New Delhi: Emphasising the need for a balancing act between infrastructure and welfare spending, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the BJP-led government is “pro-poor and pro-industry”.The Minister, who presented Budget 2015-16 in Parliament today,
New Delhi: Asserting that India's infrastructure is a mismatch with its growth ambitions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday proposed a sizeable Rs 70,000 crore increase in investment in the sector besides a slew of
New Delhi: Union Cabinet today cleared the creation of the proposed 5-nation BRICS bank that will mobilise resources for infrastructure projects and provide short-term liquidity to emerging economies in case of payment crisis.The proposal was
New Delhi: Union budget is a comprehensive statement of the government's finances including spending, revenues, deficit or surplus, and debt, for the fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31.The budget is the
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised to make India the "easiest" destination to do business with a stable tax regime and a predictable, transparent and fair policy environment.Pushing his pet theme of manufacturing to
New Delhi: In a pre-Budget meeting with representatives of social infrastructure, human capital and development groups, Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the external environment has largely turned in India's favour and trends indicate that the
New Delhi: India needs to "conceive" several reforms in the banking sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of a two-day banking retreat.Jaitley added that there is a need to
Mumbai: They are rival skippers but World Cuppers Luis Garcia and David James today agreed in unison that organizers of of the Indian Super League football tournament need to improve the infrastructure, logistics and scheduling
New Delhi: Delhi Metro is one of the six Indian projects to feature in the prestigious Infrastructure 100: World Markets Report compiled by the reputed international accounting firm KPMG. In this year's Infrastructure 100, a
Cuttack: The Police today suggested Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) to add new infrastructures at the Barabati Stadium from safety point of view as preparations are in full swing for the Twenty20 match between India and
Oslo: Visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has invited Norwegian businessmen to invest in India and to participate in "India's growth story".In a speech at a banquet Monday night in his honour by King Harald V
New Delhi: Japan on Wednesday offered help to India in building road infrastructure in strategically important Northeast, a proposal unlikely to go down well with China.The offer was made by visiting Japanese Minister for Land,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said, “A nation that gives impetus to infrastructure, be it roads, rail, airport, that is where chances of development increase.” “We have to take ownership to build a
New Delhi: There is no getting away from the importance of infrastructure as a catalyst for real estate growth. Especially in terms of public transport and overall connectivity of areas, infrastructure is of paramount importance.
New Delhi: With the BJP now elected into power, there are high expectations for the Indian infrastructure industry to take off in all earnestness. This is a very important development for real estate, since the
New Delhi: After asking colleagues to set a 100-day target, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held separate meetings with ministers holding infrastructure portfolios to discuss the priorities they have identified and how they plan to
Addis Ababa: President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar, announced the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Friday.The event aims to promote the participation
London: Describing Narendra Modi as a “doer” who has proved himself in Gujarat, Hinduja Group co-chairman G P Hinduja today said infrastructure should be the new Indian government's top priority and investment will then flood
New Delhi: Delhi Technological University (DTU) is facing a shortage of teaching staff with over 100 posts lying vacant besides lacking adequate infrastructure, Delhi government officials said yesterday.According to Directorate of Training and Technical Education,
New Delhi: A pan-India goods and services tax with the support of state governments, a push for infrastructure and privatisation of state units without politics are among the assurances of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra
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