Infrastructure development a national priority: Sinha

Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 20:59

Sinha said what the world has learnt in the last few years was reverse public-private-partnership

Govt amends norms for financial support to PPP in infra

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 22:55

Government on Tuesday approved amendments to the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) guidelines to enhance financial support to projects in infrastructure sector.

Railways to set up body to enhance ties with private investors

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 17:57

Seeking technical cooperation for upgradation of rail infrastructure with foreign countries, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said the national transporter can grow faster based on the partnership model.

PPP policy must change to attract investment in railways: Minister

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 23:14

Acknowledging that Railways is in "trouble", Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today said public-private-partnership policy must change to attract investment for capacity building.

Centre, states to meet on smart cities today: Naidu

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 08:56

According to Naidu, the smart cities would be developed through public-private participation (PPP) model. The central government, state government and the urban local bodies would collaborate in developing the smart cities.

China denies becoming world's largest economy on PPP terms

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 18:53

China Tuesday refuted claims that it has overtaken the United States as the world's largest economy on purchasing power parity (PPP).

Venkaiah Naidu pushes for PPP model to construct smart cities

Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 17:50

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here Monday that the union government is not in a position to make all investments for smart cities and hence the public-private partnership (PPP) route would be necessary.

Cabinet approves ordinance making major changes in Land Acquisition Act

Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2014, 20:20

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government decided to relax certain provisions of the Act and add Section 10 A to the legislation keeping in the mind development needs of the society.

Land acquisition will be made easier: Govt assures industry

Last Updated: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 18:45

Lending her ears to the industry on problems faced by it in acquiring land, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government will consult all stakeholders to make the land acquisition law "an enabler, rather than a stifler".

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tells Pak politicians to `wake up` to Taliban menace

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:36

Even as the Pakistani government is mulling holding peace talks with the militant group Taliban, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, patron-in-chief of PPP, has called for military action against militant groups like Taliban.

PPP demands Pakistan govt launch operation against Taliban

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 17:24

The main opposition Pakistan People`s Party on Sunday demanded a military operation against militants in the country`s northwest, saying the government`s efforts to engage the Taliban in peace talks has produced no results.

Zardari appears in court over graft cases, hearing adjourned till Jan 18

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 14:03

Pakistan`s former president Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday appeared before an anti-corruption court here for the first time since he retired in September last year.