Projects

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...

JV to undertake project on EPC mode   The National Highways Authority of India has signed an agreement for upgradation of Yagyi–Kalewa section of highway (Milepost 40/0 to Milepost 115/5) in Myanmar to two lane with earthen shoulder. The agreement...

Project to stimulate MP economic development The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in a Meeting held recently in Beijing has approved US$140 million loan which will benefit approximately 1.5 million rural residents in Madhya Pradesh. The Project, to improve livelihoods,...

Plans for 5 GW offshore capacity by 2022 The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) an autonomous body under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has called for ‘Expression of Interest’ (EoI) for the first offshore wind energy project...