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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT A SUCCESS

UP GEARS UP FOR MORE INVESTMENT
Pradeep Kapoor - 2013-02-02 18:08
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh is looking forward to good investment in UP after the successful CII Global Partnership summit held in Agra recently.
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CPI DEPLORES OUTBURST OF VS AGAINST VIJAYAN

PARTY SAYS MOVE COULD WEAKEN THE LDF
P. Sreekumaran - 2013-02-02 18:05
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has deplored the angry outburst of V S Achuthanandan against CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
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WHO’S AFRAID OF NARENDRA MODI?

BJP STILL JITTERY ABOUT GIVING HIM TOP SLOT
Harihar Swarup - 2013-02-02 18:01
Some leaders in the NDA may not agree but Narendra Modi has emerged as the tallest leader in the BJP, having won three successive assembly elections in Gujarat. His public acceptability, too, has grown outside his home state, particularly in the Hindi belt. Yashwant Singh is right when he says “if Modi is declared prime ministerial candidate, the party will be hugely benefitted in the Lok Sabha elections.
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India needs $11.8 bn investment for first Bullet Train

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-02-01 14:22
New Delhi: India is working out a model for financing its first pilot project of high seep rail corridor which would require an investment of Rs 63,000 crore or $11.826 billion at current rate.
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ADB President Meets Finance Minister on Annual Meeting, Attends Delhi Summit

Special Correspondent - 2013-02-01 12:07
NEW DELHI, INDIA – The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiko Kuroda, visited New Delhi, India this week to discuss ADB Annual Meeting preparations with India’s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram and to attend the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
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SIKKIM BACK ON INDIA’S CONNECTIVITY MAP

AIRPORT, FLIGHT AND RAILWAY LINKS TO OPEN
Ashis Biswas - 2013-02-01 12:04
KOLKATA: Sikkim will soon have air and railway links with the rest of the country, with flights from the state expected to begin from end of 2014 or 2015.
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SUPER-TAX FOR SUPER-RICH WON’T HELP

DEAL WITH TAX EVASION WITH SEVERITY
Nantoo Banerjee - 2013-02-01 12:01
Businessman Azim Premji, the country’s second richest person after Mukesh Ambani, may be a well-meaning person, but his suggestion at the recent World Economic Forum meet at Davos that it may be ‘politically correct’ to ask India’s super-rich pay a higher rate of tax will not go down well with India’s Richie-riches. Even the government is divided on the issue. Highly pragmatic Union Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram himself seems to disagree with the idea. Instead, he emphasizes the need for higher tax compliance.
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Risk Financing Is Key to Building Resilience Against Disasters - Study

Special Correspondent - 2013-01-31 18:12
DELHI, INDIA – Disaster losses have risen faster than Asia-Pacific’s economy has expanded, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which recommends regional governments find ways to offer disaster risk financing instruments such as calamity funds, tax credits, and catastrophe bonds to strengthen disaster resilience.
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Antony urges defence industry to develop R&D

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-01-31 14:46
New Delhi: While Indian Navy is pacing up in the process of encouraging indigenous production, about 70% of the defence hardware are still being imported, particularly the high end critical technology.
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