Infrastructure

Urgent need to improve border infrastructure A study by the Export-Import Bank of India has identified potential areas of cooperation between India and the four South East Asia countries covering among others, energy sector and water management, e-commerce and digital...

National rail plan 2030 to be released in December 2020 The Rs.32,000 crore tender for 325 km high-speed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has been awarded by Indian Railways, Railway Board chairman and CEO Vinod Kumar Yadav told an industry webinar....

Loan to support innovative solutions-precast bridges The World Bank is providing a US$120 million loan for Meghalaya to improve about 300-km of strategic road segments and stand-alone bridges by using innovative, climate-resilient, and nature-based solutions, linking the northeastern state to...

Completed: 30 projects completed in Uttarakhand More than Rs.30,000 crore projects are either in progress or have been completed under Namami Gange, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of six mega development projects in Uttarakhand on 29 Sept...

Projects include 16,000-km pipelines Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited the Japanese industry to invest in India and get into technology transfer partnerships in order to tap the opportunities arising out of growing steel demand. Hosting the Japanese delegation at...

VP wants adequate credit for farmers The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has called for quality power supply, development of rural infrastructure including godowns, cold storage facilities, refrigerator vans among others to boost the agriculture sector. He also called for...

Acquisition approved under green channel The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved under green channel acquisition by France’s Atropos de Paris SA (ADP) of 49% equity share capital of GMR Airports Limited (GAL) and 100% of GMR Infra Services...

Tabled: Swedish-Indian MoUs Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has taken note of the recent products and innovations by the Swedish Automotive Safety Supplier ‘Autoliv’ in Stockholm on 18 Feb 2020. The Minister also visited E-highway Test-bed Demonstration...

Private investment sought for CNG Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has urged the industry to use waterways as a mode of transportation for goods to reduce cost and become competitive in the export market. "This is the...

Energy CoE at IIT Bombay India’s future energy sector will be driven by new technology and business models, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told the 10th World PetroCoal Congress in Delhi on 15 Feb 2020. “We are encouraging...