambit of its Look East Policy and pave way for the fructification of its recently concluded Free Trade Agreement with Asean...
Singh, Wen: Let problems not hit ties

Sunday 25 October '09

Keeping aside their intense battle of nerves on cross-border issues, India and China on Saturday vowed not to allow mutual differences to jeopardise “functional cooperation” in bilateral ties....
India for early conclusion of services and investment FTA with Asean: PM

Sunday 25 October '09

Saying that India’s future and economic interests would be served best by greater integration with its Asian partners, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
Infra projects in India of immense importance, says Japan’s Hatoyama

Sunday 25 October '09

India and Japan today resolved to strengthen their strategic and global partnership with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that...
Brahmaputra dam, Arunachal, visas on table, Singh meets Wen today

Saturday 24 October '09

The most anticipated meeting of the ASEAN and East Asia Summit will take place at the Thai beach resort town of Hua Hin tomorrow....
Asean calls for more FTAs

Saturday 24 October '09

Asking its member-countries to embrace pan-Asian economic ties, the Association of South Asian Nations (Asean) today said it should now actively pursue achieving regionwide Free Trade Agreements....
Govt plans to offload 15% stake in SAIL

Wednesday 21 October '09

The government is all set to embark on another big-ticket disinvestment by planning to offload “around 15 per cent...
Ministry proposes cess to raise funds for rail projects

Tuesday 20 October '09

The Indian Railways is fighting a grim battle to rescue its financially unviable projects as part of the state-run monolith’s...
India must report climate change progress before FTA talks: EU

Thursday 15 October '09

Hardeining its position on the stalled India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks, the 27-nation European Union has said that India...
SteelMin takes up Arcelor Mittal’s land issue

Monday 12 October '09

With the world’s biggest steel producer Arcelor Mittal expressing serious resentment over the delay in land acquisition in Jharkhand and Orissa...
Ministry seeks OK to use PSU stake sale funds

Thursday 8 October '09

The spectre of rising fiscal deficit has forced the government to look at using disinvestment to fund its big-ticket social sector programmes.
PM asks Plan panel to hit the road

Wednesday 7 October '09

Concerned over the progress of the government’s flagship programmes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed the Planning Commission...
Tata Steel’s UK staff resents non-payment

Tuesday 6 October '09

Company says negotiations for 2009-10 still underway....
Centre, states slug it out over MMDR clauses

Monday 5 October '09

The Centre’s ambitious plans for the mining sector hit a roadblock after the mining ministry and the mineral-rich states failed to reach a consensus....
Ministries’ war over amending MMDR Act gets messier

Wednesday 30 September '09

It’s a turf war on interests of PSUs in mining....
No Plan funds for women mission

Tuesday 29 September '09

'National Mission for Empowerment of Women can’t get Rs 7,500 cr during downturn’...
ArcelorMittal risks losing coal block

Tuesday 29 September '09

Coal ministry threatens ArcelorMittal and GVK Power with de-allocation if they don’t use the coal mines jointly allocated to them....
Competitive bidding for coal blocks

Monday 28 September '09

After managing to secure the consensus of the mineral-rich states, the mines ministry is preparing to seek approval of the Union Cabinet...
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