Infrastructure

Environment to be protected in the massive project Funds will be generated from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to support the various Ganga projects, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Water Resources, Ganga Rejuvenation and River Development. He has also appealed to the...

VP Naidu lays foundation stone VP Naidu addressing a gathering at foundation stone laying for developing IECC and ITCD at  Pragati Maidan. A 27-meter wide six lane tunnel underneath Pragati Maidan will ease traffic where Delhi will witness the development...

Deal seen as India’s major asset M&A Singapore’s Cube Highways & Infrastructure Pte. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Salem Tollways Limited (STL) and Kumarapalayam Tollways Limited (KTL), making it a major merger and acquisition...

The cell to seek public and private investors The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has created a National Highways Investment Promotion Cell (NHIPC) for attracting domestic and foreign investment for highways projects. The cell will focus on engaging with...

36 declared technical feasible A total of 111 waterways have been declared as National Waterways (NWs) with 111 NWs, NWs-1, 2 and 3 having cargo and passenger vessels are moving on them. Development works under Phase-I have commenced on NW-4...

Master plan for 12 ports prepared The government has identified 142 port capacity expansion projects in the master plan for implementation over the next 20 years. Estimated cost of these projects is Rs.91,371 crore for capacity creation of 884 million...

Govt urged to provide incentives for insurance IRDAI's Vijayan calls for simplified products. In order to ensure Macro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) continued success, the key imperatives are to ensure ease of doing business, infrastructure upgradation, skilling and ensuring...

DBOT project on offer in Assam   Assam Tourism has 3.33-acre of vacant land for development of resort/tourism lodge at village Bezaltoli Gaon Mouza, Roggagora Revenue Circle in Tinsukia Area. Project cost is estimated Rs.33 crore to Rs.40 crore (US$5.08...

Shinkansen selected on reliability record Japan's Shinkansen. A Memorandum of Cooperation has been signed between Governments of India and Japan to implement Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor with Japanese technical and financial assistance. The Japanese Government has agreed to provide...

Momentum of infra development must be kept going Jaitley addressing FICCI on 14 Dec 2017. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has outlined the imperative need to complete the task of strengthening the banks through capitalization to enable them to lend to...