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Amendments to be Moved to Banking Laws and Insurance Laws.
Government Takes Steps to Finalize Pricing and Investment Policies for Urea.
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Receives Us $ 4.5 Billion from Japan.
Rs. 5000 crore India opportunities venture fund with SIDBI Announced Two SME Exchanges Launched in Mumbai Ministries and CPSES to Make Minimum of 20% Purchase From MSEs.
ECBS to Part Finance Power Project DEBT Inter-Ministerial Group for Periodical Group of Allocated Coal Mines.
Financial Package of Rs. 3884 Crore for Waiver of Handloom Loans Two Mega Handloom Clusters to be Set up in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand Rs. 500 Crore Geo-Textile Pilot Scheme and Weavers’ Service Centre for North-East.
ECB Allowed for Low Cost Housing Rs. 4,000 Crore Allocated for Rural Housing Fund Indirect Finance Under Priority Sector Doubled.
ECB for Working Capital Allowed in Civil Aviation Direct Import of ATF by Indian Carrierspermitted 49% Participation in Equity by Foreign Airlines Under Consideration.
Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme Launched.
14% Hike in Allocation for Road Transport & Highways ECB to be Allowed for Capital Expenditure on O&M of Toll Roads 8,800 Km Target Set For NHDP.
Several Steps Proposed to Deepen the Reforms in Capital Market.
Government Undertakes Financial Sector Legislative Reforms.
Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure Approved Infrastructure Debt Fund of Rs. 8000 Crore Launched Defence Psus Can Form JVs FOR PPPs.
Rs. 15,888 Crore Provided for Capitalization of Public Sector Banks/RRBS and Other Financial Institutions.
Rs. 50 Lakh Crore Allocated to Infrastructure in Twelfth Plan; 50% Expected from Private Sector Tax Free Bonds for Financing Infrastructure Doubled to Rs. 60,000 Crore More Sectors Eligible for Viability Gap Funding.
Scheme for Capitalisation of Financially Weak Rrbs Extended by Another Two Years.
Efforts to Arrive at a Broad Based Consensus on Allowing FDI in Multi-Brand Retail Trade Up to 51%.
Advance Pricing Agreement Introduced.
Curbing the Black Money A Priority Concern for the Government; Number of Proactive Steps To Tackle the Malaise Announced; White Paper to be Laid in Current Session Itself: FM.
To Promote Investment, Weighted Deduction for Expenditure in R&D and AGRI-Extension Services Proposed Sunset Date for Tax Exemption in Power Sector Extended.
Measures Introduced to Allow Corporates to Access Lower Cost Funds; Promote Higher Level of Investments in Several Sectors Rate of Withholding Tax on Interest Payments on ECBs Proposed to be Reduced to 5 Per Cent From 20 Per Cent Restriction on Venture Capital Funds to Invest in Specified Sectors Removed Rate of Investment Linked Deduction of Capital Expenditure Proposed to be Enhanced to 150 Per
Buy Backs, Stock Exchange Listings Allowed to PSUs in Divestmentmode Rupees 30,000 Crores to Raised Through Disinvestment.
GENERAL BUDGET 2012-13 Unviable, Ineffective Subsidies may be Revisited; Central Subsidies to be Brought Down to 1.75 Per Cent of GDP in three Years Fertilizer Management System to Roll Out this Year Aadhaar- Enabled Payments in Over 50 Districts in Six Months.
