The Land Acquisition Bill continues to be a serious political issue, under hot debate. The issues of right proportion of landowners who agree to sell their land, and the multiple of market prices that is appropriate, are primarily political issues, and may have limited economic basis to resolve.
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
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Urban infrastructure: Challenges in India
Urban India is important to the Indian economy, society, polity and the environment in more ways than one. For instance, nearly 600 million Indians would be living in cities by 2030, while cities would generate nearly 70 per cent of new jobs by 2030 and also produce more than 70 per cent of India´s gross domestic product.
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India represents significant geographic opportunity
First of all, we see India as a market for Trimble´s core businesses. In general, Trimble as a company attempts to apply world-class technology in the overall construction segment in order to bring efficiency, productivity, safety and quality.
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KINFRA Day celebration inaugurated by Oommen
Noting Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation´s (KINFRA) success story, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that Kerala was one of the leading states when it came to medium and small-scale industries.
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Gandhi Automation eyes international market
Gandhi Automatons Pvt Ltd´s participation in international exhibitions-like R T at Stuttgart, Germany; Big 5 at Dubai-has amply cleared its intentions to go international in a big way.
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Cabinet nod for Sagarmala project
The Government gave ´in principle´nod to Sagarmala project, which is aimed at port-led development in coastal states. ´The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its ´in-principle´approval for the concept and institutional framework of Sagarmala Project,´ an official statement said.
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CSR route for infra development in AP
Industrial growth in Andhra Pradesh is expected to bring a significant improvement in civic infrastructure in villages, as the government will lay due emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies.
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Govt to set up PCPIRs
The Government of India has approved setting up four Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions (PCPIRs) in the states of Andhra Pradesh (Vishakhapatnam - Kakinada), Gujarat (Dahej), Odisha (Paradeep) and Tamil Nadu (Cuddalore - Nagapattinam) which are estimated to attract investments of around Rs 7.63 lakh crore and provide employment to around 33.96 lakh people.
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29-km tunnel in Shiradi Ghat
For seamless travel through Shiradi Ghat, between Bengaluru and coastal Karnataka, the State Government has proposed to construct a 29-km tunnel route on this section.
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AP to adopt land pooling model for large projects
Encouraged by the feat of getting almost 30,000 acres of land in only three months to build a new capital near Vijayawada, the Andhra Pradesh Government is looking at adopting the land pooling model for all large public private partnership infrastructure projects in the state.