Over the past few years, the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed significant improvements in public transportation, telecommunications, and water supply and sewerage infrastructure service delivery. However, there is still a major infrastructure backlog in developing countries […]
Sustainable, reliable and uninterrupted power supply is one of the prerequisites for creating a smart city. Earlier, utilities focused solely on the installation of new equipment to ensure round-the-clock power supply. However, issues related to […]
Three years into implementation, the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has gained significant traction. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has selected 100 cities since the launch of the mission. The selected cities are finally […]
The country’s rapidly degrading environmental conditions have become a major cause for concern for policymakers. From a financing point of view, this poses obvious challenges for the government since the environment, as a public good, […]
Over the years, the tower industry has emerged as a key engine of growth for the telecom sector. It has helped the sector in keeping pace with technological advancements by setting up robust network infrastructure. […]
The city gas distribution (CGD) sector has grown at a steady pace over the past few years on the back of increased sales of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) in the […]
Over the years, energy management has emerged as a key area of concern for the telecom tower industry. As diesel-run generators (DGs) are proving to be not only extremely expensive but also damaging to the […]
The city gas distribution (CGD) sector has shown significant progress in the past six months. The government has taken several initiatives to attract investments in the sector and expedite the process of granting authorisations. The […]
With high speed internet connectivity and seamless data flow becoming a necessity, the demand for optic fibre networks is spiralling upwards. Optic fibre cable (OFC) demand in the country is being led by a mix […]
Broadband internet connectivity has the potential to empower the country’s rural masses by giving them access to information and public services such as education and health, as well as ensuring their financial inclusion. The BharatNet […]
In India, 4G services have been launched in a total of 22 licensed service areas (LSAs) including rural areas. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) are yet to launch 4G […]
Over the past few years, India has been witnessing a transformation in its digital profile and footprint with the growing digitalisation of services. The telecom sector is at the forefront of driving this change. At […]
In the past couple of years, the railway sector has received greater attention from the government with the aim of making the system more modern, sustainable, systematic and safe. Indian Railways (IR) has undertaken several […]
With most of the mining operations in the country being opencast, the shallow deposits, to a large extent, have already been extracted. Despite technology adoption in opencast mining, India is still far behind its global […]
India has the fourth largest railway network in the world after the US, China and Russia, spanning a total length of 68,000 km. It is the second largest system to be operated under a single […]
Digital transformation and the adoption of smart technologies has become a priority agenda of every sector. Mining companies too, are slowly turning towards cost-effective digital and automated technologies for their mines to ensure high productivity […]
With increased government focus on digitalisation, Indian Railways (IR) has identified eight key areas for its digital transformation. These are passenger-friendly applications, freight customer convenience, cashless transactions, mobile applications, data analytics, dashboards and alerts, application […]
Mining is one of the core sectors driving the growth of the economy and acts as a catalyst for the growth of other core sectors such as power, steel and cement. The choice of mining […]
One of the key issues faced by Indian Railways (IR) pertains to the design and maintenance of tracks with continuous pressure for enhancement of the line-carrying capacity. This issue can only be mitigated by enhancing […]
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