Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) were conceptualised three years ago and are the one of the fastest financial products to be brought to fruition. The product has had a great start. There have been three InvIT […]
Subhash Sethi, Chairman, SPML Infra Limited In India, almost one-third of the current population lives in cities and this will reach half the country’s population in just a few decades. With increasing economic activities, population […]
The formal merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in early September 2018 created an entity of great size — Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL). VIL is today the largest service provider in the country in […]
In the past couple of years, the railway sector has received greater attention from the government with the aim of making the system more modern, sustainable, systematic and safe. Indian Railways (IR) has undertaken several […]
The past few years have been quite eventful for the road sector. The government has not only infused the much desired momentum in the sector, but has also tried its best to be innovative. A […]
With most of the mining operations in the country being opencast, the shallow deposits, to a large extent, have already been extracted. Despite technology adoption in opencast mining, India is still far behind its global […]
In recent times, a number of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have turned to the market to raise funds. One such PSU, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) came out with an initial public offering […]
The government’s ambitious reform programme, the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) has started yielding positive outcomes on the operational and financial fronts, notes the power ministry. More importantly, it is making discoms conscious on a […]
India has the fourth largest railway network in the world after the US, China and Russia, spanning a total length of 68,000 km. It is the second largest system to be operated under a single […]
The government has embarked upon an ambitious programme of constructing 66,100 km of roads under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. In order to achieve this target, large-scale funding is required and, therefore, several innovative means of raising […]
Digital transformation and the adoption of smart technologies has become a priority agenda of every sector. Mining companies too, are slowly turning towards cost-effective digital and automated technologies for their mines to ensure high productivity […]
In line with the objectives laid down under Sagarmala, there is a need to promote coastal shipping as a cost-effective and an environment-friendly means of transportation vis-à-vis road and rail. This shift is also expected […]
With thermal power plants facing a demand crunch and discoms not signing any power purchase agreements (PPAs) beyond their baseload, the short-term power trading market has emerged as a necessary tool in recent years for […]
With increased government focus on digitalisation, Indian Railways (IR) has identified eight key areas for its digital transformation. These are passenger-friendly applications, freight customer convenience, cashless transactions, mobile applications, data analytics, dashboards and alerts, application […]
India’s largest highway construction project after the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP), the Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella programme for the highways sector focused on optimising the efficiency of freight and passenger movement by […]
Mining is one of the core sectors driving the growth of the economy and acts as a catalyst for the growth of other core sectors such as power, steel and cement. The choice of mining […]
The classic example of NRW management in India is the Bengaluru water loss management project which was initiated by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). The project was funded by the Japan International […]
One of the key issues faced by Indian Railways (IR) pertains to the design and maintenance of tracks with continuous pressure for enhancement of the line-carrying capacity. This issue can only be mitigated by enhancing […]
Over the years, increasing population coupled with urbanisation has highlighted the need for increasing and upgrading Indian Railways’ (IR) rolling stock, comprising wagons, locomotives and coaches. In 2017-18, IR’s freight volume recorded an all-time high […]
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