Tenders

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.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has initiated projects worth Rs.20,000 crore in Mumbai on 7 Sept 2019 while Rs.1.5 lakh crore have already been invested in Mumbai Metro.

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has sought Government approval for a Rs.1,000 crore proposal to fund a Rs.6,000 crore airport at "Ciethu" in the capital city of Kohima, Nagaland.

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).

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.

As on 19 July 2019, 3,700 projects worth about Rs.136,000 crore have been tendered under the 100 Smart Cities Mission (SCM) programme, said the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs on 29 July 2019.

Bid for Bundle-3, under the Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Model, has been invited since 13 June 2019 with bid due date of 11 September 2019, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has told Parliament on 25 July 2019.

The Tourism Ministry has identified 17 sites in 12 clusters in the country for development as Iconic Tourism Sites, Minister of State Prahlad Singh Patel told Rajya Sabha on 23 July 2019.

The Rs.325 crore project for Channel and Basin Deepening of Inner Harbour Tuticorin for Fully Loaded Panamax Ships is under tendering, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 22 July 2019.

About 5,273 km road has been sanctioned for execution at an estimated cost of Rs.57,518 crore under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE), Parliament was updated on 10 July 2019.