Maharashtra becomes 17th state to join UDAY

October 2016

The Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribut...

Tags: Government of India, Memorandum of Understanding, MSEDCL, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, Discom, Energy efficiency, Coal reforms, UDAY

Slow investment recovery holding back growth | India Ratings

August 2016

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for FY17 upwards to 7.8 per cent from its earlier fo...

Tags: India Ratings and Research, GDP, Seventh Central Pay Commission, UDAY scheme, Make in India, Start Up India, Metals, Mining, Roads Oil & gas, Steel, Tyres, Wholesale Price Index, Consumer Price Index, CAD, RBI

Modi 2.0

June 2016

Never before have the rains mattered so much for the corporate sector as this year -despite all the efforts of a hard working government that has jus...

Tags: Natural resource, Coal, Gas, Food, Fertiliser schemes, ICT-based, Road projects, LED on fire, UDAY scheme, AMRUT, Bankruptcy Code, FDI, Ease of Doing Business, Modi Government, Modi 2.0

´States are joining UDAY´

May 2016

Eighteen states and one Union Territory viz., Puducherry have given their in-principle approval to join the scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDA...

Tags: Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, UDAY, Piyush Goyal, Power Distribution Companies

We will construct around 10,000 housing units in a phased manner

May 2016

Termed as a single revenue source corporation, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is leaving no stone unturned to fund the city's planned infrastruc...

Tags: LMC, Infrastructure, Udayraj Singh, RAHUL KAMAT, Commercial, Budget, JNNURM, Swachh Bharat, Swachh Bharat Mission, LED, Energy Efficiency Services Scheme of the Central Government, ESCO, Bharwara sewage treatment plant, Smart city, AMRUT Yojna

The tide is turning

May 2016

Projects commissioned in the country reached a record high of Rs 4.6 lakh crore in FY2016, according to CMIE. ...

Tags: CMIE, FDI, UDAY, DISCOM, Bitumen, Construction, PPP, ASSOCHAM, SEZ, Infrastructure, Ports, Energy, Water Sanitation, Airports, Tourism

Coal ministry to allot five mines to power utilities

May 2016

The Coal Ministry has identified five coal mines for allocation to state-owned power utilities in an effort to smoothen power supply...

Tags: Coal Ministry, Coal Mines, Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana, Uday

The banking industry is facing its sachet moment

February 2016

Telecommunication companies only have payment licenses so they can only take deposits. They can´t lend. What´s happening in banking the world over - ...

Tags: Banking services, Rouhan Sharma, Dr. Rajiv Lall, IDFC Bank, Bill Gates, Nandan Nilekani, Whatsapp, Technology, Investment, PSL, RBS, NHAI, Transportation, UDAY scheme, Infrastructure