Projects

The project will create socio-economic opportunities The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has signed a US$304 million loan agreement with the Indian Government for strengthening Assam Intra-State Transmission System Enhancement Project to improve reliability, capacity and security of the power...

Indian service providers will have access to around 115 sub-sectors India and Mauritius have signed a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA0 which provides for an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade between the two countries, and also...

Project to improve learning environment in schools The World Bank is providing a US$68 million loan for a project to enhance the governance of schools across Nagaland as well as to improve teaching practices and learning environments in select schools...

Embellish the quality and connectivity through railway infrastructure With passenger footfalls expected to be ~16 million per day and anticipated to increase by ~7% annually and coupled with robust economic push anticipated in India, the need to embellish transport infrastructure...

CSR focus on the betterment of communities Caterpillar®, the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, enters the 50th year of manufacturing in India, says it has an established footprint with six state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, two R&D centers, five...

Singapore remains bullish on India, says Minister The India-Singapore partnership will continue to flourish, with a keen eye on new opportunities and an unwavering commitment to their peoples and societies, saying this, Minister S. Iswaran gave the assurance at the...

Tugade highlights projects under BBB program Ramon M. Lopez, Minister, Department of Trade and Industry, has called for negotiation on the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and Philippines for enhanced market access and to make use of numerous mutually...

Minister Tan encourages the community to explore for new ideas The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) is to help all the 16 startups to pitch for investment and graduate into enterprises in the coming year. The results...

Modi announces increase in economic resources Innovation has to be encouraged and more technology should be used to provide better opportunities for education and skills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the 6th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog through...

HVDC equipment made in India, says Modi The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has inaugurated POWERGRID’s 320 kV 2000 MW Pugalur (Tamil Nadu) - Thrissur (Kerala) HVDC project, a first time the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) technology has been introduced in...