The brief reasons for time overruns as reported by various project implementing agencies are delay in land acquisition, delay in obtaining forest/environment clearances and lack of infrastructure support & linkages

Under the special window - Special Window for Affordable and Mid Income Housing (SWAMIH) - a Rs 25,000 crore fund was constituted under SBICAP Ventures to fund completion of those housing projects which were stuck due to paucity of funds

The expenditure incurred on these projects till January 2020 is Rs 10,97,604.64 crore, which is 44.29 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects.

The objective is to conserve liquidity, ensure that strategic projects which are in advanced stages of completion are commissioned on priority basis, JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal said

Lt Governor G C Murmu said that his administration has put significant efforts in ease of doing business by setting up the single window mechanism to streamline approval for investment

The expansion at Mundra facility has already been completed, while the same at Palej is nearing completion, they said, adding that the two would offer 80,000 tonne of capacity addition

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In a weak demand and oversupply scenario, the prices have indeed come down, especially in metro cities; but waiting for further decline might prove counterproductive

The 60-feet temple, believed to be built in the late 15th or early 16th century, was found in Mahanadi River in Odisha

The deceased, who was attached to the water supply project department, is the first high-ranking BMC official who has died after contracting the viral infection

The real estate sector has already been stressed by a lack of liquidity for both developers and buyers due to several factors including NBFC crisis

Project Development Cells and an Empowered Group of Secretaries will help various ministries and departments, as well as central and state governments coordinate on investment-related matters

This comes at a time when RIL is riding on Rs 1.3 lakh crore in aggregate fundraising in the last few weeks, the brokerage firm's report said

The department said that the period of extension (three and six months) may be decided based on the specific circumstances of the case and the period for which performance was affected by the force majeure events

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Speech on Economic Package Live Updates: Free Food grain supply to migrants for 2 months; about 8 crores migrants to benefit from this; Rs 3,500 crore will be spent on this intervention for 2 months

The government will advise all States and UTs and their regulatory authorities to extend the registration and completion date suo-moto by 6 months for all registered projects expiring on or after March 25, 2020 without individual applications

Finance Minister Sitharaman Live on Rs 20 lakh crore Economic Package: FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced Atma Nirbhar Abhiyan. Provident Fund contribution of employers and workers is being reduced from 12% to 10% each of wages for the next 3 months, announced FM Nirmala Sitharaman. She added that the EPFO benefit will lead to more take home salary.

In a Covid-stricken world, as government spending shifts to healthcare, infrastructure should not get the short shrift. That could severely impact the economy

Average time overrun in these 583 delayed projects is 39.40 months. The brief reasons for time overruns are delays in land acquisition, forest clearance and supply of equipment

In Q4FY20, Adani Green Energy posted consolidated net profit of Rs 55.64 crore as against net loss of Rs 94.08 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, driven by lower expenses