Focusing on rural India and attaining a high GDP, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee outlined targets such as speeding up infrastructure development and spending more for the development of rural areas and the poor.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has agreed to consider allowing three nominees from the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) to participate in its crucial meeting in Dubai on 2 February.
She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago.
The move comes in the backdrop of a slowdown in the foreign direct investments and its impact on the current account deficit.
Seeking to make inroads into Africa, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said at the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa that India will continue to support efforts at infrastructure development, before announcing some very handsome grants which aim at helping Africa.
The United States on Monday said infrastructure development in India is its top business priority and allayed concerns about protectionism in the American economy.
"Now there presence is mainly because of infrastructure development. We are aware that the Chinese are assisting in construction of a highway...a large number of dams and infrastructure projects have been developed by the Chinese in PoK as well as the northern areas. These areas are very close to the LoC," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Army's northern command Lt General K T Parnaik said.
After the Ladakh fiasco where Xi Jinping did not expect the Indian Army to resist his land-grabbing tactics, he has to save face before his colleagues in the Communist party.' To bring the threat of a mega-dam to the northern Indian border is a clever move, observes Claude Arpi.
Japan's Orix Corporation, which was in talks with Reliance Industries (RIL) to sell its 23.87 per cent stake in Infrastructure Leasing and Finance Company (IL&FS), has bowled a googly.
Chinese alumina refining and metal smelting technologies have emerged as a match for the best anywhere in the world. In fact, Vedanta and Hindalco have bought technologies from China. Our aluminium makers will be haunted by twin fears of rising imports and low metal prices squeezing margins over a long time.
Thomas Cook India's internal data had highlighted Lucknow region as a high potential source market for holiday business.
A 1985-batch Karnataka cadre officer, Kharola would be steering the national airline at a time when the government has started the process for its strategic divestment.
She says out of every Rs 100 meant for infrastructure development, only Rs 16 is used.
Both the government and RBI have to complement each other if the economy has to revive quickly.
GVK Airport Holdings, a subsidiary of Hyderabad-based infrastructure developer GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited (GVKPIL), has signed a share purchase agreement with Bid Services Division Mauritius (BSDM) to buy 13.5 per cent in Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL). The value of the deal was not disclosed.
Percentage of liberalization is yet to be seen, but this for sure will open inroads for significant developments in the industry.
Power generation and distribution is the most indebted sector
'For the moment in Eastern Ladakh, it is unlikely there will be any more escalation of this conflict,' observes Colonel S Dinny (retd) who served as Commanding Officer of an infantry battalion deployed in the Pangong Tso area.
HSIIDC and promoter Sabeer Bhatia signed a memorandum of understanding in 2006 to set up a knowledge hub, Nano City, under the public-private partnership model, which was to be spread over 11,138 acres of land, covering 23 villages at Raipur Rani in Panchkula district of Haryana.
Singh hailed Malaysian companies particularly in the infrastructure sector for their good reputation and asked them 'to take a long term and strategic view' of the Indian economy and market.
Good news for economically-weaker sections (EOS) in Delhi. The city government Wednesday decided to built around 35,000 flats for them which are likely to be ready in two years.
Persuaded not to sell that day in January 1975, DLF today has assets of over Rs 52,237 crore and a net worth of around Rs 40,000 crore.
Bhogapuram international airport, Ramayapatnam and Bandar ports, the Muktyala lift irrigation scheme and a bridge across the Krishna river are some of the projects likely to be hit.
India has consistently asked China to open up its market for IT and pharmaceuticals.
'Initially, Gift City was just another real estate project, but all that changed with Modi moving to New Delhi,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Clouded by the global economic meltdown that began in 2008, the current Plan (2007-12) needed a lot of scaling down of the targets and the mid-term review was quite straight about it.
Dr Abdullah Abdullah, erstwhile foreign minister of Afghanistan and a candidate in the 2009 Presidential election, has lauded India's role in Afghanistan in terms of infrastructure development and institutional capacity building as significant and dismissed Pakistan's paranoia and deep suspicions about New Delhi's involvement in his country as totally misplaced.
By far the most attractive thing in the Budget 2010 for individuals is the increase in the income tax slab limits. Though the entry level slab for income tax has not been changed from Rs 1.6 lakh (Rs 160,000), there is a considerable jump in the other slabs.
Government is looking to develop 15 airstrips owned by the state governments and 10 that are with the Airports Authority of India.
The domestic deal-making activities were hit by weak corporate governance and a huge liquidity crunch in 2019, while the global deals were also hard to come by due to various factors including uncertainties caused by the US-China trade war, which left many investors in a wait-and-watch mode.
Global tyre major Michelin said it may consider making passenger car tyres and set up a new plant in India after 2015 if the market demand then is good enough to sustain a large plant.
Set up an auxiliary intelligence corps like the territorial army or the auxiliary air force. It should consist of part-time volunteers for intelligence collection by people in other professions who want to or are willing to help the intelligence agencies. Their links with the intelligence agencies must be protected by making the training course a short one and on an one-to-one basis, instead of holding it in a class where everyone becomes aware of the identities of others.
The launch of the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership on Tuesday is significant because the two countries have traditionally been wary of opening up their markets and services to each other.
A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha's counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May 28 to Vinod Rai, Chairman of the Committee of Administrators of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
'Roads are important as they provide domestic economic stimulus.'
China's military on Thursday expressed concern over India's plan to construct 54 new border posts in Arunachal Pradesh, saying India should not complicate the situation.
Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has hailed the Budget proposals-2010-11 presented in Parliament on Friday. The minister said that these initiative for the textiles sector as a growth spurring initiatives , which dovetail with economic revival, infrastructure development, agriculture development, inclusive growth and restoring export growth.
Justine Bowden from Australia, whose company will provide security to the Australian media during the CWG, says the delay in infrastructure development has affected the ability of counter-terrorism teams to train and plan contingencies for the sites.
The earthmoving and construction equipment industry also seeks restrictions on the imports of used equipments into country and to rectify inverted duty structure.
If necessary, she said, the Railways would provide scholarships. Banerjee, while inaugurating a railway reservation counter at Gariahat area, announced railway connectivity to Maoist-hit areas in West Midnapore and Purulia districts with introduction of two trains on February 13.
