Projects

India’s Act East policy has started securing investments from Japan, South Korea and China, said Jamshyd N. Godrej, co-chairman of the India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue 2018 (ISSD).

The World Bank has signed a US$250 Million Agreement to support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan.

The Indian Government and the World Bank have signed a US$220 million Loan Agreement and a US$80 million Guarantee Agreement for the India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program, a market of US$12 billion a year.

London-headquartered advanced start-up, SteelRock Technologies (SR), has developed a series of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the capabilities of which fit well into the requirements by the Indian Defence Services.

Drones are a technology platform which has wide-ranging applications from photography to agriculture, from infrastructure asset maintenance to insurance. Drones range in size from very small and those that can carry multiple kilograms of payload.

The Tourism Ministry has sanctioned two projects under Heritage and North East Circuits of Swadesh Dashan Scheme for Rs.164.95 Crores in Punjab and Tripura.

The 362 km Indore-Manmad New Railway Line Project will cost Rs.8,574.79 crores and constructed within six years. It will result in cumulative net economic benefits of estimated Rs.15,000 crore in the first ten years of operations.

Construction of the Rs.3,966.51 crore Lakhwar Multi-Purpose project in the Upper Yamuna Basin is set to commence with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in New Delhi on 28 Aug 2018 between the Central Government and northern states.

University of Leicester is keen on furthering its links with Indian scientific projects for space research.

Three Indian students, doing Global Master of Business Administration at the S P Jain School of Global Management in Singapore, have jointly won the Flywire Challenge, a payment transaction group which mentors startup ideas.