The interim budget for FY 2019 – 20 presented today by Minister of Railways & Minister of Coal, Piyush Goyal is very positive for the real estate sector, said Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India.

The two-day Cement Expo and International Conference inaugurated in Hyderabad on December 20, 2018 had seen participation of more than 200 decision makers, 80 brands, 1,200 visitors, besides various industry bodies.

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment, 2015 has brought in major changes in the MMDR Act with the purpose of bringing transparency and certainty in the process of allocation of mines.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni demonstrated his corporate credential as he batted for India Cements at their board meeting. After captaining India on the cricket pitch, [this time] he padded up for India Cements.

Even as cement industry is saddled with excess capacity of over 150 million tonnes (MT), and implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is in full swing leading to consolidation in the industry, the cement players are thinking it is the right time to chalk out expansion plans, via greenfield and brownfield projects.

The goal of nations signing the Paris Agreement was to limit incremental global warming to 1.5/2 degrees up to the end of current century.

KP Krishnan, Secretary from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Chairman of the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), Government of India, discusses the formidable task of upgrading India's skills deficit swiftly and inclusively to Aashna Agarwal, Content Coordinator at Gateway House.

The skill challenge of cement industry is only a small subset of the larger national objective of achieving demographic dividend that our large youth population can bring us.

Portland cement manufacturing is an energy intensive operation, and a refractory lining that can withstand high temperatures, alkalinity and corrosive conditions is absolutely essential.