Sector Review
Aiming to become the third largest aviation market by 2025
Over the past two decades, the civil aviation sector has transformed from a closed, unmanaged and overregulated industry to an open, liberalised and i...
- Interview with Dr G. Mohapatra “The past two decades have been tumultuous for the airport sector”
- Flying High Transformation of the aviation sector over the past 20 years
Ready for Use
Ready mix concrete gains traction
The adoption of ready mix concrete (RMC) in the country is gaining pace, albeit slowly. The concept of RMC was introduced in India in the 1950s but re...
- Core Competence HCC bags several EPC contracts across sectors over the past year
- Minimising Disputes Does India need a construction law?
Sector Review
Policy initiatives aim for increased domestic production
The Indian oil and gas sector has come a long way from being a newly liberalised market in the mid-1990s to becoming one of the key industries in the ...
- Views of Dr M.M. Kutty “The DSF policy is a step towards bridging the demand-supply gap”
- Interview with Dr J.N. Singh “Gujarat is poised to become the LNG gateway of India”
Call for Flexibility
MoP issues draft note on merit order operation
In recent years, the growth in electricity demand has not been commensurate with the generation capacity addition, which has led to a decline in the p...
- Sector Review A paradigm shift
- Views of R.K. Singh “Access to energy is a prerequisite for a poverty-free India”
Smaller is Better
Small cities take the lead in smart waste management
The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in a scientific manner is one of the biggest challenges faced by urban India today. The rapid pace of po...
- A Step in the Right Direction NITI Aayog’s water index for ensuring perennial water supply
- Piling Up Urgent need to tackle mounting waste across Indian cities
Big Investment Plans
But limited progress on Indore smart city project
Indore is one of the top 20 cities to be selected under Round 1 of the Smart Cities Mission (SCM). The city was selected after a two-phase selection p...
- Key Statistics Key projects in the Indore smart city
- Going the Last Mile Bicycle sharing projects in smart cities
Views of R.K. Pandey
“Bharatmala aims to optimise the efficiency of freight and passenger movement”
The Bharatmala programme is being lauded as a game changer for the highways sector. The programme has the capability of revolutionising the way freigh...
- Progress in the Northeast Views of NHIDCL’s Satyabrata Sahu
- Sector Review Course correction for a more promising future
Sector Review
Some expectations met, but miles to go
Indian Railways (IR) is a vast monolith, a state within a state. It is perhaps the most important part of the country’s transportation segment, not ...
- Views of Piyush Goyal “Need to take small steps for hugely incremental results”
- New Paradigms Innovations in infrastructure development
Sector Review
Journey towards a digital economy
The past two decades have been nothing short of revolutionary for the Indian telecom sector. There has been a perceptible growth in the number of tele...
- Interview with Aruna Sundararajan “The big-ticket idea is Broadband for All”
- The Debate Continues The facts and myths of net neutrality
Sector Review
Undergoing a sea change
Over the past two decades, the port sector in India has undergone significant changes with the introduction of new policies, amendments to existing po...
- Interview with Gopal Krishna “The entry of the private sector has given a great fillip to port development”
- Growing Digitalisation Transformative role of technology in logistics and ports
