Trade unions, farmer bodies to go on general strike on Wed; may disrupt banking, other servicesA nationwide strike is expected to disrupt essential services. Over 25 crore workers will protest new labor codes and privatization. Bankin...
09 Jul, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
Tolls: A silent tax that’s draining our pocketsThe highway tolls in India have had significant economic impact, burning a hole in people's pockets and contributing to pollution and ineff...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
Manmohan Singh 1991 Budget: Full speech of a budget that changed our fortunesManmohan Singh, as Finance Minister in the early 1990s, introduced critical reforms to liberalize, privatize, and open India's economy duri...
30 Dec, 2024, 12.23 PM IST
Asset monetisation will have multiplier impact on economy: Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog"The ultimate objective of NMP is to enable accelerated infrastructure creation and modernisation of services for a multiplier impact on th...
24 Aug, 2021, 08.20 PM IST
Highway construction in FY21 inches closer to 13,000 kmThe ministry of road transport and highways, through its various implementing agencies, has constructed around 12,700 kilometres of highway...
30 Mar, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
How government can put RBI's Rs 1.76 lakh crore windfall to best useGovt should use the RBI reserves to expedite investment budgeted for the PMGSY, Bharat Mala and Railways.
28 Aug, 2019, 12.05 PM IST
View: Budget announcements on infrastructure must be backed by policy reformsThe vision laid out in the Budget is ambitious. Special attention has been paid to road and railway sectors.
07 Jul, 2019, 11.18 PM IST
What ails India's PPP model and why it doesn't bode well for Modi government's infrastructure pushWith pvt investment in infrastructure via the public private partnership model still weak, public investment needs to step in, to catalyse ...
05 Jul, 2015, 09.07 AM IST
Economic Survey 2015: PPP model needs revamp to revive private sector interestFor example, in port and airport concessions, the bidder offering the highest share of gross revenue collected to the government is selecte...
27 Feb, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Why courts should adopt modern approach while determining compensation for motor accident victimsThe MVA provides the framework for compensation when there is loss of life or limb in accidents involving motor vehicles.
16 Feb, 2015, 09.12 AM IST
Modi government looks to help India realize road-building potential; but faces many challengesModi, Gadkari and co should pull out the stops and help India realize its potential in road-building which has so far seemed better on pape...
03 Aug, 2014, 11.24 AM IST
Budget 2014: Infra companies enthused but see slow recoveryTop executives of infrastructure companies said that Jaitley’s budget managed to touch upon the most crucial issues plaguing the infrastruc...
10 Jul, 2014, 07.33 PM IST
Government plans fresh impetus to 'public-private partnership' to push growthThe government plans to give a fresh impetus to public-private partnership by overhauling the framework for such projects.
14 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Infrastructure sector needs easy global finance capital
World Bank statistics show that from 1990 as much as $51 billion of public and private investment has been invested into various projects. ...
11 Oct, 2007, 11.43 AM IST
- Merits of adopting global accounting system in core sector
Companies, retail & institutional investors, financial services providers & the market as a whole must become aware of this new practice.
25 Sep, 2007, 03.03 AM IST
- Budget '06: Full text
Twenty months ago, when I presented the first Budget of the UPA Government, I asked Honourable Members - and the people of this country - t...
28 Feb, 2006, 01.29 PM IST
- Infrastructure
Quality infrastructure, covering the services of transportation, electricity transmission and distribution; communications (telecommunicati...
25 Feb, 2005, 11.47 PM IST