Road projects in Nashik came to a halt because of lack of availability of a key raw material, 'murum' soil, with the environment ministry yet to approve mining of stone quarrying in the district. It may be noted that the a Supreme Court (SC) order makes it mandatory to obtain environmental clearance for mining of minor minerals, even on land less than five hectare
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Kochi’s AL Jacob flyover opens to public
In Kochi, the new Railway Over Bridge constructed by the DMRC near the KSRTC bus station was finally named ĂâAL JacobĂâ flyover during its inaugural function. However, Kerala Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the feeder Road from Kadavantra to the RoB would continue to be known as ĂâSalim-RajanĂâ Road. A row over the naming of the RoB had broken out with the kin of the late Salim and Rajan, two class 1X students, brutally murdered by a local goon 43 years ago at the present RoB site, objected to nam
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Proposed aviation policy to improve Indian aviation infra
There is some progress in the Union government's move to being in a policy to set up aviation hubs in the country with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently setting up an inter-ministerial committee. The aim of the committee is to iron out inter-ministerial differences over the proposed policy. The polity's objective is to improve civil aviation infrastructure outside the four Indian metro cities.
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Govt may implement change in FDI control definition prospectively
In an interview to a leading newspaper, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma that the proposed changes in the definition of foreign Ăâcontrol and ownershipĂâ would be applicable prospectively. Applying the proposed change in definition is necessary to protect the interest of foreign companies that entered into joint-ventures, partnerships or inves
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Govt clears land pooling policy for Delhi
The government approved the modification regarding Land Pooling Policy in Master Plan Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021). This information was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha recently
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Govt almost completes golden quadrilateral project
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana informed Lok Sabha that the entire length of Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) has been completed, except 110 metre. The North - South and East - West Corridor has also been completed, except 636 km under implementation and 372 km to be
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Govt mops up over Rs 190 bn via duty on fuel
Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Rajya Sabha that the total amount collected from Additional Excise Duty during 2012-13 (Provisional) is 19,333 crore. Lakshmi said that the amounts collected during 2011-12 and 2010-11 are Rs 18,428 crore and Rs 16,979 crore respectively
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AAI’s budget cut to hit airport development in Northeast
The airport development programme in Northeast India will hit by the cut in the Airport Authority of India's (AAI) budgetary support, stated a Parliamentary panel of Rajya Sabha. The department related parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture has in its recently submitted report stated that budgetary support in the form of grants-in-aid provided to AAI in annual plan 2013-14 is Rs 42 crore.
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Dufry, DFS get GVK’s Bali airport duty-free, retail deals
Media reports say that the GVK Group-managed Bali International airport has awarded major contracts to Dufry and DFS for duty-free and retail respectively in one of AsiaĂâs fastest-growing aviation markets. The contracts were awarded at a ceremony attended by President Commissioner of state-owned airport operator AngkasaPura I, Surajo Siswodihardjo, GVK president, Project Development, Karthi Gajendran, and other delegates from AngkasaPura I (AP-I), Dufry International and DFS.
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Jet Airways may order for 100 aircraft: CAPA
The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimates that Jet Airways could be ordering over 100 aircraft valued at a list price of over $12 billion at the Paris Air Show which is to begin on June 17. The aircraft order is likely to be equally divided between Boeing and Airbus.