Infrastructure spending has picked up in the country and NHAI is executing 205 projects including 18 worth Rs 13,500 crore on hybrid annuity mode, its Chairman Raghav Chandra said.

“Infrastructure spending is going up and highways sector has stimulated growth. Cement and steel sectors sales have increased by 5 per cent each while bitumen sales have risen by 35 per cent.

State-owned ONGC and private sector Cairn India have demanded halving of cess on domestic crude oil production saying their burden has actually gone up after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Budget exercise aimed at reducing the levy. Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) paid Rs 4,500 per tonne cess on crude oil it produced from almost all its fields including prime Mumbai High, till February 2016. In Budget for 2016-17, Jaitley changed the cess from specific levy to an ad valorem rate of 20 per cent of crude oil price.

TVS Motor Company posted a 21% increase in net profit at Rs 121.25 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, riding on robust sales across domestic and international markets.

The two-wheeler major had posted a net profit of Rs 100.08 crore in the corresponding period of previous fiscal.

Railway passengers from next month, booking tickets through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, (IRCTC) website can avail a travel accident cover of Rs. 10 lakh at a premium of one rupee.

IRCTC Chairman-cum-Managing Director A K Manocha said that the insurance cover is besides the compensation given by the railways in case of accidents to valid ticket holders.

German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz, the largest player in its segment in the Indian market, will convert all its models to petrol from September. The decision comes in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has banned sales of diesel cars (2,000cc and above) in the national capital region (NCR).

Roland Folger, managing director and chief executive officer, Mercedes Benz India, said that of the nine models that are locally manufactured, six are now available in petrol.

Global payments leader SWIFT today said ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have become the first domestic lenders to sign up for its global payments innovation initiative, which already has over 70 other leading banks globally.

The initiative aims to enhance cross-border payments by leveraging Swift’s messaging platform and global reach and in the first phase, the initiative will focus on business-to-business payments.

About Rs 7 lakh crore would be spent to develop around 50,000 kilometres of national highways over the next five years, the government said today.

During Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Government has allocated a total Gross Budgetary support of Rs 46,834 crores including cess and toll remittance for 2016-17 for the Road, Transport and Highways Ministry.

Indian equity markets traded in the positive territory on Monday prompted by positive global cues and expectations of healthy quarterly results.

Consequently, the two key indices traded in the green during the mid-afternoon trade session, as healthy buying was witnessed in all the 19 sub-indices of the BSE, led by stocks of consumer durables, oil and gas and banks.

State Bank Of India (SBI) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have tied up to implement the bank’s financial inclusion programme for farmers through the oil company’s Kisan Seva Kendras, an official said here on Monday.

Under the agreement, SBI will provide access to banking services for the farmers utilising the IOC’s kiosks and also supplement their incomes by earning revenue on banking transactions.

The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped about 284 points to reclaim the 28,000-level at mid-session on Monday on across-the-board buying led by banking stocks amid sustained foreign fund inflows on optimism over GST bill's passage.

Moreover, a firming trend overseas as investors pinned their hopes on fresh Bank of Japan stimulus, too accelerated buying activity in domestic equities.

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