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Ashoka Buildcon has won a huge order from NHAI after emerging as the highest bidder for the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects. The company in joint venture with Macquarie had bided for this project. The company has quoted the bid project cost at Rs. 860.10 crore. This bidding was for the first batch of TOT and has 9 projects under it.

ITOrizon Inc has announced its partnership with Ramco Systems, a software company providing products and services related to the cloud platform. ITOrizon will heighten and extend its integrated supply chain management solutions for existing and new customers across 5 continents, by using Ramco’s existing platform.

On February 1, 2018, the Finance Minister of India presented the Union Budget 2018-19. The stock market reacted in its own way and BSE Sensex was down by 2.13 percent to 35,501.74 from 36256.83 on the same day. In the last 15 days, the market has corrected gradually by almost 1,200 points and closed at 34,297.47 on February 15, 2018.

Aster DM Healthcare is coming out with an IPO which will remain open from February 12-15, 2018. The issue consists of fresh issue of Rs 725 crore and offer for sale (OFS) of 1,34,28,251 equity shares, thereby aggregating the issue size to Rs 980 crore.

For the healthcare sector, National Health Protection Scheme is launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. This will benefit 50 crore beneficiaries.