Monday, Dec 03, 2012
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is taking utmost efforts to encourage higher availability of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) in India.
Monday, Nov 05, 2012
The Central Government is looking at creating an ecosystem for a globally competitive ESDM (Electronic System and Design and Manufacturing) sector in the country through its newly approved the National Policy on Electronics 2012.
Monday, Oct 08, 2012
The Ministry of Steel is finalising a draft National Steel Policy 2012 to facilitate rapid growth of the domestic Steel sector by ensuring faster capacity addition.
Friday, Sep 21, 2012
The Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways is leaving no stone unturned to fulfil the target of awarding
Monday, Jun 04, 2012
In May 2012, the Central Government ratified National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012. The policy proposes to do away with roaming charges and allow mobile phone subscribers to use same number across country.
Monday, Apr 09, 2012
The Central Government has released a
harmonised list of sectors that should get
infrastructure status.
Monday, Feb 13, 2012
The Maharashtra Government during January 2012 announced amendments to the Development Control Rules (DCR) for Mumbai region. The new rules will soon be made public through a government order.
Monday, Jan 09, 2012
The Union Government plans to introduce third-party monitoring and electronic payment for road construction projects that are being implemented on EPC basis. The modifications are part of a new model concession agreement for EPC road projects
Monday, Dec 12, 2011
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is likely to introduce changes in the norm regarding the defect liability period for EPC projects. The proposed changes in the criterion have caused disagreements between Planning Commission and the highwa
Monday, Nov 14, 2011
The Union Government approved the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) during October 2011 that aims for high growth in employment, investment and output. The policy is expected to address issues related to skill development, technology upgradation, global
Monday, Oct 10, 2011
During September 2011, the Union Government introduced policy reforms for mining, land acquisition and PPP projects in the country.
Monday, Sep 12, 2011
The Union Government, in its bid to bring more discipline in various sectors, mulls to set up regulatory bodies for Automobiles, Coal, Nuclear Power and Railways sector.
Monday, Aug 08, 2011
The Union Government is trying to initiate few changes in the policy norms with special focus on coal. In order to encourage more and more coal mining projects in the country, New Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill was cleared by a Group
Monday, Jul 11, 2011
The MoEF is likely to take up a proposal to undertake Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) on its own for projects coming up in eco-sensitive areas as well as those having multiple units.
Monday, Jun 06, 2011
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has notified the regulations on big-ticket mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
Monday, Apr 11, 2011
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Monday, Feb 14, 2011
The Union Government on 13 January 2011 released the defence production policy.
Monday, Jan 10, 2011
The Union Government is likely to bring annuity
based PPP projects under the fiscal responsibility
framework in the Budget to ensure they do not
become a big burden in the future.
Monday, Nov 08, 2010
The Union Government is likely to formulate a new policy to unlock the value of huge tracts of land lying unutilised at 13 state-owned ports in the country.
Monday, Oct 11, 2010
The Union Government is mulling over setting up
an independent sectoral regulator, possibly through
an ordinance under the existing Mines Act to curb
illegal mining.
Monday, Sep 13, 2010
The disagreement between the Union Coal Ministry
and the MoEF over the classification of 'go' and 'nogo'
areas for CIL, is likely to be resolved soon.
Monday, Aug 09, 2010
The Union Government has relaxed the minimum built-up area norms for SEZs (tax-free enclaves) coming up in smaller cities.
Monday, Jul 12, 2010
The Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs will consider framing rules that will allow migration of units from one SEZ to the other on 8 June 2010.
Monday, Jun 14, 2010
MoEF to streamline clearance procedures
The MoEF is likely to reconstitute the Expert
Appraisal Committees (EACs) in order to organise the
clearance procedures in more effective manner.
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Union Government on 22 April 2010 decided not
to levy new duty on imports of Chinese power
equipment.
Monday, Apr 12, 2010
The Union Government is mulling to extend the
viability gap funding (VGF) scheme for the PPP
projects in health, education and transmission of
electricity.
Monday, Mar 08, 2010
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has reportedly issued new norms which limit connectivity to inter-State network, and hence, are likely to pose problems for small hydro projects and captive units.
Monday, Feb 08, 2010
The Delhi Government approved the new industrial
policy on 4 January 2010.
Monday, Jan 11, 2010
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
issued tariff regulations for generation and
transmission projects for the period 2009-14 on 20
January 2009.
Monday, Dec 14, 2009
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
is likely to allow real estate developers to tie up with
road developers for setting up SEZs alongside
expressways.
Monday, Nov 09, 2009
The Union Government is mulling over a proposal which is likely to keep government companies, state-owned mining corporations and tariff-based power projects, including ultra mega power projects out of the proposed competitive bidding process for captive
Monday, Oct 12, 2009
The Union MoEF plans to set up a National
Environment Protection Authority to grant
environmental clearances to different projects,
ensuring conformity with environmental laws.
Monday, Sep 14, 2009
The Union Government has come up with new PPP
guidelines according to which 50:50 JVs will not be
allowed between a private firm and a government
company in the infrastructure sector.
Monday, Aug 10, 2009
The Union Government on 7 July 2009 ruled out any possibility of putting cap on the number of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) allotted to a single player citing legal impossibility in doing so.
Monday, Jul 13, 2009
Mrs Pratibha Patil, President of India, is expected to reintroduce the Amendment Bill to the Land Acquisition Act and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill in the forthcoming budget session of Parliament.
Monday, Jun 08, 2009
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is likely to introduce new parameters for determining the cost of generation and transmission for thermal power projects.
Monday, May 11, 2009
The Union Government is planning to revise the
tendering process for supercritical power plant
equipment to allow companies to bid separately for
boilers and turbines.
Monday, Apr 13, 2009
The Union Government is reportedly considering
revision of customs/excise duty on inputs required
by the chemicals and petrochemicals industries, in
order to bail out the industries reeling under global
financial meltdown.
Monday, Mar 09, 2009
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the third stimulus package on 25 February 2009. The following are some of the key highlights of the package:
Monday, Feb 09, 2009
The Central government has received a proposal from the Planning Commission to introduce the concept of 'golden share' for infrastructure projects being executed through the PPP mode.
Monday, Jan 12, 2009
The Central government may delay making its new
‘ground handling policy’ applicable from 01
January 2008, by at least six months, as it faces
opposition from airlines and airline employee
unions.
Monday, Dec 08, 2008
The Gujarat government is expected to soon announce a new industrial policy, focusing on investment facilitation.
Monday, Nov 10, 2008
Twenty-five national and international firms have
evinced interest in offering consultancy services to
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) for
implementing the government's Rs.50,000 crore
Power sector reform scheme.
Monday, Oct 13, 2008
The Karnataka government plans to formulate a comprehensive urban development policy, to instill systematic growth in the state's towns and cities.
Monday, Sep 08, 2008
The Bihar government has announced an IT policy
which aims building core IT infrastructure in the
state, ushering in e-Governance, providing
extensive citizen-centric services, promoting IT
education, incentivising IT businesses to set up
units in the sta
Monday, Aug 11, 2008
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) now seems reluctant to allow Norway's Statoil Hydro to increase its stake in KG-DWN-98/2 offshore block beyond 20 per cent, as was originally agreed.
Monday, Jun 09, 2008
The Maharashtra Government has identified a need for all BOT projects in the state to be implemented following certain guidelines. For this, it will soon formulate a policy with norms, which will have to be adhered to by the civic bodies who implement the
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board has informed gas manufacturing companies about gas distribution regulations to households, vehicles and industries, included within cities.
Monday, Apr 14, 2008
Based on a report by consultants Ernst and Young, the West Bengal government is likely to finalise its new tourism policy by end-March 2008.
Monday, Mar 10, 2008
The government is mulling an institution modelled on Partnerships UK (a major player in developing PPP projects in the United Kingdom) to build viable PPP projects in India. The proposal is likely to be part of the Union Budget 2008-09.
Monday, Jan 14, 2008
The government has set up an appraisal committee and has defined norms to approve projects being developed under the publicprivate- partnership (PPP) model in Uttarakhand.
Monday, Dec 10, 2007
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has proposed a
competitive bidding process to select public and private entities who would
develop city gas distribution networks.
Monday, Nov 12, 2007
The government has finalised its policy for the IT investment regions (ITIRs), which requires the ITIRs to be large sized townships of minimum 40 sq.km area.
Monday, Oct 08, 2007
With the intent to place India on the global semiconductor map, the Government
has framed certain guidelines, by attracting investments worth billions of
dollars.
Monday, Sep 10, 2007
The Tamil Nadu Government has formulated a new minor ports policy under which, the private sector will be invited to develop ports.
Monday, Jul 09, 2007
In order to promote electricity generation from non-conventional sources, the Gujarat government has announced a'Wind Energy Policy-2007
Monday, Jun 11, 2007
The Orissa government proposes to formulate a new policy for the captive power plants (CPPs) operating in the state, by June 2007.
Monday, May 14, 2007
The government is planning to change the tariff-setting norms at 12 major ports from cost-plus to an upfront payment system. The proposed change is expected to make the ports more competitive.