Projects

Investment bankers to be appointed, says media report State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to raise US$3 billion through a green bond issue from the international financial markets, reported the Economic Times. The daily has named International Finance Corp...

Make heavy investments in education, skill and infra India has much to learn from the economic progress made by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan which were able to generate not only faster economic growth than ever achieved anywhere else over...

But there is a need for infrastructure development India doing all to reduce carbon footprints. India has cut down its carbon footprints and emissions substantially with the help of enabling technology in fossil fuel plants, transition to renewable energy and...

Focus will be the spirit of Team India   Renowned economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar has taken charge as the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog 1 September 2017, replacing Arvind Panagariya. Addressing a press conference in the capital after assuming...

India-Swiss to cooperate in Rail sector Modi and  Leuthard witnessing the exchange of an MoU, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on 31 August 2017. The Ministry of Railways has signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)...

Govt enhancing capacity in dam safety The World Bank-assisted Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) is working on 225 dams in seven States which are experiencing different levels of distress. Owners of these dams require technical support for the investigation...

Prime Minister Modi initiates 11 projects Modi at the inauguration and laying of foundation stone of various major highway projects, at Udaipur, in Rajasthan on 29 August 2017. The Central Government has announced a Rs.2 lakh crore National Highway projects...

Contracts to manage plants for 15 years The Namami Gange programme, or National Mission for Clean Ganga, has awarded contracts to set up to sewage treatment plants, each of 68 million litre a day (MLD) at Haridwar and one 15...

Low capacity utilization in power sector. NPTC complex. ASSOCHAM concerns about the power sector. ASSOCHAM is concerned that real estate, power, telecommunication and infrastructure being among the most troubled sectors of the Indian economy, leaving a potential for vulnerable debts...

Guidelines for risk-sharing framework Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has issued Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects. The Government has notified these Guidelines on 3rd August, 2017...