Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the country offers huge scope for US firms to participate in its $1 trillion infrastructure development plan. At the USIBC-FICCI round table, Mukherjee inforÂmed the gathering that his government was working towÂards building a consensus on a number of pending policy issÂues, like introduction of Goods and Services Tax, National Manufacturing Policy, liberalisation of FDI policy
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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New environment may curb mining, not illegal mining
The recent mining scams have sounded a wake up call, and yet definitive action to prevent illegal mining has not come forth.Will new laws such as higher taxation and profit sharing help the cause of the government’s efforts to curb illegal mining through technology and strengthened monitoring? Charu Bahri goes beyond the regular headlines of new scams and ends up not being convinced the new law will curb illegal mining.
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Karnataka mining in limbo
In the state that produces more than 35 million tonne of iron ore every year, accounting for more about 25 percent of the nation’s output, mining and exports of iron ore from the state have come to a complete standstill National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC)
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Expertspeak: The solution within
Wherever feasible, converting illegal mines to legitimate ones after determining the entrepreneur’s worth will result in better competitiveness, rehabilitation and revenues to the exchequer, says RK Sharma.Obtaining mining approval takes considerable time mainÂly at the state level.
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All we need is a monitoring body, not new laws or technology
Without an enforcement agency to constantly monitor the landscape, mines will continue to be exploited, NN Gautam, Advisor, ACB (India), and former Advisor to Union Ministry of Coal, tells Shashidhar Nanjundaiah.The term illegal means that there is either connÂivance or a laxity in enforcement. This is a governance issue a corruption issue.
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Analysis: Staring at an increasing resource crunch
In a country where minerals are reported as scarce, comprehensively mapping and identifying available natural minerals will result in a major upward revision of our estimates how much can be mined indirectly curbing illegal mining. Puneet Goel writes.
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UTC Fire & Security Foolproof solutions
UTC Fire & Security India Ltd has opened a new world class fire suppression systems factory in Bangalore. UTC Fire & Security is a global leader in fire safety and electronic security solutions and is a unit of United Technologies Corp.
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Indian EPC 2011: Driving growth efficiently
As with all ideas that promise (relative) speed, simplicity and quality, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) has caught on quickly.The order books of the over 150 players in the arena are bulging, and there is increased interest in this sector from experienced foreign players who have made their India foray, new to the sector Indian conglomerates as well as pan-Indian infrastructure developers.
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Vox Pop: Procurement is now sophisticated, international
Procurement practices are constantly being redefined, yet understanding of technology and competition is still young, say experts.About 60 percent of an Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) project cost goes to procurement. Have you seen an evolution from procurement to supply chain management?
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Extra time for SEZ projects
The government has given more time to as many as 37 special economic zone (SEZ) developers to execute their projects. At a meeting, the Board of Approval (BoA) headed by Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar also allowed five SEZ developers to surrender their projects