Union cabinet may consider approval for several large-sized infrastructure projects, costing at least Rs 1,000 crore, to ensure expeditious clearances. Union finance ministry is learnt to have sought specific comments from the concerned ministries on pending approvals
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Banks adequately capitalised despite rising bad loans
In its annual report, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the banking system is adequately capitalised despite the rising trend in the gross non-performing assets (NPA). The gross NPA rose to 4.4 per cent of the total advances by March 2014 from 3.42 per cent a year ago.
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Bank credit to infra sector rises
Bank credit to infrastructure sector rose over 100 times to Rs 786,045 crore in 2012-13 from Rs 7,243 crore in 1999-2000, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report. The report shows that credit exposure of banks to infrastructure sector has been deteriorating since 2011 owing to the economic slowdown and the emergence of sector-specific issues amid structural bottlenecks in the econ
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Govt provides Rs 2,000 cr sops to export sector
The Union government has provided Rs 2,000 crore incentives to support the country's sagging exports, Unon Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said. The government's subvention is for clearing its dues to the export sector. Chidambaram told that as much as Rs 1,550 crore would be used to clear existing dues and the remaining Rs 450 crore would go towards interest subvention rate hike from 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
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Govt to take steps to protect investors
With regard to the National Spot Exchange (NSEL) crisis, the government is planning to introduce all possible measures to ensure investors, particularly the small ones, get back their money. The government plans to disband the NSEL board, appoint an administrator and attach the exchange's prop
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Lack of gas supply renders power plants idle
Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said 12 power projects, with a total generation capacity of 2,978.62 mw, are lying idle because they don't receive natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6. During first and second quarter of 2013 (till August 19, 2013), these projects, which are solely dependent on gas supply from KG-D6, did not
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Ministry norms hinder ONGC’s exploration plan
According to media reports, the restriction on exploration in 'no-go' areas imposed by the ministry of defence (MoD) may hinder Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) business plan. The public sector firm plans to rope in technical parters for its deep water and ultra deep water blocks, which fall unde
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CPI demands govt to revisit gas price formula
Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded the Union government to revisit the Rangarajan price formula of natural gas produced by Reliance Industries (RIL) in KG-D6 block as the production cost for RIL is just Rs $2.74 a million Britiesh Thermal unit (mBtu). CPI added that the Rangarajan pricing formula of $8.4 an mBtu would give RIL a windfall gain. The Rangarajan formula is applicable from April 2014.
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Domestic crude oil output in India dips by 2.3%
Indian oil refinery companies have imported 15.944 million tonne of oil in July against 14.594 million tonne in the same month last year as the domestic crude oil output has diminished. Domestic oil production dropped by 2.3 per cent in July, states the data of the Union Ministry for Petroleum & Natural Gas.
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Mumbai Port to set up marina for yachts
Rajiv Gupta, Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust said the port plans to set up its first marina project to give the yacht owners a secure storage place, especially during monsoon. The marina would be developed on the land-lease model and it is expected to come up on the northern side of the harbour waters, away from the Mallet Bun