For the financial year 2013-14, Assam received a plan outlay of Rs 12,500 crore which was cleared by the Planning Commission. This is 19 per cent higher than the allocation of Rs 10,500 crore in 2012-13. The outlay was agreed at a meeting of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
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Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh remarked that the Indian capital market made a significant progress since Sebi was formed in late 1980s and going forward it needs to be even more benchmarked against global standards. He also opined that the domestic capital market withstood the pressures of the time very well and has come a long way over the
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Ahluwalia says capital markets made significant progress
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh remarked that the Indian capital market made a significant progress since Sebi was formed in late 1980s and going forward it needs to be even more benchmarked against global standards. He also opined that the domestic capital market withstood the pressures of the time very well and has come a long way over the
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Ahluwalia bats for govt penalty if approval delayed
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia proposed that the government must pay penalty in case of delay in granting statutory clearances to infrastructure projects. This will create an incentive not to delay clearance, he said while addressing a Ficci conference. Several infrastructure projects in the country are delayed because of lack of statutory clearances like envir
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Rail modernisation: Changing tracks
The Expert Group on Modernisation of Indian Railways submitted its recommendations to the government a year ago, and the Central Government has taken some significant steps in its Rail Budget 2013-14
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There is a huge potential to enhance our cement consumption
Consumption of cement can be enhanced by giving major thrust for the development of infrastructure apart from providing a level playing field with the global cement exporters by re-imposing the basic import duty on cement, presently zero,
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Plan panel clears Rs 5.48 tn outlay for railways in 12th plan
The Planning Commission approved an outlay of Rs 5.19 lakh crore for Indian Railways in the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). It may be noted that the railway ministry proposed an outlay of Rs 5.48 lakh crore. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Rajya Sabha. The total outlay cleared by the commission includes
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Assocham urges govt to support aviation sector
Industry body ASSOCHAM urged the civil aviation ministry, the Planning Commission and the RBI to work out a joint and a clear mechanism to give a boost to the aviation sector. In a communication to the government, the chamber raised concern that the sector faces policy and regulatory issues besides lack of finance, especially the equit
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Factory output rises a tepid 0.6%
Factory output as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew a marginal 0.6 percent in February 2013 from the year-ago month. The cumulative growth for the period April-February 2012-13 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 0.9 percent
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Govt to clear hurdles in project implementation
The government would clear bottlenecks hindering implementation of over 340 projects, including 125 new projects, Panning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia informed. These projects are struck mainly because of lack of regulatory clearances, shortage of fuel, land acquisition problem etc. These issues need to be addressed at political levels, he said