Investment

Investors have been urged to consider the plethora of opportunities offered by the natural gas sector at a time when government is focusing on increasing the share of natural gas in overall energy needs of the country.

India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dhamendra Pradhan has told the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on ‘Energy Future Road Map’.

Overall housing credit growth likely to be at 12-14% in FY2020 (last three years’ CAGR of 17%); the long-term growth outlook remains good given the low mortgage penetration levels but will depend on improvement in operating environment, said ICRA Ltd.

The year 2020 will be the testing ground for the legal and regulatory changes implemented by the Government in 2019, according to Nishith Desai Associates.

Snapped up like hot cakes by investors in previous years, luxury housing sales are still in the doldrums and hinging largely on end-user sales.

Agilent Technologies Inc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to promote biopharmaceutical research.

WNS (Holdings) Limited has launched its blockchain-enabled risk syndication solution, WNS VeriChain for the insurance and re-insurance industry.

The latest round of FICCI's Economic Outlook Survey puts forth the annual median GDP growth forecast for 2019-20 at 5.0%.

Broad gauge metro, which the Indian Railways has approved, has thrown up a huge opportunity for private players who can invest in rolling stocks for 500-600 projects.

Senseforth.ai, a leader in Conversational AI space from Bengalore, has been selected as part of cohort 3 of OceanPro, Maersk’s startup accelerator within the shipping and logistics industry.