Investment

Tranche 3 lending for improving railway sector Kenichi Yokoyama (in tie) and Indian officials with signed loan documents. India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a US$120 million loan agreement for double-tracking and electrification of railways tracks along...

Non-major ports merged Twenty-six projects costing Rs.1,207 crore have been sanctioned for total financial assistance of Rs.462.60 crore, said the Minister of State for Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to parliament on 15 Mar 2018. The central government...

34% CAGR growth for B2B commerce transaction Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia has called for an over-arching national e-commerce policy to tap the huge opportunities in this segment. Teaotia said while the B2C commerce transactions in India were growing rapidly at...

Govt fast track solar development Modi and Macron in Varnasi on 12 Mar 2018 when they inaugurated the solar plant at Mirzapur. Bidding of 225 MW solar power plants will be opened on 12th April, 2018 as part of developing...

Make in India introduce in major defence areas Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the Research wing of Ministry of Defence, has been set up with a mandate of developing cutting edge technologies and systems for Indian Armed Forces as...

287 projects in tendering stage About 287 Smart City projects worth Rs. 14,296 crores are in tendering stage and works on-ground is expected to start very soon, a release from the Press Information Bureau said on 14 Mar 2018. Since...

India among drivers of global economy, Narendran Thirty one percent of companies in India are considering a different organisational structure, according to key findings of a joint study by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)....

Sitharaman urges whole-hearted OEM participation Minister Sitharaman. Source: FICCI. Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has underlined the need for revitalizing public sector units (PSUs) in defence sector and ordnance factories for meeting the ammunition needs of India's defence forces. "The managements...

Alternate modes consider for some cities Metro experts on building the system in India. Experts have expressed confidence in managing India's metro rail development programme based on demand while considering alternative models for other cities. There is a need for...

Tech for merchants to take instore and online payments   To meet the needs of the rapidly evolving and growing payments technology landscape in India, Verifone (NYSE: PAY) and Ezetap have formed a partnership for Indian merchants. The parntership will...