Bharti Airtel has announced that it has over 50 million unique 5G customers on its network within one year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus. The company also announced that its 5G Plus service […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has removed over-the-top (OTT) players and applications from the definition of telecommunication services under the Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill. The move is expected to provide relief to OTT communication service […]
TRAI has issued its recommendations on the Rationalisation of Entry Fee and Bank Guarantees. In order to facilitate the growth of the telecom sector and improve the ease of doing business, TRAI has made recommendations […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a white paper on the 6 GHz spectrum band. In the paper, TRAI has outlined three options – auction, non-auction and hybrid – for allocating frequency […]
The Macquarie Group, Cube Highways and Kotak Alternate Asset Managers are competing to secure eight toll road assets valued at Rs 60 billion from Reliance Infrastructure Limited. The road project portfolio earmarked for sale includes […]
PNC Bithur Kanpur Highways Private Limited, an SPV incorporated by PNC Infratech Limited, has received the provisional completion certificate (PCC) for the Mitrasen-Kanpur four-laning road project on NH-91 under Package V of the Bharatmala Pariyojana. […]
The centre is likely to monetise approximately Rs 2 trillion ($24.1 billion) worth of highways by 2027. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to commission 4,000-4,500 km of new roads every year […]
Samakhiyali Tollway Private Limited, an SPV incorporated by IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited, has achieved financial closure for the Samkhiyali-Santalpur Six Lane Road Project (NH-27). The concessionaire will infuse equity of Rs 6,460 million while a […]
Sri Ram Enterprises has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for the implementation of the Pandra (NH-75)-Kanke (SH-02, Holiday Home) Four Lane Road Reconstruction Project, with a quoted amount of Rs 921.29 million. Bids for […]
The JV of J. Kumar Infra Projects Limited and NCC Limited has received a letter of award worth Rs 63.01 billion for the implementation of Phase IIIB of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road-Tunnel Project. In the […]
The Odisha government has granted approval for 429 road projects covering the capital city of Bhubaneswar and its peripheral regions. This significant infrastructure initiative is estimated to cost approximately Rs 0.39 billion. Around 140 of […]
In a notable development, RITES Limited has been granted “Navratna” status by the Ministry of Finance. With this, RITES has become India’s 16th Navratna central public sector enterprise. For RITES, this is a step forward […]
IR has launched nine Vande Bharat trains for various destinations. The new trains will operate on the Udaipur-Jaipur, Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Vijayawada-Chennai (via Renigunta), Patna-Howrah, Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram, Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri, Ranchi-Howrah, and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad routes.
In an important development, IR has signed a supply contract with Kinet Railway Solutions, an Indo-Russian JV, for manufacturing Vande Bharat trains. The development is significant due to concerns raised regarding the viability of the […]
A study conducted by the Railway Board has emphasised the need for dedicated coal corridors in the country to meet the growing power demand. Since the majority of coal is transported from Odisha, Jharkhand and […]
Central Railway’s (CR) freight loading for September 2023 stood at 5.76 mt, exceeding the September 2022 loading of 5.65 mt by 1.9 per cent, making it the highest loading for any September till date. Cumulatively, […]
According to the Ministry of Railways, IR has utilised 59 per cent of its total capital expenditure in the first six months of 2023-24. This can be attributed to 38 structural and procedural reforms implemented […]
In the April-September period of 2023-24, the national transporter carried a freight loading of 758.20 mt. This is 21.52 mt higher than the freight loading in the corresponding period in 2022-23 (736.68 mt). Indian Railway (IR) […]
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has initiated dredging works at NW-44 (Ichhamati river). The central government has recently declared a 63 km section of the Ichhamati river as NW-44, and the MoPSW […]
The Assam government is planning to modernise the state’s inland waterways at an estimated cost of Rs 7 billion. In a recent development, it launched 10 catamaran vessels, three tugboats and a search-and-rescue vessel in […]
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