The Government has identified 144 thermal power plants/stations for improving energy efficiency and thereby reducing fuel consumption under Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme of the Ministry of Power (MoP) being implemented by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). . This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of[…]
Read MoreTo make India a hub for renewable energy manufacturing, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been promoting private investment in renewable energy through an attractive mix of fiscal and financial incentives. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New[…]
Read MoreThe Government has taken various measures to realize the dream of ‘Make in India’ in pharmaceutical sector. In this direction, the Government had constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Health Research. The mandate of this Committee was to carefully study the whole issue of[…]
Read MoreGovernment is committed to giving high priority to water security and is in the process of operationalising the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) with the vision to ensure access to water to every agricultural farm for minimizing the impact of vagaries of monsoon. Several meetings involving Ministry[…]
Read MoreFollowing the declaration by the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi on 2.9.2014 deregulating fruits and vegetables beyond the markets/market yards/sub-yards of three important Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) including Azadpur, the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) launched the Delhi Kisan Mandi at Alipur, North Delhi[…]
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Arbitration in India shifts towards international norms “Arbitration is a useful tool and it is an appropriate time to promote it,” said Mr. Firoze Andhyarujina, the Senior Advocate with the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court while introducing the seminar on ‘Emerging trends in international arbitration.’ The[…]
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“Providing a safe environment, rendering equal opportunities and cultivating a congenial home, all go into empowering women. Empowering a woman brings about a multiplier effect, further adding happiness to the family and in turn to the economy said Malini Shankar, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department (WRD), Government of Maharashtra who[…]
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“The Union Budget 2015-16 aims to reduce litigation on tax matters through various measures like introducing Dispute Resolution Bill, raising the threshold limit for the applicability of domestic transfer pricing laws and defining the word ‘substantial’ in the case of indirect transfers. Also, the Budget has other progressive[…]
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Thrust on Infrastructure to Fire up the Indian Economy, says Mr. Yashwant Sinha “The Union Budget 2015-16 is expected to create virtuous cycle as its thrust on infrastructure investment would spur private sector capital formation and consumption in the overall economy. The recessionary trend in the Japanese,[…]
Read MoreBudget to Accelerate Growth, says Mr. Kalantri The Union Budget 2015-16 presented by the Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley has provided the much-needed thrust to infrastructure to accelerate economic growth through the proposed National Investment Infrastructure Fund and a tax free infrastructure bond. The Budget also[…]
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