People
Ajay Popat
President, Ion Exchange (India) Limited […]
Month: January 2020
People
Rakesh Mohan Agarwal: Chairman and Managing Director, ITI Limited
Rakesh Mohan Agarwal was appointed the CMD of ITI Limited in October 2019. A postgraduate in electronics and communications and an MBA, Agarwal joined the Indian Telecommunication Service in 1986. He has about 33 years […]
Data & Statistics
Data & Statistics
Company Release
Eaton introduces four new hydraulics products for the Indian market
Eaton, a power management company, launched four new hydraulics products for the Indian market at the international construction equipment and construction technology trade fair – CII EXCON 2019. The four hydraulics are the X70 Closed […]
Ezine Archive
January Issue 2020
January Issue 2020
Company Release
JK Tyre records a surge in export and replacement sales
JK Tyre saw green shoots in tyre sector demand revival in December 2019. In pursuit of its long-term growth plans and to combat the temporary slowdown in the original equipment manufacturer market, JK Tyre has […]
Infrastructure Finance
Strong Intent: NIP, a first-of-its-kind initiative
The government, through the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), envisions creating new and upgrading existing infrastructure to achieve the target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025. To achieve this target, the country needs to spend […]
Water & Waste
Strategic Intervention: Wastewater recycling and reuse for sustainable irrigation needs
India has a meagre 4 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves and houses 18 per cent of the world’s population. Over the years, the demand for water from different consumer segments has been increasing […]
Oil & Gas
Connecting the East: Progress on the Urja Ganga pipeline project
India’s quest to increase the share of natural gas in the overall energy mix hinges crucially on the timely development of pipelines across the country. While the western, southern and most of the northern parts […]
Roads & Bridges
Fast Forward: FASTag deployment gains momentum
The central government has been quite ambitious when it comes to integrating advanced technologies with highway operations. Tolling has been a priority area for the government in the past few years and a nation-wide electronic […]
Railways
Marking a First: Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express spearheads privatisation in railways
The country’s first private train, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express commenced commercial operations in October 2019. The train with its modern features offers world-class travel experience and comfort to its passengers, particularly business travellers. Indian Railways […]
Power
Distress Signals: Power demand slows down for the fourth consecutive month
The power sector is in the midst of a demand slowdown that is threatening all stakeholders. Electricity demand reduced by 4.3 per cent in November 2019 from a year ago, representing a fourth straight month […]
Spotlight
Views of Mritunjay Kumar Narayan: “We intend to launch a new reform-linked policy”
Distribution segment reforms have been a major focus area of policymakers in recent years. Taking cognisance of issues related to mounting financial losses of discoms, the inability of states to take corrective measures and governance […]
Roads & Bridges
Technology Uptake: Stakeholder views on the role of digital solutions
Application of digital technology can play a key role in solving some of the issues facing the Indian road industry. The industry is slowly moving from computer-aided designs to building information modelling (BIM), and eventually […]
Company Release
Bentley Systems wins downstream award for digitalisation
Bentley Systems has won an award in the “Innovation in Downstream Digitalisation” category at the Downstream Awards. The company was declared the winner for the Dow Chemical Company’s use of its ConstructSim application. After evaluating […]
Irrigation
Views of J. Chandrashekhar Iyer: “Creation of an integrated water ministry has been a major step forward”
The irrigation sector is the largest consumer of water in the country. The sector is, however, burdened with issues such as poor water use efficiency, less than optimal utilisation of irrigation potential, low coverage of […]
Power
Divestment Deal: Centre to sell stakes in NEEPCO and THDCIL
In November 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) accorded in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment in several central public sector enterprises including two power sector entities, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) and […]
Irrigation
Views of M.K. Srinivas: “Irrigation is vital to meet the country’s future demand for foodgrains”
On September 25, 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit comprising 17 sustainable development goals, the global goals to end poverty, reduce inequality and injustice, and tackle climate […]
Construction in India
Looking Up: Downturn in construction sector to reverse soon
As the economy stares at decelerating GDP growth, the construction sector has been hit hard. Headwinds in the past year curtailed the growth of the sector. A fall in road construction activity, the slow pace […]