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Infrastructure growth is imperative for the holistic development of any country. The road sector has always been a high priority area for the Indian government. At a recent conference on “Road Development in India” organised […]

Through the budget, the central government has set in motion a virtuous cycle, starting from private investment, crowded in by public capital investment, for the next 25 years. With infrastructure taking centre stage, the budget […]

Odisha has been actively encouraging private sector participation in infrastructure projects. The state government has created an enabling framework for private investments. The state has a number of success stories of private participation across sectors. […]

India has the second largest road network in the world. National highways constitute only 2.2 per cent of the total road network, yet carry about 40 per cent of the total road traffic. While there […]

The Union Budget 2021-22 has been hailed as growth oriented, with a focus on trying to revitalise the infrastructure sector. In order to augment the country’s infrastructure, the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) has been expanded […]

Aman Hans, Consultant PPP, NITI Aayog It is now increasingly becoming a cliché to say that post-COVID-19 will be the beginning of a new era or to debate hether economic recovery would be “V” or […]

The Indian economy has already gone through two sub-par years of growth. Amidst the stress surrounding this state of affairs, the finance minister unveiled Union Budget 2020-21. Many experts believe that the budget, which is […]

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 […]

In an interview with Indian Infrastructure, Prabhakar Singh, Director General, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), shares his view on the accomplishments of the CPWD, various initiatives and measures taken to improve transparency in operations and […]

The National Democratic Alliance government has assumed office for a second term. It is good news for the economy in general and the infrastructure sector in particular. This win has assured a degree of certainty […]

The government has recently laid out plans to enhance the country’s logistics competitiveness and reduce logistics costs substantially. Several new initiatives including the release of the Draft National Logistics Policy are being lauded as game […]

While public-private partnerships (PPPs) are certainly needed to leverage operational and cost efficiencies, the view that the private sector is better positioned to work with brownfield assets is gradually gaining acceptance. There has been an […]

India’s GDP has been growing at about 7 per cent per annum over the past few years. In order to lift a vast segment of the population above the poverty line, the country needs to […]

India’s resilient growth over the years has made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In the past year, in particular, the country has benefited from softening crude oil prices, benign retail […]

While announcing Interim Budget 2019-20, the central government reiterated the populist tone it had set in the previous one. Though aiming for electoral gains, the government has tried to balance the short-term goals of the […]

The share of the country’s urban population is expected to increase from 31 per cent in 2011 to 40 per cent by 2040 and 50 per cent by 2050. This rising population will require the […]