India´s ambitious infrastructure development plans hinge largely upon a successful transition from the current multiple taxes regime to the new uniform taxation code of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Is the industry ready to meet the April 1, 2017 deadline? We do a status check...
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NTPC and EIL Partner to Develop Coal-to-SNG Facility for Grid Stability and Clean Energy Transition
NHAI to Display Toll Pass Details at Fee Plazas to Boost Transparency and Ease Travel
TEC Signs MoU with IIT-Hyderabad to Drive Indigenous Telecom Standards
Grid of Change: Odisha Model and Reimagining Power Sector Reforms Through PPPs
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Vikram Solar Secures 148.9 MW Module Order from Sunsure Energy for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh Projects
KPIL Secures ₹23.32 Billion in New Orders Across T&D and Civil Infrastructure Businesses
NHAI to Deploy Network Survey Vehicles for 20,000-Plus km Highway Audit Across 23 States
India’s Renewables Pivot: From Speed to System Strength
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Vaishnaw Visits Delhi Station as Railways Set to Run Record 12,011 Festive Trains
UDAN Turns Nine: 15.6 Million Flyers, ₹90 Billion Invested in Regional Aviation
India’s Logistics Cost to Hit Single Digits by December 2025: Gadkari
Toshiba Commits ₹32.32 Billion to Expand T&D Manufacturing in Japan and India
Embraer-Mahindra Alliance to Deliver C-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft for IAF
Inland Waterway Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal Operationalised Under PPP Model
Digital Monitoring Led to Shutdown of 51 Stalled Projects in Northeast: Scindia
IndiGo Confirms 60 A350-900s, Signs Rolls-Royce Deal to Power Long-Haul Expansion
Tag: Value-Added Tax
Centre asks States to cut VAT on jet fuel to 4%
The Union government on September 10 asked State governments to cut value added tax (VAT) on jet fuel to four per cent and ease a major burden on aviation industry in the country. The move comes as Indian airlines posting a combined loss of about Rs 10,000 crore in 2012-13 and a total debt of almost Rs 90,000 crore.
Coal Seam Gas Production Balloons in Asia
Unconventional gas is becoming increasingly popular across the Asia-Pacific, as demand for natural gas grows throughout the regionÂ’s major industrialised nations, states a new report from business intelligence experts GlobalData. The new report* looks at Coal Bed Methane (CBM), otherwise known as Coal Seam Gas (CSG), which has similar properties to natural gas, is extracted from coal seams and represents an important unconventional source of gas.
De-fragmenting the sector
The continually increased budget expenditure on the logistics sector, only 1 per cent of which is in the organised sector, has not borne fruit in cost reduction, so it’s time to recognise efficiency as the new theme to work towards,


