The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on Tuesday reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors of power, renewable energy, petroleum and natural gas, coal, and mining. The review meeting, which lasted for over two hours, was attended by top officials from infrastructure-related Ministries, NITI Aayog, and PMO. In course of the presentation made[Read More…]
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Bengaluru village losing its heritage at cost of city development
Ever since Bengaluru started expanding itself, with deploying loads of industries on its banks and outskirts, few villages fear of losing their heritage, and perhaps their existence too. Hebbal village, one of the oldest villages of Bengaluru is fighting to maintain its existence amid many tall buildings. Over thousand year[Read More…]
India hopes to have world class infra in two decades: Jaitley
Expressing hope that India will be able to create “world-class infrastructure” in another 20 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that his confidence in the timeline was based on how the country has become an “aspirational society” whose energies have been unleashed by the 1991 economic liberalisation. Delivering[Read More…]
GST, banks, infrastructure top priorities for India: Arun Jaitley
India will press ahead with tax reforms, repairing the banking system and getting stalled infrastructure projects moving to drive growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, but it is not yet ready to sell off its state banks. Asked what his top economic policy priorities were, Jaitley said he[Read More…]