The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) plans to raise Rs 8,000 crore from various sources to fund projects worth Rs 16,000 crore for the next financial year (FY).
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The Union Budget has a progressive outlook
The Union Budget for fiscal 2018 has a progressive outlook and encourages investments with initiatives like affordable housing being given infrastructure status to avail new funding avenues. The Budget has expanded the scope for the capital and bond markets.
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Ashwin Vasista, Associate, Singhania and Co
The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is in itself a path-breaking fiscal reform. Corporate tax and other indirect taxes may be revamped keeping in view GST requirement.
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Making Indian Infra Work
Though Public-Private Partnership contracts are the mainstay of infra projects, evidence of PPP performance in terms of value-for-money and efficiency is mixed and often unavailable, says Sangeeta Lakhi, Senior Partner, Rajani Associates.
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Still a work in progress
The GST regime will facilitate ease of doing business, but the government has to ensure that there is no adversarial impact on the infrastructure sector during the rollout, says PRATIK JAIN.
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Post GST, Maharashtra will be the biggest beneficiary
To be honest, at present, it is highly impossible to share any revenue losses and it is not correct on our part to share these numbers without any ground study. Now, you have to consider a couple of factors before we come out with the figures.
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Bumpy Ride Ahead
The Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014 is a much-needed initiative that still needs the implementation clarity to make it a success. In order to tackle the steadfast ascent in the number of road accidents, and the inefficiency in the road transport system
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IL&FS Group’s foray into port & logistics: Fujairah and Dighi
IL&FS Group has had a long association with the infrastructure sector specifically in the promotion and development of greenfield projects. The Group's maritime division IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Ltd (IMICL)
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Bailout or sell-out
The dance of democracy will unfold soon, as the poll dates have been announced. While the political fraternity gets down to the poll mathematics, the entire nation awaits the results with a hope of a stable government that can push growth volumes.
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Govt mulls to set up infrastructure trust fund
In support of investments in the infrastructure sector, the Union government is mulling to set up an infrastructure trust fund by next November. The fund will be on the lines of fiscal funds set up by real estate investment trusts in Singapore and some other countries. In India, infrastructure sector has been struggling for the past few years due to lack of investments since banks have been wary of lending due to policy constraints.