Cabinet clears Rs 31k crore spectrum levy on incumbent operators
The Cabinet on Thursday approved levy of about Rs 31,000 crore as one-time fee on spectrum held by incumbent telecom firms such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in an attempt to create level playing fiel
GoM finalises land acquisition bill
A Group of Ministers (GoM) on Tuesday finalised the draft of the long-pending Land Acquisition Bill, paving the way for its introduction in the winter session of parliament.
Agriculture Minister Shar
EGoM to meet on Monday to decide on spectrum sale schedule
A ministerial panel led by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is scheduled to meet on Monday to plan a revised schedule for spectrum auction as the government is unlikely to finish the process by August
Floor price for spectrum auction fixed at Rs 14,000 cr
The Cabinet on Friday fixed a minimum or base price of Rs 14,000 crore for the Supreme Court mandated auction of telecom spectrum.
The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to fi
EGoM recommends lower price for spectrum auction
The Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday decided to recommend to the Cabinet a lower than sector regulator TRAI- proposed reserve price for auction of spectrum.
Chidambaram may head EGoM on telecom
Home Minister P Chidambaram may head the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the allocation of telecom spectrum, which was reconstituted on Friday after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar decline
Chidambaram appointed head of EGoM, BJP attacks decision
Home Minister P. Chidambaram was on Friday appointed the head of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on spectrum auction that was reconstituted after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar declined the
EGoM to decide on spectrum pricing in next meet
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will discuss the base price of spectrum, to be auctioned to operators, in its next meet, an official said on Thursd
EGoM on ONGC disinvestment postponed
The much-awaited ministerial panel's meeting to discuss the roadmap to the Rs 12,000-crore ONGC stake sale on Monday has been postponed and is now likely to take place sometime this week, an official
EGoM fails to decide on ONGC, BHEL stake sale, to meet again
With just one-and-half months left to meet the Rs 40,000 crore disinvestment target for this fiscal, a panel of Ministers on Wednesday failed to take a decision on stake sale of blue chip oil major ON