The cabinet has approved the revised estimates for Phase II and Phase III works of the Gulbarga airport project. The revised cost is now estimated to be Rs 282.7 million for Phase II and Rs […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted Stage II forest clearance to the Navi Mumbai International Airport Project, Phase I. This has paved the way for ground works such as the […]
The MoCA is reportedly considering the land bank model to acquire land for airports (which will not divest landowners of their holdings) and has asked AAI to prepare a concept note on this model of […]
Alliance Air launched the first flight under the RCS between Shimla and Delhi on April 27, 2017. A subsidised fare of Rs 2,036 was charged. According to reports, the flight will not be flown at […]
The central government has established an inter-ministerial committee to supervise the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik). The committee will be accountable for coordination among all stakeholders, including state governments, for […]
May Issue 2017
The power sector has seen a key shift in the mix of capacity addition in the past year. Capacity additions in renewables exceeded that in conventional power. At the same time, the coal supply chain […]
Sanjoy Roy is the chief executive officer of Orange City Water Private Limited, the company in charge of implementing the 24×7 water supply project in Nagpur. Associated with the company for the past three years, […]
MAN Trucks India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of MAN Truck & Bus AG, Germany, rolled out a new CLA EVO range. The initial delivery of trucks to customers took place recently at an event […]
Barco, a global leader in professional visualisation and networking solutions, showcased its patent-pending operator-focused technology, OpSpace, to system integrators and end-users in a premium event on May 19, 2017 at Hotel Taj Vivanta, MG Road, […]
Atlas Copco, one of the leading providers of sustainable productivity solutions, has recently won several orders from Hindutan Zinc for supplying equipment for automating its mining operations. The company has recently placed orders for modern […]
Thirty per cent of transmission line projects are delayed due to issues related to right of way, clearances, start-up challenges and geo-technical surprises. This adversely impacts the economics of EPC contracts. With the introduction of […]
Asset acquisitions in the infrastructure space have been on the rise in the past 15-20 months. While some companies are offloading assets to deleverage their balance sheets, others are doing so to shift their business […]
The goods and services tax (GST), which will subsume all indirect taxes and integrate the country into a single market, is arguably the biggest tax reform to be undertaken since Independence. Under GST, the credit […]
Under the BharatNet project, the government envisages providing high speed broadband connectivity (about 100 Mbps bandwidth) to 250,000 gram panchayats. The scope of the project involves laying of incremental fibre from the fibre point of […]
Infrastructure providers including tower companies have played a key role in establishing a robust telecom network in the country, making concerted efforts to enable seamless and ubiquitous connectivity. However, there are various challenges that plague […]
Telecom operators’ migration to data networks is creating opportunities for infrastructure providers. Besides providing plain tower services, these companies are now exploring opportunities in the areas of in-building solutions (IBS), fiberisation of sites, microcells and […]
The past year was an eventful one for the telecom infrastructure industry, with several positives on the policy front, and an exponential increase in data demand that led to an accelerated roll-out of towers and […]
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