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
Emerging Technologies
New construction techniques for the housing segment
The affordable housing sector has seen rapid growth in the past three years in terms of policy and regulations, incentives and schemes, and project up...
- Ready for Use Ready mix concrete gains traction
- Core Competence HCC bags several EPC contracts across sectors over the past year
High Potential
Rapid urbanisation to drive demand for city gas
The city gas distribution (CGD) sector has grown at a steady pace over the past few years on the back of increased sales of compressed natural gas (CN...
- Driving Connectivity Emerging trends and focus areas for telecom tower companies
- Sustainable Options Innovative, low-cost and environment-friendly energy management solutions
New Direction
Draft amendments to the Electricity Act reflect changed sector realities
In a move that could be a potential game changer for the power sector, the government recently released the draft Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2018, w...
- Cost of New Norms Emission control challenges for coal-based power plants
- Interview with Dr A.K. Verma “Sustainability is very important for utilities”
Limited Capacity
Odisha’s urban water supply and sanitation sector lacks collection and treatment infrastructure
The collection and effective treatment of sewage continue to be one of the biggest areas of concern for urban local bodies (ULBs) in Odisha. Rapid urb...
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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 Rajesh Sharma
“NHAI is planning to roll out another five TOT bundles in the next two years”
The Indian road sector has witnessed a marked shift from the operations, maintenance and transfer (OMT) model to the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model...
- Views of Prabhat Singh “There is a need to take control of the gas transport infrastructure on a global level”
- New Initiatives IR to address issues in freight and passenger segments
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
Vodafone Idea Limited
At the top, for now
The formal merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in early September 2018 created an entity of great size — Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL). VIL is ...
- Sector Review Journey towards a digital economy
- Interview with Aruna Sundararajan “The big-ticket idea is Broadband for All”
Traffic Analysis
Major ports register cargo growth during first half of 2018
The first six months (April-September) of the current fiscal year (2018-19) have been rather good for the port sector. Major ports handled 343.26 mill...
- Traffic at Major Ports Commodity-wise break-up
- Lukewarm Response Garden Reach’s maiden public issue undersubscribed
