The MoRTH has announced the formation of an empowered group of state transport ministers to give advice on policy issues to make the transport sector more efficient and transparent. Several state road transport corporations incur […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a code of conduct for toll plaza operators. NHAI contractors/concessionaires are mandated to comply with the prescribed policy guidelines and standards. A uniform dress code has […]
The Maharashtra government has launched a road safety initiative to make the 95 km Mumbai-Pune expressway a zero-fatality corridor in the next five years. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has signed an MoU with […]
The MoRTH has launched a highway advisory system (HAS) on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-8, as a pilot project. HAS is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses the radio to make the travelling experience on […]
The central government has launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on national highways. The programme aims to make all national highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. […]
Sojitz Corporation-led consortium comprising Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Gayatri Projects Limited secured the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Iqbalgarh-Vadodara stretch of the Western DFC project. It is estimated to cost Rs 4.74 […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved seven railway projects comprising six railway lines and one rail overbridge (RoB) at an estimated cost of Rs 107.94 billion, on February 17, 2016. These lines are expected […]
The central government has set up National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRC) for the development and operation of the 534 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) project. This is a JV between the MoR […]
The Maharashtra Forest Department has dereserved 58.15 hectares of forest land for the Western DFC project by issuing a final order on February 29, 2016. Of the total land dereserved, 10.86 hectares belongs to the […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has proposed the development of four additional dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) in order to increase its share in freight movement. The four additional freight corridors are the 2,330 km East-West […]
A new technology, Document Exchange Kiosks, will soon be operational at the international terminal (T3) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The technology will enable passengers to flash their ticket’s barcode at a kiosk […]
The Union cabinet has approved the signing of an agreement between India and the Maldives, under which airlines of the two countries will be provided relief from double taxation for operating flights between the two […]
Based in New Delhi, Sudhir Narang has been managing director, British Telecom (BT) Global Services’ India operations since December 2007 and is responsible for all the business operations and India strategy. […]
Shrirang Karandikar, chief executive officer, India Power Corporation, began his career as an engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and later worked with NTPC, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Torrent Power, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited and Crompton Greaves. […]
Karthikeyan T.V., currently chief financial officer, Infrastructure Development Projects Limited (L&T IDPL), a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has been associated with the company for nearly 25 years. […]
Dr B. Mohanty took charge as member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, in January 2014. […]
With 30 years of experience behind him, Dr Ashvini Kumar, managing director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), is an industry veteran. […]
Amitabh Verma is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1982 batch of the Bihar cadre. He has been chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), since September 2013. […]
The government recently presented the Union Budget 2016-17, its second full-year budget, in which it reiterated its focus on infrastructure development as it moved into its third year in power. […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has played a significant role in shaping the Indian telecom sector. […]
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