Projects

Paper calls for fast-track housing development Minister Puri's updates on PMAY housing. Nearly 4 million houses have already been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), a Prime Minister housing scheme to build 12-million houses by 2022. Stating this,...

Focus on tech-savvy Linke Hofmann Busch coaches     Indian Railways (IR) continues to take measures for modernization of various segments of infrastructure and services, said Minister of State in Ministry of Railways, Rajen Gohain, in a written reply to...

Tranche 3 lending for improving railway sector Kenichi Yokoyama (in tie) and Indian officials with signed loan documents. India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a US$120 million loan agreement for double-tracking and electrification of railways tracks along...

Project based on ASCE recommendation   Expression of Interest has been invited for Development of Personal Rapid Transit System (PRT) Delhi-Gurgaon Pilot Project Corridor. The 12.30-km project, from 24.00-km at NH-8 (Delhi-Haryana Border); 33.50-km (Rajiv Chowk, Gurgaon) NH-248A Sohna Road,...

Non-major ports merged Twenty-six projects costing Rs.1,207 crore have been sanctioned for total financial assistance of Rs.462.60 crore, said the Minister of State for Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to parliament on 15 Mar 2018. The central government...

SPVs to be given land or capital Detailed Project Reports are in progress for Intermodal Stations in 15 cities, with Nagpur and Varanasi as pilot cities for development. The others are: Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Bangaluru, Madurai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Amaravati,...

Govt fast track solar development Modi and Macron in Varnasi on 12 Mar 2018 when they inaugurated the solar plant at Mirzapur. Bidding of 225 MW solar power plants will be opened on 12th April, 2018 as part of developing...

Flexible pavement required for landslide prone region The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved road projects in Nagaland and Punjab on 14 March 2018. Road stretches passing through Nagaland's landslide-prone region, will have flexible pavements which are easier...

287 projects in tendering stage About 287 Smart City projects worth Rs. 14,296 crores are in tendering stage and works on-ground is expected to start very soon, a release from the Press Information Bureau said on 14 Mar 2018. Since...

India among drivers of global economy, Narendran Thirty one percent of companies in India are considering a different organisational structure, according to key findings of a joint study by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)....