Real-estate players developers welcome GST implementation

April 2017

Real-estate developers have welcomed the implementation of Goods and Service Tax. According to them, GST will greatly improve a fractured tax system ...

Tags: Real-estate developers, GST, EMI, Lok Sabha, Mohit Goel, Omaxe Ltd, GST Council, Atul Banshal, Ravish Kapoor, Elan Group, Viridian Group, Prashant Tripathi

The new norms

April 2017

Lok Sabha has passed the GST Bill, clearing the deck for its smooth rollout from this July. Termed as independent India’s biggest reform initiative, ...

Tags: GST Bill, Lok Sabha, IRC, CASH Focus

Government generates Rs 1,748 crore from auction of 31 coal mines

March 2017

The government has generated revenue of Rs 17,47.70 crore from the auction of 31 coal blocks. “The revenue generated till January, 2017 from the a...

Tags: Coal blocks, Piyush Goyal, Lok Sabha, Coal mines

Govt gets Rs 1.15 cr for regional air connectivity fund

March 2017

The government has garnered more than Rs 1.15 crore towards funds for the regional air connectivity scheme, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi R...

Tags: Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Regional Connectivity Scheme, Lok Sabha, Federation of Indian Airlines

Peripheral E´way to ease Delhi´s traffic woes

December 2016

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan has informed the Lok Sabha that to decongest traffic in Delhi, a ´Peripheral´ Exp...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways Pon Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha, Peripheral Expressway, EPE, NHAI

Air India posts Rs 246 crore operating loss in April-June quarter

November 2016

Air India has reported an operational loss of Rs 246.14 crore in the three months ended June 2016. The airline had turned operationally profitable in...

Tags: Aviation Jayant Sinha, Lok Sabha, Civil Aviation, Air India, Passenger Revenue

New Peripheral Expressway to ease Delhi's traffic woes

November 2016

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan has informed the Lok Sabha that to decongest traffic in Delhi, a ‘Peripheral’ Exp...

Tags: Road Transport, Highways, Pon Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha, Peripheral Expressway, EPE, Baghpat, Gautam Budh Nagar, Palwal, NHAI, WPE, Manesar Palwal, BOT, Haryana project

Railway stations turn to solar energy

August 2016

In order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the Ministry of Railways has planned to harness 1,000 MW of solar power through developer mode by putt...

Tags: Ministry of Railways, Power, Coal, Renewable Energy, Mines, Ministry of Railways for cooperation, MoU, Lok Sabha, Solar power, Hydropower