Narendra Modi

Infrastructure

29 February, 2016

Jaitley walks a tightrope to fund infrastructure

Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union budget had a theme—Transform India. And while reading out the budget speech, Jaitley termed ......

Infrastructure

29 February, 2016

Electricity generated from coal to be costlier by around 12 paise per unit

Electricity generated from India’s coal-fuelled projects may become costlier by around 12 paise per unit following the Union budget announcement ......

General

25 February, 2016

Arvind Subramanian: The argumentative Indian

Arvind Subramanian, India’s chief economic adviser (CEA), was named among the top 100 thinkers across the world by the US-based ......

Infrastructure

25 February, 2016

Railways to plough energy savings towards capital expenditure

Indian Railways, the country’s largest consumer of electricity, plans to deploy the savings from its electrification drive to contribute towards ......

General

25 February, 2016

Suresh Prabhu switches to Plan B for revenue, no fare hike

Faced with the twin problem of falling revenue and increasing expenditure, the Indian Railways will look to monetise its assets ......

Infrastructure

24 February, 2016

Suresh Prabhu: On a sticky wicket?

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is a cricket enthusiast. Handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to head the controversy-ridden railways ministry, Prabhu ......

General

23 February, 2016

President appeals to let Parliament function, stays away from spelling financial expectations

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday urged political parties to let the budget session of Parliament function thereby allowing the National ......

Infrastructure

11 February, 2016

As you keep ticking boxes, new issues come up: Anil Swarup

Anil Swarup, a 1981 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is credited with setting up a ......

Infrastructure

09 February, 2016

Backed by aggressive financing, India secures $1.6B Bangladesh power project order

As part of its neighbourhood-first foreign policy, the National Democratic Alliance government has adopted an aggressive financing approach to set ......

Infrastructure

04 February, 2016

India plans to set up solar energy projects in underdeveloped Asian and African countries

In what may bolster its credentials as the global clean energy champion, India plans to develop small-scale solar power projects ......