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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a US$200 million loan to upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of Maharashtra as part of programme to improve road safety and better connect rural areas with markets and services.

India needs to spend about US$1.4 trillion (Rs.100 lakh crore) over five years on infrastructure, the Finance Ministry said on 7 Sept 2019.

India and Singaporean trade bodies, backed by their respective governments, have initiated collaboration through Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to reach the larger South East Asian markets.

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and India’s IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd have signed investment agreements for Rs.4,400 crore (approx. US$624.11 million) to set-up India’s largest private infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), reported Nishith Desai Associates on 9 August 2019.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved construction of a Rs.3,438.51 crore new line between Vaibhavwadi-Kolhapur (now Shri Chhatrapati Shahumaharaj Terminus).

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) have received a set of approved regulatory dispensations from their statutory regulators, obtaining their support on a joint proposal that SGX and NSE submitted earlier this year, it was...

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) has formed a new partnership with GFG Alliance, an international group of businesses with an integrated business model that encompasses mining, energy generation, metals, and engineering.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has invited investors to come up with more innovative investment models for the infrastructure sector such as the risk-free Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) project.

The Government is establishing the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) as a statutory body to improve the ease of doing business in India, reported Nishith Desai Associates, the Mumbai-based legal and tax consultants with global network.

The Cabinet chaired has approved the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by India scheduled to be held at Singapore on 7 August 2019, or at United Nations Headquarters.