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FM asks 14 CPSEs to spend 75% of Rs 1.15 trillion capex by December end

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday asked officials to ensure that 14 state-owned companies spend 75 per cent of their capital outlay for the year by the end of December. This is because the government looks to maintain the pace of capital and infrastructure projects in a bid to soften the economic blow from the pandemic. Read more here.

Centre asks at least eight state-run companies to consider buybacks: Report

India has asked at least eight state-run companies to consider share buybacks in the fiscal