Projects

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has laid the foundation stone of 50 MW project which will be based on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Hope Town in South Andaman on 30 Dec 2018.

Indian Railways has made a significant move by engaging with Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to leverage their core competencies in developing new technologies and products.

Gujarat emerged as the best performer in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion’s (DIPP) the first ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018.

Indian Railways has decided to completely switch over to manufacture of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) design main line coaches from 2018-19 onwards.

The Indian Armed Forces will assess the existing Drone and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technologies of global companies at the Aero India 2019 to be held in February 2019 in Bengaluru.

The Rural Development Ministry has sanctioned 1531-km of road projects in Uttarakhand, 996-km and 112-km for Green and Climate Resilient Technology Meghalaya and 100-km for Green and Climate Resilient Technology in Tamil Nadu.

Final approvals have been given to three National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) while eight Investment Regions along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project have been declared as NIMZs.

Rajpura-Patiala has been identified as an Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) for development as part of the Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor.

All 100 Smart Cities have incorporated Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for implementing 5,151 identified projects worth more than Rs.205,018 crore.

Bids for setting up 8,389.90MW wind power projects have been finalised through Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC).