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On the basis of availability of ready-made infrastructure in the Eastern state of India, Industrialists are being wooed to invest in West Bengal, says reports from a senior government official from the state. West Bengal has over 40 industrial parks with ready-made infrastructure available which can be beneficial for investing industrialists. Reports reveal that the [...] Continue Reading »
India’s infrastructure market is expected to touch $6.6 trillion by 2025, which will be nearly 12.5 percent of the Asia-Pacific. According to consultancy firm PwC, the Asia-Pacific infrastructure market is expected to grow by 7-8 percent a year over the next decade to over $53.6 trillion by 2025 and representing nearly 60 percent of the [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity player Milestone Capital is hoping to raise Rs. 500 crore in its 10th fund. They launched this fund keeping in mind that they will invest the money which will be raised through them in the mid-segment residential real estate. Tata Investment Corporation is the anchor investor in this fund which is named as [...] Continue Reading »
$25 billion Hinduja Group has committed $10 billion to invest in India and is currently in the process of screening five-six projects in the infrastructure sector. Gopichand P. Hinduja is hoping that the Hinduja Group will be third time lucky in investing in India in a big way after having failed to have done so in 1991 [...] Continue Reading »
Godrej Properties in association with LabourNet has launched a program at the Anandam project in Nagpur to impart vocational training to improve the skill sets of the construction labourers. This vocational training aims at improving their skill sets and helps them to learn the tricks of the trade in a more systematic and technical way. Gayathri [...] Continue Reading »
IIT Madras has recognized a centre for technology and policy to deal with development troubles and help technology innovators work more efficiently in a given policy setting. The centre will exemplify on IIT Madras faculty proficiency and its own research staff. This will facilitate consultation and networking with policy makers, industry, investors and various other [...] Continue Reading »
To be able to meet the investment target of Rs 5000 crore in public infrastructure through public private partnerships (PPPs) for the12th Plan period (2012-17), Odisha’s state planning & coordination department has invited proposals from government departments and agencies. The PPP projects are to be taken up in socio-economic sectors like agriculture, water supply, health care, education, municipal services, warehousing, [...] Continue Reading »
With most of the banks concentrating on funding the mainstream infrastructure projects, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is exploring the feasibility of supporting development of micro-infrastructure in villages. To work on developing the micro-infrastructure projects in villages in areas such as bore-wells, sanitation, electrification (solar/ biogas/ windmill), warehouse to store farm [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Earlier, authorities in Maharastra had declined the amendment in the calculation of education and employment guarantee cess in property tax. The amendment was awaiting approval. Recently the state Cabinet approved the proposal in calculating the cess in property tax. However, two Cabinet Ministers Narayan Rane and Naseem Khan showed their dismay over the impact [...] Continue Reading »
The long pending request of Chennai’s commercial property developers to let them use the IT buildings for non-IT purposes like finance, education, hospital, hospitality and retail will very soon be granted. The developers proposal will soon be accepted if the recommendations of the CMDA are approved by the state government.This might be followed by a rule that [...] Continue Reading »
