Pay for play: From Rajasuya to roadmaps, India’s ancient roots of outcome-based fundingOutcome-based financing (OBF), rooted in ancient practices, is gaining traction in modern development projects. Multilateral agencies are u...
04 May, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
Economic Survey 2025 Highlights: Jobs, growth and economy — how India performed and the way aheadEconomic Survey Budget 2025 Highlights: India's Economic Survey 2024-25 emphasizes deregulation for growth, citing the impact of global unc...
31 Jan, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
PM Modi reviews 7 key projects spread across 11 states, UTs worth more than Rs 76,500 crorePrime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a PRAGATI meeting to review progress on seven major projects worth Rs 76,500 crore across 11 states. M...
28 Aug, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
Eight years after project sanction, Asia's biggest ice skating rink in Shimla awaits its implementationNearly eight years after it was sanctioned, Asia's biggest natural ice skating rink in Shimla awaits its conversion into an artificial rink...
15 Dec, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman's fourth Budget: The full speechIndia has pledged to spend more to fire up the key engines of economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, as it stages a world-beating...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
PowerMin asks govt departments to switch to prepaid smart metersThe ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling orders in this regard. This follows a clarification issued by the Finance Ministr...
12 Aug, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Water and sewer projects worth Rs 20,000 cr resume in 11 statesThe ministry prioritised works under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), which aims to provide water and sewer ...
16 May, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
Budget 2019: A push for higher rural-urban run rateAware of the big unemployment question and the need to expand beyond the ruling party’s dedicated urban electoral base, the government has ...
06 Jul, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
Amdavad Municipal Body raises Rs 200 croreIssuances of municipal bonds have been incentivised by the government to bring transparency and create a discipline in the financial perfor...
12 Jan, 2019, 09.17 AM IST
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation raises Rs 200 crore via bondsWith a maturity of five years, the bonds offer an interest rate of 8.7%.
11 Jan, 2019, 08.58 PM IST
Modi's flagship projects starved for cash: ReportA parliamentary committee report throws light on six top infrastructure initiatives that spent on average just 21 percent of the total allo...
20 Mar, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
Delays in JNNURM projects have caused cost overruns: GovernmentSupriyo said the delays have been due to reluctance of slum dwellers to shift temporarily and non-availability of encumbrance free land.
03 Dec, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
Maharashtra: Government approves setting up of new transmission systemsMaharashtra Cabinet today approved strengthening and setting up of transmission systems in the state for renewable energy.
30 Sep, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
States to be penalised for delay in transferring AMRUT funds: Babul SupriyoThe minister stated that AMRUT is a time bound programme to be implemented over a period of five years from 2015.
30 Jul, 2015, 01.00 PM IST
France may extend Rs 14,000 crore line of credit for smart cities: Venkaiah NaiduNaidu says France is considering extending a line of credit for up to Rs 14,000 crore for the Modi government's flagship 'smart cities' pro...
25 May, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
Work on JNNURM projects halted midway due to paucity of fundsThe seven-year projects launched in 2005 by UPA were to be funded 50% by the Centre, 35% by the state government and 15% by local bodies.
21 Feb, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
BJP to name JNNURM 2.0 after Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe extended tenure of JNNURM-I ended last year and soon after coming to power the urban development minister M Vnekaiah Naidu had announce...
03 Feb, 2015, 09.11 AM IST