As many as 19 bidders, including GMR Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Infrastructure Limited and the Adani Group, have shown interest in the development of the Jewar international greenfield airport in Gautam Buddh Nagar in Greater Noida. […]
Cairn Oil and Gas, a vertical of Vedanta Limited, is planning to drill 78 wells for onshore exploration of oil and gas at RJ-ONHP-2017/3 block in Jalore district in Rajasthan. Besides, the proposal for grant […]
Mining companies in the country are gradually redefining their strategies and adopting new business models. A digital mine leverages the best of digital technology and internet of things (IoT), cloud or on-premises platforms to connect […]
The past few years have been eventful for the railway sector. The government has unveiled several initiatives for expanding and decongesting the existing network. There has also been a sea change in the scale and […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is expected to seek approval from the central government for privatisation of six airports – Varanasi, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Tiruchirappalli, Indore and Raipur. While the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) […]
In August 2016, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs authorised the monetisation of public-funded national highway projects through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model. Under this arrangement, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is authorised to […]
With the aim of saving costs and achieving a lower carbon footprint, Indian Railways (IR) has made 100 per cent electrification a key priority. It plans to electrify around 28,000 route km (rkm) by 2021-22 […]
Palash Srivastava is a veteran in the development of privately financed and managed infrastructure projects. With over 20 years of experience in infrastructure investment, public-private partnership (PPP) structuring and transaction advisory, capacity building and training, […]
Infrastructure debt funds (IDFs) have gained traction in the past four to five years. The instrument has an advantage over bank credit in the sense that IDFs provide longer-tenor loans, typically for 20-22 years, to […]
The internet of things (IoT), once branded as a futuristic concept, is now the biggest buzzword in the technology space. Enterprises across industries, ranging from transportation and logistics to healthcare and manufacturing, are steadily embracing […]
The Indian construction equipment industry is currently facing headwinds. The production and sale of equipment has fallen. Equipment manufacturers have reduced production targets. The road sector, the biggest driver of equipment demand, is witnessing a […]
The Logistics Data Bank (LDB), introduced in 2015 as a single-window visibility mechanism to track the movement of containers, has taken major strides since. The service was launched as a pilot project at the Jawaharlal […]
Energy security is one of the key issues that the world is facing at present. The issue is pressing for developing countries such as India, which are yet to attain economic maturity to be comparable […]
Indian cities are grappling with acute water shortages due to the fast depleting water reserves and dropping groundwater levels. Wastewater generation and management is another major issue currently plaguing cities. However, water demand from households […]
Learning from the mixed experience of the the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP), a need was felt to redefine road development and take a macro approach while planning the expansion of the national highways network. […]
The power ministry is preparing to launch the next set of reforms for the distribution segment. Over the past two decades, several reform schemes have been introduced in the segment – a one-time settlement scheme […]
Rajiv Srivastava brings to the table over three decades of experience of working at senior-level positions at companies such as Hewlett-Packard [HP] India, Microsoft and Yamaha Motorcycles. He was appointed chief executive officer of the […]
The adoption of digital and technology innovations can help in transforming key aspects of the mining process and unlocking the sector’s potential. Technologies and systems such as automation, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), […]
Driven by the growing dredging requirements at Indian ports and inland waterways, dredging has emerged as a distinct industry in itself over the past few years. In order to cater to the massive demand, several […]
The hybrid annuity model (HAM) was launched at a time when project award relied largely on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model and private sector interest in build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects had almost dried up. […]
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