There are few people in the seats of power who're more convinced about PPP than Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India. In a freewheeling interview and a mood for candour,
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Quasi-judicial body to resolve disputes
The Planning Commission is working on what the new Dispute Resolution Bill should contain. Based on a briefing of Infrastructure Today's round table discussion on Dispute Resolution in Infrastructure (see lead story), Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India,
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Govts move to give more powers to TAMP opposed
The Union Shipping Ministry's move to give more powers to the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has been opposed strongly by the Planning Commission. The Commission has strongly objected to the move of undermining the provisions of the model concession agreement in determining the performance standards of major ports and linking tariff to the performance of ports. The Commission said this would lead to ambiguity and disputes.
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Planning Commission, NHAI differ over Rs 6000-cr project
The Planning Commission is not in favour of the National Highways Authority of India's insistence of rescheduling the premium of Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway project. The Planning Commission is of the view that NHAI should go for re-bidding of the Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad project in the wake of GMR walking out of it.
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Ministry denies restructuring for all road developers
Union finance ministry opposed the idea of the roads ministry to provide blanket relief to road developers who are suffering from financial crisis. Recently, the finance ministry received proposals from the roads ministry for restructuring the amount owed to the government by road developers
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Ministry denies restructuring for all road developers
Union finance ministry opposed the idea of the roads ministry to provide blanket relief to road developers who are suffering from financial crisis. Recently, the finance ministry received proposals from the roads ministry for restructuring the amount owed to the government by road developers
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Govt takes steps to weed out issues in infra sector
A Planning Commission official informed that the government has taken several steps to issues in the implementation of PPP projects in road and other sectors. In an interview to a leading media, the official elaborated that the government brought road projects outside the ambit of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, following a Supreme Court order. Also, construction com
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Separate grid for solar, wind projects
The Union Government would set up a green corridor to generate power from solar and wind capacities that were established at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore, Planning Commission member BK Chaturvedi has said
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UP to invest on infrastructure projects
Of the total plan outlay of Rs 69,200 crore for Uttar Pradesh in 2013-14, the state government plans to spend more than 20 per cent on upgrading economic infrastructure.
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Infra projects in North East
Planning Commission was directed to convene a meeting of all the chief ministers of the north-eastern states to expedite key infrastructure projects. The meeting is intended to improve inter-state coordination for speedy completion of the projects.