Sector Focus takes a detailed look at a specific infrastructure sector covering the key trends and developments in the sector, recent policy and regulatory developments, update on major projects, PPP scenario, financing requirements, key issues and challenges
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The power generation segment in the country continues to grow rapidly. The total installed generation capacity increased at a compound annual growth rate of over 10 per cent from 2012-13 to reach 298 GW in […]
The operational performance of the distribution segment continues to be a key concern as aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of discoms have stagnated at 25-26 per cent over the past few years despite the […]
The power generation segment in the country continues to grow rapidly. The total installed generation capacity increased at a compound annual growth rate of over 10 per cent from 2012-13 to reach 298 GW in March 2016. Of this capacity, about 82 per cent is fired by coal, which remains the mainstay of power generation. […]
With the rising power demand and increasing share of renewable energy in the total energy mix, India is developing new strategies to strengthen its.. […]
Facilitated by traders and exchanges, the short-term power market is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the short-term seasonal demand of the sector. […]
The development of renewable energy-based power has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. […]
During the past year, the central government has undertaken a number of significant policy and regulatory measures, including amendments to the Tariff Policy, 2006 and the notification of guidelines for short-term power procurement. Clearly, the […]
The power sector, especially the transmission and distribution segments, has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. The government has embarked upon a massive programme to provide uninterrupted power supply across […]
The equipment market outlook for the coal-based generation segment remains subdued, as only a handful of projects are being undertaken. Over the past few months, generation companies placed only five major boiler, turbine and generator […]
Fiscal year 2015-16 was marked by a number of developments in the power sector. There was continued policy thrust on renewable energy. While thermal continued to dominate the energy mix, not much progress was made […]
Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.67 per cent to reach 1,102,140 MUs in 2015-16 from 670,654 MUs in 2006-07. Thermal generation accounted for 85.6 per cent of the total in 2015-16, […]
The national plant load factor (PLF) registered a decline from 64.25 per cent in 2014-15 to 62.29 per cent in 2015-16. Against the overall declining trend, the private sector PLF saw a marginal increase to […]
Indian Railways (IR) is often described as the backbone of the country’s transport system. […]
The Railway Budget 2016-17 focused on process improvements and did not announce any new populist measures. […]
Indian Railways (IR) has large-scale financing requirements due to the capital-intensive works that are being undertaken by it. […]
The uptake of the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the railway sector is still at a nascent stage. […]
The Make in India initiative is one of the premier programmes of the government aiming to place the country on the global map as an important manufacturing hub. […]
With an investment of over Rs 800 billion, the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project is one of the biggest ongoing infrastructure projects in the country. […]
India has envisioned a high speed rail (HSR) network for a number of years. However, progress on this has been abysmally slow. […]
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