Media reports suggest that while tabling the budget 2013-14, the finance minister may announce the expansion of the definition of infrastructure sector so that growth across wider range of sectors is boosted. It may be noted that some sectors like telecom, housing, shipping, education are seeking infrastructure status. On February 28, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will p
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Experts urge govt to take supportive steps for port sector
Experts feel that the government must take supportive steps to enable the shipping ministry to achieve the project award target for 2012-13. While the ministry aims to award 42 new port projects by the end of March 2013, it has so far awarded 17
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Experts urge govt to take supportive steps for port sector
Experts feel that the government must take supportive steps to enable the shipping ministry to achieve the project award target for 2012-13. While the ministry aims to award 42 new port projects by the end of March 2013, it has so far awarded 17
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Ennore Port mulls Rs 10 bn worth bond issue
According to a draft prospectus filed by Ennore Port with market regulator Sebi, the port plans to raise upto Rs 5,000 million through issue of tax-free bonds with an option to retain over subscription upto Rs 5,000 million aggregating to Rs 10,000 million. The port, which is the only one among the 13 major ports controlled by the central government that is run as a com
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Ennore Port mulls Rs 10 bn worth bond issue
According to a draft prospectus filed by Ennore Port with market regulator Sebi, the port plans to raise upto Rs 5,000 million through issue of tax-free bonds with an option to retain over subscription upto Rs 5,000 million aggregating to Rs 10,000 million. The port, which is the only one among the 13 major ports controlled by the central government that is run as a com
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World Bank lends $60 mn for water project
World Bank agreed to lend $60 million for the Karnataka Watershed Development Project II (KWDP II), which aims to improve watershed planning and management in project areas. An agreement to this effect was signed between the World Bank and the state government. To be implemented across seven districts of Karnataka, the project will improve government wate
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State FMs to meet Chidambaram on Feb 14
Finance Ministers of all the states in the country would meet Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 14 in New Delhi to discuss the framework of the goods and services tax (GST). During the meeting, Chidambaram is expected to seek the nod of the state finance ministers on the framework of GST so that a broad outline of the indirect tax
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Minister suggests lenders to offload loans to IDF
Banks must hand over their loan for infrastructure projects to Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) once the projects are completed so that banks can get funds to lend to fresh projects. Finance Minister P Chidambaram suggested this to banks recently. IDF provides long term finance through the lif
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State-run banks may get around Rs 200 bn from govt
Media reports suggest that the government may infuse around Rs 20,000 crore into state-run banks in 2013-14 so that they comply with the capital adequacy conditions of Basel III norms. It is learnt that public sector banks (PSBs) have demanded the above amount for the next financial year from
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Railways to attract Rs 50 bn pvt capital for port linking project
In the next five years, Indian Railways plans to improve rail connectivity to ports across the country by attracting private investment of around Rs 5,000 crore. The plan is expected to address bottlenecks in rail linkage to key ports in the country. In this regard, the railw