Projects

Syniverse platform supports LTE growth New data by Syniverse shows that inter-regional 4G LTE roaming traffic from India has grown by a staggering 3,300% year-over-year. This growth was measured by analyzing global roaming traffic traversing the Syniverse platform, said the...

Work progresses on housing schemes The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said 1,333 projects worth Rs.50,626 crores have been completed or are under implementation/tendering as part of the Smart City Mission (SCM). Overall projects worth Rs.2,03,979 crores have been...

Cabinet sanctions Rs.1,029.49 Cr for Phase I   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Freight Village, an Integrated Multi Modal Logistics Hub (IMLH), at Nangal Chaudhary in Haryana. Located on 886.78 acres of land, it is to...

More residential developments likely along new route The Delhi Metro corridor is being extended by 6.675 km from Noida City Centre to Sector-62 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, boosting transportation network and residential developments along the route. The Union Cabinet...

Surbana Jurong to do Pune masterplan Singapore and Maharashtra has agreed to jointly work on the masterplan and undertake urban infrastructure developments in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) and collaborate in the development of the Pune Airport. A series of...

Biofuels policy based on ethanol approved   The Union Cabinet has approved National Policy on Biofuels 2018 with likely funding schemes for bio refineries and setting up of supply chain mechanism. The policy promotes use of ethanol produced from agricultural...

Task force works on coal cost control A task force has worked out mechanism to reduce landed price of coal, leading to savings in cost of power generated and reduce transportation cost. The Inter-Ministerial Task Force (IMTF) said savings achieved...

NER's rich in water resources Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) has recommended a think-tank on the North Eastern Region (NER) at the Central Government level. “There were several important recommendations discussed in...

Takeover to ensure efficiency and lower tariff   NTPC Limited is taking over Bihar's three power generation facilities to help improve the performance of Power Sector in state. NTPC is taking over Barauni Thermal Power Station (720 MW), Bihar State...

Alumina production target at 2.1 million tons National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has set a challenging capital expenditure (CAPEX) target of Rs.1,100 crore for the year 2018-19 with projects like the one million tonne 5th stream of refinery. Its other...