DoT has made the panic button and global positioning system (GPS) facilities mandatory on all mobile handsets. As per the new rules, all mobile handsets sold in the country from January 2017 need to feature […]
The Supreme Court of India has reserved its order on the telecom operators’ plea against the Delhi High Court order that had upheld the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) compensation mechanism for call drops. […]
DoT has amended the unified access service license agreement, allowing interconnection of internet protocol (IP)-based networks with telecom networks. At present, a telecom licence has provisions for connecting a circuit switch-based network with another circuit […]
DoT has notified guidelines for the liberalisation of spectrum allocated without auction. This comes after the cabinet approved the same in April 2016. As per the guidelines, the most recent price recommended by TRAI will […]
The Telecom Commission has approved the reserve prices recommended by TRAI for the upcoming spectrum auction. The commission has, however, rejected TRAI’s recommendations on easier payment options for operators in the auction. The commission, meanwhile, […]
Further, the Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a non-governmental organisation challenging the grant of a 4G licence to Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL). The PIL had sought the cancellation […]
The cabinet has given its approval for the signing of an MoU between India and Bhutan on technical cooperation in the fields of capacity building, benchmarking, and bilateral exchange in infrastructure engineering. This MoU will allow the […]
NHAI has come up with a proposal to decongest Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) through the construction of roads, flyovers and underpasses. NHAI has created a separate cell to work on decongesting Delhi […]
NHAI has permitted its regional officers (ROs) to hire equipment and labourers (up to Rs 1 million per project) for demolishing structures that fall within the right of way of a project. As some contracts […]
NHAI has rolled out a cashless payment mechanism (FASTag) at toll plazas on national highways. FASTag offers near-non-stop movement of vehicles through toll plazas and the convenience of cashless payment of toll fee with nationwide […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has fixed a 2.5-fold increase in the target for award and construction of national highways for 2016–17. The ministry has set a target of 25,000 km of […]
The central government has decided to shelve its plan to set up a national industrial corridor authority (NICA), a nodal body to oversee work relating to all national industrial corridors. The plan has been put […]
The central government has clarified that no service tax will be applicable on one-time charges paid for spectrum purchased before April 1, 2016, even if the payment for the spectrum is being made in instalments. […]
Spanish firm Talgo has delivered nine passenger coaches to Indian Railways. The new coaches are capable of running at speeds of 160-200 km per hour (kmph) on existing tracks. The first trial run will be […]
Over 85 per cent of the land required for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Western Corridor) has been acquired. Recently, CIDCO received Rs 6.08 billion from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) to […]
A 21 km long tunnel under the sea has been proposed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) corridor project. As per the detailed project report submitted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), most […]
Work on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)-Panvel elevated train-cum-road corridor and the Churchgate-Virar elevated train-cum-road corridor is expected to commence by August 15, 2016. The CST-Panvel elevated corridor will be a road and rail corridor […]
Jhabua Power Limited (JBL), a subsidiary of Avantha Power and Infrastructure Limited, has commissioned the 600 MW Jhabua TPP at Seoni in Madhya Pradesh. BHEL was the principal contractor for the plant.
The Maharashtra government and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) have refused to pay the termination fee for the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with Reliance Power Limited for the 4,000 MW Tilaiya ultra mega […]
The MoP has released the Report of the Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy, Need for Balancing, Deviation Settlement Mechanism. The committee has laid down a 15-point action plan for facilitating large-scale […]
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