Post GST, Maharashtra will be the biggest beneficiary

November 2016

Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra, has to ensure that the state must be in a position to be self-sufficient in tax collection, post G...

Tags: Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra, GST Council, Octroi, Government of India, LBT, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Infrastructure, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Arun Jaitley

India expects major investments in infra sector, says FM

November 2016

Keeping in mind the acute infrastructure deficit that has traditionally plagued the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that he sees a ¨l...

Tags: Infrastructure, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, BBC World News

New norms to boost construction sector

October 2016

In order to boost the construction sector, the government approved new norms that will help in quicker resolution of disputes to kick-start stalled p...

Tags: Construction, Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, Turnkey Projects

FM announces exemption threshold, administrative control mechanism for GST

September 2016

The two-day meeting of the newly-constituted GST Council comprising the Union Finance Minister, Union Minister of State for Finance and the state Fin...

Tags: GST Council, Finance Ministers, North-Eastern states, Taxpayers, Central, Tax rate, Slabs

Private participation likely in modernisation of state-run ports

May 2016

Drawing from the experience of the aviation and highways sectors, the Shipping Ministry is looking at modernising state-run sea ports with private se...

Tags: Ports, Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley

Venu Vinod, Managing Director - Cybercity Builders & Developers Pvt Ltd

February 2016

The government has taken positive steps with the announcement of smart cities, increase in FDI and “Housing for all-2022” that have boosted the senti...

Tags: Venu Vinod, Cybercity Builders & Developers Pvt Ltd, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitely, Concrete, Infrastructure, Real Estate Projects

GOI makes it mandatory to take prior approval of FinMin for all kinds of proposals requiring cabinet nod

October 2014

The Government of India has made it compulsory for all proposals requiring cabinet nod to get prior approval from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley invol...

Tags: Prior Approval, Finance Minister, Arunj Jaitely, Mandatory, Railways, Disinvestment

GOI cleared 296 projects worth Rs 6.60 lakh crore till January 2014

February 2014

To fast track project implementation, the Government of India has set-up the Cabinet Committee on Investment and the Project Monitoring Group. Due to...

Tags: Cabinet Committee on Investment, Project Monitoring Group, Projects, P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister