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Month: August 2017
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Ezine Archive
August Issue 2017
August Issue 2017
Roads & Bridges
Trends and Outlook: Stakeholder optimism revives sector growth
The past year has been a significant one for the road sector. The gradual shift from focusing only on project award to initiating measures for faster project turnaround was quite noticeable. The Ministry of Road […]
Airports
Recent Developments: Focus on regional connectivity
The year 2016-17 witnessed a revival in the government’s interest in the development of the aviation sector, and that too on a much larger scale than before. In April 2017, the central government flagged off […]
Roads & Bridges
Views of Nitin Gadkari: “The PPP model is not capitalist in nature; it’s a socialist line of thought”
At the India PPP Summit 2017, Nitin Gadkari, union minister, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), shared his views on how the public-private partnership (PPP) model is instrumental in accelerating infrastructure development in the […]
Roads & Bridges
Views of Leena Nandan: “There is a need for all stakeholders in the sector to introspect and identify the errors”
At a recent conference on “Road Development in India” organised by India Infrastructure, Leena Nandan, additional secretary and financial adviser, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) spoke about how the government has tried to […]
Roads & Bridges
On the Lookout: Road developers await new opportunities in the sector
The road sector has witnessed a surge in activity in the past three years. National highway projects covering about 34,000 km were awarded between 2014-15 and 2016-17, almost double the length awarded in the preceding […]
Power
Recent Developments: A year marked by distribution reforms, renewable auctions and transparent coal allocation norms
There have been a number of noteworthy developments in the power sector in the past twelve months. Policies and programames in the generation segment such as the new coal linkage policy — the Scheme to […]
Power
Trends and Outlook: UDAY shows results, renewables take major strides
Growth momentum in the Indian power sector continues to gather pace in response to policy initiatives by the central government. The generation segment has witnessed record capacity additions, with renewables taking the lead in recent […]
Power
Views of Piyush Goyal: “We need to decentralise, decarbonise and digitalise the energy space”
With climate change being a global concern, the adoption of renewable energy has accelerated across the world in recent years, and India has been no exception. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for […]
Power
Views of Arvind Subramanian: “Coal and renewables must be the joint focus of policy”
Coal and renewables must be the joint focus of policy, says Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, as the country’s growing focus on renewables will result in a significant part of […]
Power
A Major Transition: Power sector moves from shortages to surplus, from coal-based to cleaner power
That the power sector has shown a reasonably good performance in the past year in terms of robust capacity additions, declining peak shortages, improvements under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), and brisk progress in […]
Power
Last Ten Years…: Generation and capacity addition
Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.34 per cent to reach 1,154,524 MUs in 2016-17 from 722,626 MUs in 2007-08. Thermal generation accounted for 86 per cent of the total in 2016-17, […]
Power
Last Ten Years…: PLF and installed capacity
The national plant load factor (PLF) registered a decline from 62.24 per cent in 2015-16 to 59.88 per cent in 2016-17. Across the central, state and private sectors, the PLF has been declining since 2011-12. […]
Railways
Recent Developments: Gamut of initiatives launched by MoR
The past year has seen Indian Railways (IR) undergo major transformation, with the introduction of a slew of initiatives ranging from passenger amenities to infrastructure creation and structural reforms. A host of policy measures have […]
Railways
Trends and Outlook: MoR lays a strong foundation for sector development
Over the past few years, the Ministry of Railways (MoR) has attempted to change Indian Railways (IR) from a somewhat slow-moving, bureaucratic and underfunded organisation to a more dynamic, enterprising and well-funded one. IR’s aim […]
Railways
Views of Suresh Prabhu: “Freight has been the mainstay of the railways’ earnings”
At a recent conference on New Alternatives in Wagon Design organised by Indian Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Union minister, Ministry of Railways (MoR), shared his views on how the ministry is making attempts to get […]
Railways
Getting on Track: Focus on reviving growth in the railway sector
Bustling with activity during the past year (2016-17), the railway sector is witnessing a major overhaul of India Railways (IR), ranging from the introduction of a slew of passenger and freight policies to the overall […]
Railways