Anil Swarup
In order to fast-track project approvals and cut down corruption and red-tape, the Government is working on making all clearances required for infrastructure and industrial projects available online by the end of the fiscal. The online drive, led by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and the Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group, has identified [...] Continue Reading »
DIPP secretary Amitabh Kant stressed on the need for amending the Act, by giving justification as under the existing Land Acquisition Act, it had become “virtually impossible” to acquire land for construction of roads, ports and creating other infrastructure. He added, ever since the new Land Acquisition Act came into being, Land acquisition for roads, [...] Continue Reading »
Nearly 90% of the investments in large projects, which were held up and have now been cleared, have materialized, suggests the initial numbers flowing into the cabinet secretariat. An analysis by the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) housed in the cabinet secretariat of the 113 projects cleared shows that Rs 3.3 lakh crore has already been [...] Continue Reading »
Secretary, Civil Aviation, Ashok Lavasa, said on Thursday that on the recommendations of the Election Commission, the modernisation of Chennai, Kolkata and four other airports has been put on hold. The Commission has asked us to put it (airport modernisation) on hold till the process of elections is over. The date for submission of bids [...] Continue Reading »
Starting July 1, 2014 getting environmental and forest clearances for large infrastructure projects could just be a click away with the government announcing launch of a portal, for such clearances. In recent years delay in green clearances has been one of the major concerns for industry. “On the website one will have to upload all [...] Continue Reading »
