« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Mock Test Papers Series - I & II for Students appearing in CA Foundation January 2027 Examination.  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money «  Moscow court targets Russneft oil tycoon over tax claim... Govt discussing with legal community to allow foreign firms... » FinMin appoints transaction advisors for PPP projects August, 29th 2007 The Finance Ministry has selected 11 'transaction advisors' such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young for assistance in undertaking infrastructure projects through public-private partnership route. The panel, finalised through an international competitive bidding process last week, would work out technical and economic specifications of an infrastructure project before handing them over to private firms for development. These advisors will assist the Centre and the states for setting up Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, official sources said. Among others, the Ministry selected Abacus Legal Group, Crisil Infrastructure Advisory, Deloitte Touche Tohamatsu, Ernst & Young, Feedback Ventures and Grant Thornton of UK. The panel also includes PricewaterhouseCoopers, RITES, International Finance Corporation, Infrastructure Development Finance Company and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), the sources said. They said Finance Ministry is concerned that PPP projects have not taken off so far, although the government expects a major portion of targeted around 450 billion dollar investment in core sector through this route. State governments have also been demanding that there should be a pool of experts that could assist them to firm up all aspects of the project before offering to the private players for development. The appointment of advisors is expected to give a fillip to infrastructure projects, especially in the road, ports, airports and metro train service, in which private sector has shown keen interest, the sources said.