Ending the suspense over the modernisation of airports, the empowered group of ministers took a final decision on Tuesday on the Rs 5,400 crore (Rs 54 billion) projects at Delhi and Mumbai Airports, contracts for which would be awarded by January 31.
The government on Tuesday said it was considering various options for restructuring of the 2,184 MW Dabhol power project.
Internet giant Google is investing $10 billion in India's digitisation fund, its CEO Sundar Pichai has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a step that will recognise India's leadership on fintech and will support small and large businesses in India, the US and around the world. Pichai met Prime Minister Modi in Washington on Friday and also announced the opening of Google's global fintech operation centre in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar. "It was an honour to meet Prime Minister Modi during the historic visit to the US. We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing $10 billion in India's digitisation fund," Pichai said.
The empowered group of ministers on Saturday gave its approval to Air India's proposal to purchase 68 aircraft after completing final round of price negotiations with US manufacturer Boeing, which has offered massive discounts on the total value of t
Airport upgrade bids to be finalised on Dec 5
The empowered group of ministers (GoM) looking into ways to resolve crisis in the $3 Dabhol power project on Friday discussed various issues including the future course of action on litigation and restructuring but could not arrive at a decision.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh on April 10 and 11 where he will launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme' in Kibithoo, a village along the India-China border.
The Union Cabinet is understood to have decided to constitute an empowered Group of Ministers to resolve the crisis plaguing the multi-billion Dabhol power project, promoted by the erstwhile Enron Corporation.
Lamichhane's Rastriya Swatantra Party, which was formed just months ago, won 20 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives and is the third largest party among the ruling alliance.
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Bihar government as to why it published its caste survey data but refused to restrain it from making public further data, and said it may examine if the state has power to conduct such an exercise.
While asserting that the growth of coronavirus cases in the country has been more or less linear and not exponential, it also said testing has been ramped up consistently.
Bhalla said the availability of adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen is an important pre-requisite for managing moderate and severe cases of COVID-19 and with the increasing cases, the medical oxygen supply will need to keep pace with the requirements of the states and union territories.
The Empowered Group of Ministers, which is looking into the debacle of the Dabhol power project
Maruti scrips closed 1.8 per cent higher at Rs 663.05 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The stage is set for opening of commercial bids for the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, with the empowered group of ministers on Civil Aviation scheduled to meet on Monday for taking a decision on technically qualified bidders.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared Indian Airlines' plans to purchase 43 aircraft from Airbus Industrie.
Amid his thrust on efficient governance, delivery and implementation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a marathon meeting with his entire 45-member Council of Ministers to emphasise these aspects.
The aircraft to be inducted by Indian Airlines are 19 Airbus A 319s, Four A 320s and 20 Airbus A 321s.
Tharoor also said the Congress must decentralise authority and truly empower the grassroots office-bearers of the party.
Indian lenders to the Dabhol power plant are close to a settlement with Bechtel, which will clear the last major hurdle in reviving the 2,184 MW power plant that has been shut for over four years.
The ATS stated this in its chargesheet filed in a local court last week against five PFI members who were arrested last year for allegedly indulging in unlawful activities and waging a war against the country.
The freeze on special economic zones may go in the next 10 days, with the empowered group of ministers expected to give its nod to proposals that show land has already been tied up.
In South Asia, the intelligence community assesses that the political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate through 2018.
Five Indian-origin women executives have made it to Barron's prestigious annual '100 Most Influential Women in US Finance' list for achieving positions of prominence in the financial services industry and helping shape its future. Barron's is a sister publication of the Wall Street Journal, published by Dow Jones and Company. "The list honours established and emerging leaders in financial services, the corporate world, nonprofit organisations, and government," the magazine said in a press release.
To provide better working conditions and social security to workers in the unorganised sector, an empowered group of ministers on Friday cleared a draft of the unorganised sector workers bill that provides for pension and insurance to the workforce.
The Union home ministry issued a notification, announcing the formation of the tribunal.
The ministry of finance has estimated that about Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) would be needed to restart the Dabhol Power plant, lying idle for the past three years.
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