Projects

Railways' MoU with Italy Indian and Italy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector, especially for safety related subjects. The #Railways Ministry and #Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group (FS Group) a Government Company managing...

Multi-modal transport Gadkari welcomes budget 2017-18. #Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has welcomed the thrust accorded by the Budget 2017-18 to multi modal transport planning and synergizing investments in railways, roads, waterways and civil aviation. Terming...

Green Ports The #Ministry of Shipping, as a part of its “Green Port Initiative” has been emphasizing on use of renewable sources of energy to power Major Ports. The Ministry aims to set up 91.50 MW of solar energy capacity...

World Bank's engineering programme India has signed a Financing Agreement with #World Bank for US$201.50 million for “Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP III)” The Agreement was signed on 1 Feb 2017 by Raj Kumar (Joint Secretary, #Department of...

Budget for businesses #Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Budget 2017-18 adds renewed impetus to manufacturing and "#Make in India", export infrastructure and Government e-marketplace. Several measures have been announced in the Budget by #Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on...

  PSE share listing planned Shares of #Railway Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) like #IRCTC, #IRFC and #IRCON will be listed in stock exchanges, announced #Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget 2017-18 on 1 Feb 2017. The Government will encourage strengthening...

Safe drinking water #Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has selected “Building a Clean Water Kiosk for Safe Drinking Water in India,” benefiting #Uthaan in Gurgaon, as its 2016 Best-in-Class community improvement project. The project was chosen from among 10 employee-led community...

Budget highlights Foreign Direct Investment has increased 36 per cent with forex reserves at US$361 billion in January, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in presenting Budget 2017-18. Allocation for infrastructure stands at a record Rs 3,96,135 crore in the budget....

Two major highways to link MP with four states The government has approved two major expressways linking Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. The Narmada Expressway will connect Amarkantak with Chhattisgarh and Gujarat while Chambal Expressway will...

Power loan #Rural Electrification Corp (REC) is giving a Rs.6,890 crore financial assistance to power generation and transmission utilities in Tamil Nadu. It signed a loan agreement on 28 January 2017 in #Chennai with #Tangedco and #Tantranscop for a 800-megawatt...