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Railway minister announces five-year outlay at Rs 8.5 lakh cr; Plan expenditure hike of 52% to Rs 1.11 lakh cr for 2015-16.. How do you rate Suresh Prabhus Railway Budget?. Financial X-ray.. NTPCs 15,000-Mw solar projects approved. This target.. Commission proposes that states use the increased fiscal space for expenses on judiciary, maintenance, forest cover, education and health.. People across India demand improved facilities ahead of rail budget
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The 51-year-old Qatari prince has already tied up with a 31-year-old Delhi-based businessman Mitesh Sharma for taking the investment forward through projects in real estate, sea ports and airports, besides smart cities. According a person. [ANALYSIS] Bank of Baroda: RoE set to improve to 1. Bengal will. Be the loan ranger | The Financial Express http://... Railways is the backbone of India, wont privatise.. Suresh Prabhus panel suggests opening up of coal.
SpiceJet has announced low fare tickets. (AFP File Photo)
After completing engineering from IIT, Delhi, Singh went to Cornell University where he did an MBA in finance and was also the president of the universitys India Association. Singh, whose father hailed from Alwar and mother from Meerut, joined the.
Environment and Health News Reports January -March 5, 2014
Standardize fuel to improve Delhi air: Experts. The Delhi. Source: Livemint, New Delhi, Mar 5, 2014. Get paid for. susceptible. In a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the authors said most of these potentially damaging chemicals were found in food contact materials... Only development fundamentalists like Narendra Modi, Pachauri and Suresh Prabhu support such projects which cause Ara Sea type disaster. Pachauri is��.
RBIs surprising rate cut decision
Rate decisions outside the policy review cycle are unusual and are associated with extraordinary financial circumstances. One example was the panic that gripped markets in 2008 that necessitated a large injection of liquidity by the central bank. There.
Railway budget likely to roll out reforms road map
New Delhi: If Suresh Prabhus first three months in Rail Bhawan are any indication to go by, the ministers maiden railway budget on Thursday will be a mission document.. His first 100 days as railway minister have seen the ministry form 10.
Concept PR bags Agency Excellence Award at Global.
Mr. Gowda said credibility and honesty in the field of communication can go a long way in improving various facilities and public utilities in the country. Announcing the GCA award, Mr. Krishna B Mariyanka, Conference��.
NDA govt passes ordinance to ease land acquisition
Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Union cabinet, finance minister Arun Jaitley said projects in defence, rural electrification, housing for the poor and industrial corridors would not require the approval of 80% of affected.
Narendra Modi expands cabinet, inducts 21 new ministers
. Suresh Prabhu has been given the railway ministry, which is keenly watched by Modi because of his interest in building rail infrastructure in the country and also to promote his pet project of starting a bullet train in the country. Surprisingly.
Dominic Barton | The coming productivity revolution
Red warnings lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global economy,��� British Prime Minister David Cameron declared after the Group of Twentys (G-20) summit in November. He is right. But the real worry is not the risk associated with .
India, US to increase focus on solar power
Obama said the two sides are ���launching new joint projects to improve air quality in Indian cities���. ���US will share more data and develop tools to help India assess and adapt to the impact of climate change and help vulnerable communities become more .
NITI meet: Modi to seek states views on budget, infrastructure development
New Delhi: At the first meeting of governing council of NITI Aayog on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek views of chief ministers and Lt. Governors on Budget 2015-16, flagship schemes and infrastructure projects like rail and roads to put.
BSE Suports Lord Loombas Crusade for Socio-Economic.
In January, The Loomba Foundations goodwill ambassador, and internationally renowned corporate finance lawyer, Chris Parsons, will be back in Mumbai to walk 30 marathons in 30 days covering a distance of 1260km from The. A highlight of the conference was the launch of a project of 500 sewing machines in Mumbai jointly by The Loomba Foundations trustee Mrs. Shamin Lalji, and patron Padamshri Sh. Vikramjit Singh Sahni, to help widows become��.
IMF says India to grow faster than China in 2016
The World Bank last week said the Indian economy is in the middle of a slow economic recovery, aided by improving export momentum in line with rising demand from the US and a sharp slide in inflation. However, the bank cautioned that fiscal deficit and .
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Heres a simple fix: improve the quality of inputs and internal analysis. Indias local content.. Shriram Transport Finance sees truck demand rising.. Railways not to be privatised, but investments nee.. Suresh Prabhu seeks inputs from energy experts to... City and man in Rajasthan - Livemint http://t.co/x. Modi magic? India will catch up to China growth ra. Border Violence and the Iran-Pakistan Gas Project... Domestic air traffic shows healthy growth for Nove.
When smart cities are not smart enough
By coincidence, on the eve of the Urban Age global conference on governing cities in Delhi recently, this newspaper reported how the railways minister, Suresh Prabhu, plans to build the worlds second-longest high-speed rail track. Running at 300 km an .
Sensex falls below 29000 ��� Business Standard | Vijay Kudal
The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was negative. The Sensex was. In overseas markets, European shares rose after euro zone finance ministers on Friday, 20 February 2015, agreed in principle to extend heavily indebted Greeces financial rescue by four months. Asian stocks edged higher. The Railway Budget 2015-16 will be tabled in the parliament by rail minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday, 26 February 2015. The Economic Survey��.
Public sector bank employees strike deferred
The unions had deferred one-day strike scheduled for 7 January as IBA improved the wage hike offer to 12.5% from 11% earlier. The unions are demanding a wage hike of 19%. The UFBU is the umbrella organization of nine bank employees and officer .
Suresh Prabhu projects improvement in railways financial health
New Delhi: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday projected a significant improvement in the financial health of the public sector transport behemoth that operates the worlds fourth-largest rail network. The operating ratio is set at 88.5% in 2015.
Rail fares will not be slashed: Suresh Prabhu
Clarifying that passenger fares will not be slashed as a result of the reduction in international crude fuel prices, railways minister Suresh Prabhu Monday moved to establish two task forces with the aim of improving the organisations financial health.
Govt not to privatise CIL, railways, says Arun Jaitley
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the government will not privatise Coal India or the Indian Railways.. The Centre was also working affirmatively to bring a single uniform law for MSME sector to ensure their operational efficiency.
World Bank to lend $1.1 billion for eastern railway freight corridor
Mumbai: The World Bank on Thursday signed an agreement to lend $1.1 billion to India to build the eastern dedicated railway freight corridor. ���The project will help increase the capacity of these freight-only lines by raising the axle-load limit from.
Railways may drop concessional travel passes
���Kick-starting big and long pending projects has been the focus of our committee, although we have looked at various small measures that affect the rail economy adversely���, said a member of the DK Mittal-headed high level committee that was recently.