Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/will-the-new-dfi-boost-infra-funding/article34142830.ece Its success will hinge on, among others, the cost of raising funds, returns for investors and efficient project appraisal The creation of a
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Retiring clunkers – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/retiring-clunkers/article34142862.ece The scrappage policy is comprehensive but the source of funding for incentives needs clarification India’s vehicle scrappage policy finally appears to be getting
The Finance Minister has delivered, but the road ahead is long: on Union Budget 2021 – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-finance-minister-has-delivered-but-the-road-ahead-is-long/article33721241.ece This Budget scores very high marks on credibility and on its potential to create domestic output and jobs, but much more remains to
Centre readies draft plan for district-wise export promotion – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/business/centre-readies-draft-plan-for-district-wise-export-promotion/article34135100.ece Government eyes double-digit export growth in 500 districts in 3-5 years The government has readied a draft district-wise export promotion plan for 451
Nirmala Sitharaman tweaks tax provisions for EPF contributions, says ready to discuss GST on fuel if States want it – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/nirmala-sitharaman-tweaks-tax-provisions-for-epf-contributions-says-ready-to-discuss-gst-on-fuel-if-states-want-it/article34144375.ece?homepage=true EPF cap raised to ₹5 lakh if there is no contribution by the employer. The Centre is ready to consider bringing fuel under
Scrappage policy unlikely to make people junk old vehicles for new ones: Jefferies–business today
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/auto/scrappage-policy-unlikely-to-make-people-junk-old-vehicles-for-new-ones-jefferies/story/434530.html Under the proposed policy, a scrapped vehicle will be offered a monetary value close to 4-6 per cent of the showroom value While
How bad bank model of ARC, AMC would work to manage NPAs–BUSINESS TODAY
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/how-bad-bank-model-of-arc-amc-would-work-to-manage-npas/story/433303.html The proposed two-tier ARC, AMC framework, ostensibly created with public structure and private sector in mind for the respective entities, may create more
DFI to get direct access to Reserve Bank of India’s funding facilities | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/dfi-to-get-direct-access-to-reserve-bank-of-india-s-funding-facilities-121032300043_1.html Govt may guarantee bonds, debentures and loans issued by the new institution Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure
Courts, probe agencies can’t proceed against DFI board sans prior govt approval – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/courts-probe-agencies-cant-proceed-against-dfi-board-sans-prior-govt-approval/2218082/ The NaBFID Bill tabled by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday makes it incumbent on courts get prior approval of the
Solar sector needs the right policy push – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/solar-sector-needs-the-right-policy-push/article34111014.ece While promoting domestic manufacture of solar modules, ongoing projects must be protected from import duty hikes Last week an office memorandum of the
Social and emotional learning, the need of the hour – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/commodities/scrappage-policy-steel-companies-gear-up-to-recycle-scrap/article34124248.ece?homepage=true Steel produced through the recycled route entails lower carbon emissions, lower resource consumption, and lower energy utilisation. – REUTERS Steel produced through the
Increasing policy challenges | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/increasing-policy-challenges-121032100883_1.html RBI should not digress from maintaining price stability Inflationary pressures are rising once again. The inflation rate based on the consumer price index went up
Transfer NPAs to bad bank at book value, says Parliamentary panel | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/transfer-npas-to-bad-bank-at-book-value-says-parliamentary-panel-121032100941_1.html The panel urged the Reserve Bank of India to clearly define every step of the procedure to remove any ambiguity or discretion from
Govt to top up Rs 5,000-crore grant to enable proposed state-owned DFI to raise low-cost funds – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/govt-to-top-up-rs-5000-crore-grant-to-enable-proposed-state-owned-dfi-to-raise-low-cost-funds/2217299/ Given that one DFI can’t satiate the voracious appetite of the infrastructure sector, the government will offer a five-year tax holiday for private-sector
Make it work: DFI is an idea whose time has returned. India urgently needs a big infra push
lipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/make-it-work-dfi-is-an-idea-whose-time-has-returned-india-urgently-needs-a-big-infra-push/TOI Edit Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of
Initiatives taken in Budget will step-up growth momentum: RBI article – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/initiatives-taken-in-budget-will-step-up-growth-momentum-rbi-article/articleshow/81590913.cmsSynopsis “The Union Budget 2021-22 strikes the right chord by prioritising counter-cyclical investment-led fiscal support to post-COVID recovery in growth,” said the article on
India’s economy may grow at 12% in 2021: Moody’s – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indias-economy-may-grow-at-12-in-2021-moodys/articleshow/81585920.cmsSynopsis A stronger than expected December quarter GDP growth of 0.4 per cent following a 7.5 per cent contraction in the previous three months
India must return to more liberal trade policy regime, ink FTAs with UK, EU: Arvind Panagariya – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/india-needs-to-return-to-more-liberal-trade-regime-arvind-panagariya/articleshow/81592771.cmsSynopsis With a low corporate profit tax rate, labour law reforms, GST, and bankruptcy law, a massive privatization programme on the anvil, and measures
‘Atmanirbhar’ artisans – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/atmanirbhar-artisans/article34093528.ece This is the key to a self-reliant MSME sector Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in Budget, 2021–22, said the MSME sector is being redefined
Worst over, economy will only move upwards: Shaktikanta Das – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/worst-over-economy-will-only-move-upwards/articleshow/81560126.cms Synopsis–“GDP growth is slowly turning the corner,” RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, chosen as ET’s Business Reformer of the Year by a jury headed