Projects

Natural Gas Task force announced Pradhan and Perry at the inaugural meeting in New Delhi. India and the United States have reaffirmed strong commitment to implementation of civil nuclear partnership, including the Westinghouse Electric civil nuclear project at Kovvada in...

Monitoring groups set up for work progress The Road Transport and Highways Ministry (MoRTH) has set a target of awarding works for around 20,000 kilometres length of National Highways during the current year 2018-19. This is about 25% more than...

Three ports to consider containerized RO plants Desalination plants, based on latest technology, will be installed at Paradip Port, Kamarajar Port and VO Chidambarnar Port which are under the Shipping Ministry. Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has instructed that these facilities...

Gadkari gives update on highway projects Gadkari. Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced development of a new highway alignment between Delhi and Mumbai.  A sum of one lakh crore rupees will be spent on this expressway,...

Farm produce cargo hub for international markets Minister Prabhu (in white shirt in center) talks about Goa airports on 16 April 2018. The Civil Aviation Ministry is in talks with the World Bank and other major institutions to promote Goa...

Project to manage depleting resources India has signed a US$48 million loan with the World Bank for the “Meghalaya Community - Led Landscapes Management Project (MCLLMP)”. The MCLLMP is to strengthen community-led landscapes management in selected landscapes in the State...

Service features advanced file acceleration Tata Communications and Primestream® have joined forces to launch an enterprise-grade Media Asset Management (MAM) solution in the cloud. The new platform enables broadcasters, content owners and enterprises to capture, produce, manage and deliver media...

ITDC works on DRP for three-stage implementation   Work has started on Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a Rs.550 crore Mega Tourism Destination project at Bhairav Lanka in Kakinada, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The India Tourism Development Corporation...

Army offers MSMEs "handholding" General Rawat at DefExpo 2018. Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, said the Army would take up solutions provided by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as a follow up to the identification of...

US$44bn refinery-petrochemical complex Nasser signing the MoU.   India's "mega-handshake" with Saudi Aramco for mega-refinery and petrochemical complex came with a joint refinery-petrochemical complex investment. Commentary by Serena Huang, senior analyst, Wood Mackenzie. On 11 April, Saudi Aramco signed a...