Urban transport can be profitable, but do our city governments have the powers and the capability? Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, who was recently in Mumbai to attend the Traffic Infra Tech Expo,
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We have taken specific steps to curb illegal mining
The Centre has been taking several steps in recent months to guarantee that the amount of mineral mined matches that licensed and transported.
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Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extĂÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cĂÂoĂÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inĂÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.
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Coal transportation norms
Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is planning to reduce the distance of carrying the coal having more than 34 per cent ash content to the power plant from 1,000 km to 500 km from the pit-head.
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K'taka inks $350 mn loan deal
Karnataka Government has signed an agreement last month with the Centre and World Bank for securing $350 million loan assistance for implementing roads development under K-SHIP-II project.
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Haryana's nuke plans grow
Haryana government has shortlisted two locations for setting up its second nuclear power plant.
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Fukushima-Daiichi aftermath
In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, the Centre is considering fine-tuning its plans of locating power plants, along the coast.
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Evolving PPP project predictability
The government is framing a national policy for public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure projects to elimiĂÂnate inconsistencies in the ruĂÂles and make infrastructure attĂÂracĂÂtive to foreign investment.
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Tadadi Port attracts 9 bidders
Tadadi port has nine bidders that have already submitted their request for qualification (RFQ) to the government after the State Infrastructure Development Corporation (SIDC) proposed to build the port under Public Private Partnership (PPP).
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New power policy allocates 50 per cent to home state
The government has approved a new policy for allocation of power to be generated by upcoming state-run thermal power plants.