Narendra Modi
Since his landslide election victory in May, this is the first major foreign visit for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He arrived in Japan on Saturday seeking to capitalise on his affinity with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to strengthen the security and business ties. It is an exciting news for us Indians that Modi is [...] Continue Reading »
There are two distinct strands in the foreign policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government one can discern based on the record of its first 100 days. The first is an overwhelming focus on business and putting India’s economic interests first. In his Independence Day address, Modi gave a clarion call to world powers: “Come, [...] Continue Reading »
Business chambers of India and Japan have formed groups to focus on specific sectors like infrastructure, energy and skill development. This move was taken anticipating that it will enhance bilateral trade. They are working towards removal of any bottlenecks by talking to the respective governments. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Japan- [...] Continue Reading »
The government is working towards restoring the concessions provided to special economic zones (SEZs). In the past few years the SEZs had lost their sheen due to various factors. The issue of minimum alternate tax (MAT) and dividend distribution tax (DDT) has been taken up with the finance ministry. Since these taxes were levied on [...] Continue Reading »
Narendra Modi has made a conscious decision to give commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman a foot in the finance ministry as well for a reason. The main reason is to try and make sure that bitter turf wars that have existed in between the two sides could be resolved to the mutual benefit of all concerned. [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone tomorrow for widening of a road project in Haryana that entails Rs 4,000 crore investments. The Prime minister is to launch four-laning of over 160 Kms National Highway from Kaithal to the border of Haryana -Rajasthan at a function at Kaithal in Haryana tomorrow as an [...] Continue Reading »
The US and India are working on a bilateral mechanism that will help ease flow of investments from American companies into infrastructure projects in India. The proposal, which has been made by the US Department of Commerce, will establish a platform to assist US investors in infrastructure navigate through regulatory and procedural hurdles in the [...] Continue Reading »
The ambitious plan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build 100 smart cities across the country is a major step towards a Digital India. India is looking forward to upgrading its urban areas and creating new world class cities. The prime minister is pro urbanisation and digitisation and recognition is given to technology in realising [...] Continue Reading »
Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry and Piramal Group head Ajay Piramal are reportedly in talks to work out a partnership for the infrastructure business in India; thereby exploiting the infrastructure opportunity unfolded by the Narendra Modi government. Sources familiar with the ongoing talks between Mistry and Piramal have revealed that the two corporate biggies recently [...] Continue Reading »
In Dwarka, 18B block houses over 930 apartments that were part of the 2010 DDA Housing Scheme. These G+10 structures are divided into two societies known as Golf Links and Samridhi apartments. A tour of the site revealed that around 200 flats were still empty and finishing touches were being given to the remaining units. [...] Continue Reading »
