RB Infra plans to raise Rs.6,000 crore through InvITs

September 2016

In what could be the first fund-raising exercise through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), toll road builder IRB Infrastructure Developers i...

Tags: Infrastructure Investment Trusts, IRB Infrastructure Developers, DRHP, Arun Jaitley, SPV

RB Infra plans to raise Rs 6,000 crore through InvITs

August 2016

In what could be the first fund-raising exercise through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), toll road builder IRB Infrastructure Developers i...

Tags: IRB Infrastructure Developers, InvITs, SPV, Arun Jaitley, Distribution, BOT, National Highways Authority of India, Road projects

India attracts highest-ever amount of foreign funds in 2015-16

August 2016

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has reportedly said that India has attracted the highest-ever amount of foreign funds in 2015-16 and has seen a r...

Tags: Arun Jaitley, FDI, Investment, Arjun Ram Meghwal, DTH, Cable, Mobile television, Broadcast Technology

Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill

August 2016

Stepping closer to the concept of ‘one nation, one tax’, Rajya Sabha passed the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Bill. The constitutional amendment will en...

Tags: Rajya Sabha, GST, Arun Jaitley, Great Sentiment Transformation, Pratap Padode, Smart Cities Council India, ICEMA, MSME, JCB India Ltd, Rahul Dandavate, Liebherr India Pvt Ltd, CASE Construction India, Abhijit Gupta, Shib Bhowmik, Joy Global

Revisiting Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

August 2016

The private sector brings with it the benefit of private funding of the projects and efficiency of operations. ´Public-Private Partnership´ (PPP) has...

Tags: PPP projects, Government of India, Indian Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, Kelkar Committee, Mediation, Negotiation, Delhi Mediation Centre, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Electricity, Dispute Review Board, Dispute Review Expert of NHAI, Arbitration, UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules, Vijay Kelkar, IPRC

INDIA INSULATED FROM BREXIT FALLOUT

July 2016

On the 23rd of June, UK public voted to leave the European Union. The news not just sent the UK markets and currency into turmoil but sent shockwaves...

Tags: European Union, Arun Jaitley, Brexit, Earthmoving machinery, Micro tunnelling, Trenchless construction, Marsh Buggy

INDIA INSULATED FROM BREXIT FALLOUT

July 2016

On the 23rd of June, UK public voted to leave the European Union. The news not just sent the UK markets and currency into turmoil but sent shockwaves...

Tags: European Union, Arun Jaitley, Brexit, Earthmoving machinery, Micro tunnelling, Trenchless construction, Marsh Buggy

CCEA approves three major highway projects across the country

July 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to three major highway projects. Briefing the media in Delhi, Finance Minister Arun ...

Tags: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Arun Jaitley, Hybrid Annuity Mode, Infrastructure