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The government, which usually notifies forms for filing income tax returns by individuals in April every year, on January 3, 2020, notified the tax return forms for assessment year 2020-21 (income earning year April … READ FULL STORY
The New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC’s) chairman Dharmendra, presented his maiden budget on January 3, 2020, with a financial projection of Rs 4,372.40 crores, focusing on tackling pollution. “To mitigate air and dust pollution, … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), on January 2, 2020, approved a proposal to undertake viable, in-situ slum redevelopment or rehabilitation, with respect to 17 projects, by executing the work on a public-private-partnership (PPP) mode … READ FULL STORY
Officials in the Eastern Railway have agreed that a level-crossing was ‘technically and policy-wise’ possible, at the location of the Tallah Bridge, to allow movement of heavy vehicles after the Bridge is dismantled, a … READ FULL STORY
Ajay Piramal-backed Piramal Fund Management’s ‘Indiareit Fund V’, has exited its investment in Bengaluru-based developer Skylark Mansions for an undisclosed amount. Piramal’s Indiareit Fund V had invested Rs 36 crores in Skylark Mansion in … READ FULL STORY
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on December 31, 2019, unveiled infrastructure projects worth Rs 102 lakh crores. Recalling that prime minister Narendra Modi had, in his Independence Day speech, spoken of investing Rs 100 lakh … READ FULL STORY
Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city for the fourth time in a row, in the union government’s cleanliness survey (Swachh Survekshan) announced on December 31, 2019. The results were of surveys conducted in 2019, … READ FULL STORY
Notwithstanding the economic downturn and frequent run-ins with the centre, West Bengal managed to garner investment proposals of Rs 2.84 lakh crores during 2019 but the jury is out on actual realisation. The opposition … READ FULL STORY
If things work as planned, Mumbai will have at least two operational metro lines in 2020, connecting the western suburbs of the city. The two corridors, Metro Line-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro Line-7 (Dahisar … READ FULL STORY
The Centre on December 28, 2019, approved construction of 6.5 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban or PMAY-U), taking the total number of houses being funded under the scheme to over … READ FULL STORY
The trial run of the Pune Metro will take place soon as a three-coach train with a capacity of 900 passengers has arrived from Nagpur, a statement from the Maharashtra chief minister’s office said … READ FULL STORY
Cracking the whip for their ‘lethargic indifference’, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on December 26, 2019, slapped a penalty of Rs 25 lakhs each on ICRA, CARE, and India Ratings & … READ FULL STORY
Union home minister Amit Shah, on December 26, 2019, laid the foundation stone for the country’s first transit-oriented development (TOD) project in New Delhi, under which a state-of-the-art infrastructure zone, including the national capital’s … READ FULL STORY
