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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The country’s irrigation sector continues to witness long delays in implementation of projects. Several projects have been languishing for years leading to cost and time overruns. A case in point is the Polavaram irrigation project […]
The past year has not been particularly good for the construction sector. Decline in construction activity in sectors such as roads and real estate, lending squeeze from non-banking financial companies, contractors’ money stuck in arbitration, […]
Since the formation of the new state of Telangana, the state government has accorded the highest priority to the irrigation sector. The government is striving hard to ensure that all the districts reap near equitable […]
The growth in the construction materials market is determined by growth in the construction sector. A key contributor to the country’s GDP, the construction sector witnessed a sluggish trend in 2019. The election year was […]
Tamil Nadu is endowed with 3 per cent of the country’s water resources. It receives an annual rainfall of 925 mm. The state has 34 river basins divided into 17 major river basins and 127 […]
With the aim of conserving and developing its existing water resources in a coordinated manner, the Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a number of departments such as the Water Resources Department (WRD), the Narmada Valley […]
The emerging electric vehicle (EV) market is expected to significantly impact both the road transportation and the power sector. On the one hand, the increasing penetration of EVs will reduce the dependence of the transport […]
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