Government policies

Rs1,76,000-cr 2G scam a myth: Sibal

17 Nov 2012

No new banking licences till Act is amended: Subbarao

17 Nov 2012

The RBI has already made it clear that it wants more powers, such as the right to supersede a bank’s board, before it allows new entrants in the sector

Govt plans to auction leftover 2G spectrum before 31 March

16 Nov 2012

Government hikes EWS income criteria for urban housing schemes to Rs1 lakh a year

14 Nov 2012

Spectrum sale fetches government less than Rs10,000 crore

14 Nov 2012

The government was targeting Rs28,000 crore from the sale of 2G spectrum in the GSM band

2G auction fizzles out with only Rs9,200 crore garnered

12 Nov 2012

‘Category A’ circles like Mumbai and Delhi have gone abegging with no bidders, thanks to the high reserve price

Govt setting up panels to look into CST compensation, framework

08 Nov 2012

Govt approves changes in UFO funding, Plan funding of optical fiber network

08 Nov 2012

SC sees ‘prima facie nexus’ in Aircel-Maxis deal

07 Nov 2012

CBI probe into the Aircel-Maxis deal involving former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and a Malaysian business tycoon “prima facie indicates a nexus”, the Supreme Court observed today

Gas EGoM reconstituted, to meet after Diwali: CNBC:TV18

03 Nov 2012

Oil ministry defers CAG audit meet on RIL’s KG-D6 block

31 Oct 2012

Instead, officials of RIL and the petroleum ministry are meeting to break the current impasse over the KG-D6 block

Mamata Banerjee joins chorus against ‘minority’ UPA government

30 Oct 2012

TV digitisation in metros well on schedule

26 Oct 2012

Government files caveat in SC against petition challenging coal block allocation

16 Oct 2012

Rangarajan panel recommends revenue sharing by sugar mills and farmers

12 Oct 2012

The committee has suggested doing away with the present mechanism of regulated release of non-levy sugar as also phasing out of the cane area reservation and allowing contract farming

Shome panel bails out Vodafone; recommends against retrospective tax

09 Oct 2012

The committee said retrospective application of tax law should occur in exceptional or rarest of rare cases, and with particular objectives

EGoM moots one-time fee for incumbent telcos

09 Oct 2012

Kejriwal alleges `nexus’ between DLF and Haryana govt

09 Oct 2012

The Haryana government selected DLF for the SEZ deal on the ground that it was the only firm having experience in making a golf course

Cabinet approves amendments to forward contracts, competition rules

04 Oct 2012

Foreign reinsurers to be allowed to open branches in India

04 Oct 2012

Cabinet set to approve pension, insurance bills

03 Oct 2012

Government to put an end to 3G roaming pacts

28 Sep 2012

Auction order specific to 2G spectrum: SC

27 Sep 2012

The Supreme Court bench headed by retiring Chief Justice S H Kapadia also made it amply clear that the court considers public good as superior to revenue maximisation

Cabinet panel approves financial restructuring package for state electricity distribution companies

24 Sep 2012

Finally, roaming charges to go from next year

24 Sep 2012