The Ministry of Urban Development has released an additional Rs 2.5 billion for the Lucknow metro project. Earlier in 2016, the ministry had released Rs 3 billion towards the project, taking the total assistance so […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 80 billion for the development of national highways in Telangana. Some of these roads are Surya Pet-Khammam, Manheryal-Chandrapur, Sangareddy-Nanded, Jagityal-Karimnagar-Warangal and Kodad-Khammam.The state government has […]
The centre has sanctioned Rs 32.24 billion for several urban infrastructure projects, including water supply and sewage management, in Rajasthan. The funds have been sanctioned under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme. […]
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has disbursed the first installment of Rs 4.06 billion for the under-construction Noida-Greater Noida metro project. A loan of Rs 5.8 billion will be given by NCRPB in […]
The Amritsar bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Punjab has been inaugurated. It involves the development of a 31 km long BRT system in the city. Three routes are being developed under the project: the Atari […]
The foundation stone for Phase I of the Pune metro rail project in Maharashtra has been laid. At present, the preliminary survey work for the project is being undertaken. The actual construction work is likely […]
The Sulthan Bathery Municipal Corporation in Kerala has signed an MoU with Didask Bioenergy Private Limited for the development of a waste-to-energy plant in the town. The plant will have the capacity to process five […]
The Maharashtra government has inaugurated the 130 mld Bhandewadi sewage treatment plant (STP). Once the plant commences operations, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation will supply treated sewage from the STP to the Maharashtra State Power Generation […]
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved sewage treatment projects worth Rs 2.55 billion for the cities of Haridwar and Varanasi. Two projects, aimed at developing sewage treatment plants (STPs) with capacities to […]
The Maharashtra government has commissioned the Gundavali-Bhandup water tunnel project in Mumbai. Under the project, two water tunnels, 15.1 km in length, have been developed at a cost of Rs 28.87 billion. Under Phase I […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has inaugurated a 245 million litres per day (mld) water treatment plant (WTP) at Siddharth Vihar in Ghaziabad. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam had been conducting trial runs on the WTP […]
Bharti Airtel has expanded its payments bank services to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka on a pilot basis. Airtel has established banking points across 8,000 Airtel retail outlets in Andhra Pradesh, 7,000 in Telangana and […]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched an integrated voice response system facility in the Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra and Goa circles on December 23, 2016 to obtain direct feedback […]
Bharti Airtel is learnt to be in talks with Norway-based Telenor for buying its India business for $350 million. Bharti Airtel is likely to take over half of Telenor India’s liabilities, while Telenor is expected […]
TRAI is planning to bring out a consultation paper that will review issues related to a reduction in the carbon footprint of telecom infrastructure, including mobile towers. The new consultation paper is likely to review […]
TRAI has released a consultation paper on net neutrality. Through the consultation paper, the regulator has sought the industry’s views on the principles that could be applied for ensuring non-discriminatory access to content on the […]
TRAI has recommended the adoption of an aggregator model for mobile phone subscribers in rural areas to help bridge the affordability gap for people residing in these areas and to support the government’s efforts towards […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to hold discussions with telecom and broadcasting companies to draw up and publish an agenda for 2017-18. Through this exercise, TRAI plans to improve regulatory predictability […]
The DoT is also planning to seek the Union cabinet’s approval for the second phase of the BharatNet project. Phase II of the project aims to connect 150,000 gram panchayats by September 2018 and is […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise a comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum or airwaves that connect mobile towers with each other in 2017. According to DoT, the new policy will spell out […]
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