Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has signed an MoU with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing to provide strong network systems for telecommunication operations and high speed internet services to several Indian cities, including future […]
RJIL has been granted a fresh right-of-way (RoW) permission to lay 1,956.26 km of optic fibre cable (OFC) by the Kerala government. However, this is subject to the condition that RJIL meets the commitments given […]
The government has stated that optic fibre connectivity has been provided to over 110,000 gram panchayats under the BharatNet project. It also pointed that as on January 21, 2018, optic fibre connectivity has been provided […]
The Maharashtra government has introduced a new telecom infrastructure policy, which will support its digital ventures. The policy will help in creating and maintaining telecom infrastructure for its citizen-centric digital initiatives based on the Jan-Dhan, […]
Bangladesh, India and Nepal have agreed on the operating procedure for passenger vehicles in the subregion under the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) signed in June 2015, and will soon complete the internal approval […]
An MoU has been signed between India and Britain to improve public transport systems and passenger services. The MoU will help in information sharing in the areas of data analysis, the induction of electric vehicles, […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will execute a pilot project to study the implementation of the “pay as you use” tolling system in the country. It involves the setting up of a satellite-based […]
The Nagaland government has launched the Nagaland Road Maintenance Policy, 2017, to ensure the proper maintenance of state roads. Meanwhile, the government has also laid the foundation stone for two projects to improve roads at the Purana […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has exempted government companies notified as public financial institutions, registered as non-banking financial companies with the Reserve Bank of India, and in the business of infrastructure finance leasing with 75 […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has laid the foundation stone for doubling three railway lines – the 86.56 km Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari line, the 102 km Vanchi-Maniyachchi-Nagercoil line and the 160 km Madurai-Tuticorin line – at estimated […]
Indian Railways (IR) is expected to introduce two new high speed trains on its network – Train 18 and Train 20 – which will replace the existing fleet of Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains and operate […]
The MoR is planning to implement projects valued close to Rs 480 billion in the Northeast. This includes a new railway line through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh for which the final location survey is currently […]
The MoR is planning to set up a new rail coach factory in Latur, Maharashtra, which will manufacture electric multiple units for suburban trains and coaches for metros. The project will be implemented on a high […]
The MoR is planning to allow private companies to own, operate and execute railway lines in the country. This plan is currently at the conceptualisation stage with the Railway Board working on the feasibility of […]
In a bid to meet the government’s revised disinvestment target of Rs 1 trillion, the government is currently planning the IPO of two rail companies – IRFC and RITES. While, the RITES IPO could involve a 12 per cent […]
The Ministry of Coal has allocated 11 coal blocks with an aggregate production capacity of 225 mt to various subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. Reportedly, three coal mines in Jharkhand have been allocated to Eastern […]
The central government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for the construction of 12 nuclear power reactors in the country. Of these, 10 will be indigenous pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) with a capacity […]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India has issued a tender for large-scale solar-wind hybrid power plants with an aggregate capacity of 160 MW to be set up in Andhra Pradesh. The plants (along with an […]
NTPC Limited has received expressions of interest from various companies and financial institutions for the acquisition of coal-based power projects in response to a tender issued in November 2017. Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited has offered […]
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to recover arrears from Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL). Reportedly, arrears worth Rs 37 billion are pending […]
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