India and Iran signed a pact on February 17, 2018, which gives the former operational control of a part of Chabahar port for a period of 18 months. Phase I of Chabahar port, also known […]
The central government inaugurated three projects at V.O. Chidambaranar port on February 26, 2018. The projects comprise a truck parking terminal (Rs 236.9 million), a container terminal berth (Rs 3,122.3 million) and a port information […]
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has signed a concession agreement with Hooghly Oil and Gas Terminal Private Limited for setting up a liquid jetty at Shalukkali at the Haldia Dock Complex II. Hooghly Oil and […]
An MoU has been signed between Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited for the implementation of the Vizhinjam-Balaramapuram port-rail connectivity project. The project involves the development of a 12 km railway line […]
As of February 28, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,382 vessels of 12.43 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.89 million dead-weight tonnage (DWT). Of the vessels, 936 were coastal vessels with […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has appointed KPMG to study and devise a framework for the operationalisation and maintenance of assets being built on National Waterway (NW)-1. The framework will include various institutional […]
An inter-ministerial committee (IMC) has been constituted for augmenting coastal shipping of coal and other commodities. The Ministry of Shipping is the nodal ministry for the committee, the terms of reference for which include the […]
The Kerala government has granted in-principle approval for the development of the Parvathy-Puthanar canal as a NW under the Kerala inland water transport project (NW-3). The waterway will be developed at a cost of Rs […]
The cabinet has approved the methodology for the auction of coal mines/blocks for sale of coal under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, thereby […]
The central government and the union territory of Lakshadweep have signed an MoU under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) for the operational turnaround of the union territory’s electricity department (ED). An overall net benefit […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has extended the waiver of inter-state transmission charges and losses for solar and wind projects commissioned till March 31, 2022. Earlier, the waiver was applicable for solar projects commissioned till […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has reportedly emerged as the lowest bidder for the Rs 10 billion, 765 kV Vindhyachal-Varanasi transmission line, a part of the New Western Region-Northern Region 765 kV […]
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has sought an extension of five years from the Supreme Court to set up an “away from reactor” (AFR) facility in order to store the spent nuclear fuel […]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids for setting up 3 GW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar power projects to be installed across different locations in the country. The solar photovoltaic […]
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) has emerged as the winner in the tender for supplying 300 MW of power to Bangladesh. The tender was floated by the Bangladesh Power Development Board for the supply […]
Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) has received a letter of intent for the Fatehgarh-Bhadla transmission project in Rajasthan from PFC Consulting Limited to construct, own, operate and maintain the project. The transmission project was awarded to […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved six projects for implementation. These are the 100.6 km Muzaffarpur-Sagauli (Bihar) (estimated cost Rs 13.48 billion), the 109.7 km Sagauli-Valmiki Nagar (Bihar) (Rs 13.81 billion), the 116.95 […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has granted approval for the 240 km Port Blair-Diglipur new railway line project in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands at an estimated cost of Rs 24.14 billion. The project will […]
Indian Railways (IR) has inducted two digitally enabled locomotives based on the state-of-the-art insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology in collaboration with General Electric (GE). The two locomotives have been designed under Make in India through an […]
The cabinet has given its approval to the cooperation agreement between India and Morocco’s national railway operator ONCF to develop a long-term partnership in areas such as training and staff development, expert missions, exchange of experience […]
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