Projects

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...

Pre-bidding meeting was held 22 August Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL), under the Ministry of Power is seeking 50 lakh smart meters to reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses, power theft and monitor of round the clock power supply. The...

Nepal’s hydropower potential highlighted Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba calling on the Vice President Naid in New Delhi on 24 August 2017. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for renewed focus on India-Nepal projects like Terai Roads, Rail...

MMRC works on car shed on the rail corridor The central government has approved allocation of 40-acre land to Mumbai Metro Rail Master Plan, which is undertaking phase development of 146.50-km system for improving the overall public transport capacity of...

DPR readied for 1,500m link to Nepal An Asian Development Bank-funded bridge over Mechi River at Indo-Nepal border will progress further following an approval by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Estimated to cost Rs.158.65 crore, the...