FM focus on regulators

The next big move for financial reform in the railways, the formation of the (RTA), is likely to be ready for the appraisal of the Cabinet by the second week of April. Proposed have five members chaired by a retired RBI deputy governor or retired ...

There is an urgent need to establish a Rail Tariff Authority, particularly when the system had to move with dynamic pricing pattern to reflect the burgeoning cost of inputs.

Railways is now dealing with different players like special purpose vehicles, private port operators, Container Corporation and IRCTC. A separate tariff authority will help the Railways streamline its dealings with these players.

Rise in coking coal prices and the increase in rail freight tariff may prompt steel makers in the country to hike prices of flat and long steel products, reports indicate. The transportation cost for the steel makers rose by Rs 60 per tonne because ...

A BIG YEAR AHEAD FOR BAKKEN (click to enlarge)(Source: ND Pipeline Authority; Zeits Energy Analytics) 2013 is shaping up as a strong year for the Bakken, in contrast to 2012 when the play was hurting from skyrocketing drilling and operating costs, ...

We have seen this quite markedly with the Queensland Competition Authority's (QCA) recent report on a fair feed-in tariff for solar PV. Firstly I have to agree with the QCA that the cost imposed on all households of the 44 cent feed-in tariff was ...

AURIZON'S move to sell a stake in its formerly state-owned rail track infrastructure group is expected to attract strong interest and free up billions of dollars. Australia's largest rail freight company announced on Monday that it had started talks ...

Union minister for railways, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi said that private sector participation is imperative to meet the growing needs for expansion of Indian Railways network. Mr Bansal said that "To meet the needs ...

NEW DELHI: The government today made a case for strong independent regulatory authorities to promote Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in sectors like coal, road and rail. "We do not have enough independent regulators... Their terms of ...