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Government to decide soon on budget date - Livemint
A senior minister in the government, who did not want to be identified, said that both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will discuss the matter early next week. The Election Commission of India on 24 December ...
Haryana road chipping away at toll collections, says GMR - Livemint
Both officials declined to be identified. They, however, said that the state governments had technically not violated any contractual obligations by building another road in the vicinity of the highway built by GMR. The ministry official said that the ...
Government to decide soon on budget date - Livemint
A senior minister in the government, who did not want to be identified, said that both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will discuss the matter early next week. The Election Commission of India on 24 December ...
Government close to finalizing new urea investment policy - Livemint
The government is a step away from finalizing a new policy for attracting investments in the urea sector, according to two senior government officials familiar with the development, who declined to be identified. The draft policy document was cleared ...
Singur landowner claims lower than government estimates - Livemint
These lawyers refused to be identified. “In my view, most of these people do not have the means to go through the cumbersome legal process of securing succession certificates,” one of them said. “And it is surely beyond their means to expedite the ...
Government aims to deliver 1000 services online from April - Livemint
“The objective of this programme is to include more and more citizen services, apart from the ones currently underway,” said a senior official of a consulting firm, who did not wish to be identified as his firm has bid to develop the project-monitoring ...
Goenkas split rest of RPG group - Livemint
These people refused to be identified. Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises, confirmed the development at Harrisons Malayalam and said the new structure has been in place for some time. Meanwhile, the board of Spencer Hotels, along with that of ...
Gopinath to rework Deccan Cargo business model - Livemint
RIL doesn't want to pump in more money with the economy slowing down, said a person close to the development on condition of anonymity. “Deccan Cargo needed cash for restructuring its business, but Reliance Industries wanted to stay as financial ...
Compliance, quality issues cast shadow on pharma deals - Livemint
... to grossly overlooked due diligence processes and are to be equally blamed upon the oversight of the buyer as well as the deal maker,” said an investment banker, who has been involved in a few pharma deals, and who spoke on condition of anonymity. ...
Unlisted real estate firms pile up debt - Livemint
“It is a serious issue as there is a higher chance of default as they are not following corporate governance,” said the chief financial officer of a foreign bank, who did not want to be identified. “Real estate business itself is largely unorganized. ...
Tayal Group flagship firm KSL seeks Rs350 crore loan recast - Livemint
They did not want to be identified citing the sensitivity of the matter. According to these officials, the remaining group companies are also likely to approach banks for loan recasts to the tune of around Rs 2700 crore. Major lenders to KSL are Bank ...
Telecom policy 2011 to be ready by June - Livemint
A second official, who also declined to be named, confirmed the development. The policy aims to make the country's telecom sector more transparent, relax merger and acquisition norms to encourage consolidation, and also to give more powers to the ...
Govt mulls removal of gas subsidy - Livemint
Both declined to be identified. The officials said the oil ministry was likely to move a note to this effect soon. An oil ministry official confirmed such a move was being discussed. “We want market-determined pricing for gas that goes toward the ...
Govt shelves pension fund reform plans - Livemint
According to BJP leaders, who did not want to be identified, the government has agreed to include a provision regarding guaranteed returns in the Bill. The parliamentary standing committee on finance, headed by BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, ...
A quicker way to the top - Livemint
Having said that, there are a few like Rohit Sharma and Amit Mishra who in the past made it purely through the League,” says a current Indian selector who asked not to be named. “Ranji Trophy is important as that is the main supply stream and we pick ...
Home ministry wants agencies to be kept out of privacy law - Livemint
... under schedule 2 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, they should be kept out of the proposed privacy Bill in view of national security,” a senior government official said, asking not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter. ...
Ajit Singh to explain government stand on airport development fee - Livemint
A government official said the opposition has sought an “amendment through a motion to a rule we had made on airport development fee.” The government official, who declined to be named, said it is not possible to change an airport Act and, therefore, ...
India to examine potential fallout - Livemint
... and missile capabilities coupled with its opaque decision making process and worries over the transition of power from Kim to his anointed successor were some of the many variables stoking anxiety, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
Fortis Health nears close of Singapore buy - Livemint
Singh didn't elaborate on what he meant by an “asset-light model”, but a source close to Fortis, who did not want to be identified, said the company was looking to raise funds by transferring some of its hospital buildings to a property trust that ...
NAC-backed Food Security Bill receives cabinet nod - Livemint
Banerjee was seeking a greater role for states in the decision making process, said a person close to the development who didn't want to be named. The West Bengal chief minister had also sought disbursal of foodgrains to be made on a weekly basis ...
India asks its airlines not to submit carbon tax data to EU - Livemint
India's next step will be in consultation with other countries including the US, said a civil aviation ministry official who declined to be named. “Whatever happens will happen in a coordinated manner,” he said. An analyst said these are difficult ...
Ahmedabad riverfront to open as displaced await new homes - Livemint
A local leader who did not want to be identified said around 2000 of these people are those whose houses and hutments have been demolished in the riverfront area. For instance, Deviben Vinod, a 50-year-old woman with seven children and an invalid ...
Nano may enter Indonesia via contract manufacturing route - Livemint
Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest automobile company by revenue, may enter the Indonesian market by striking a contract manufacturing deal with a local company, according to four people familiar with the company's plans who did not want to be identified ...
Nano may enter Indonesia via contract manufacturing route - Livemint
... India's largest automobile company by revenue, may enter the Indonesian market by striking a contract manufacturing deal with a local company, according to four people familiar with the company's plans who did not want to be identified. ...
Ahmedabad riverfront to open as displaced await new homes - Livemint
A local leader who did not want to be identified said around 2000 of these people are those whose houses and hutments have been demolished in the riverfront area. For instance, Deviben Vinod, a 50-year-old woman with seven children and an invalid ...