India’s national highway (NH) network serves as the backbone of the country’s transport system, driving economic growth and connectivity. In recent years, budgetary support for the roads sector has increased sharply, resulting in a growing […]
In recent years, the road sector has emerged as one of the largest recipients of budgetary allocations across infrastructure sectors, highlighting its strategic importance in driving economic growth. Flagship government programmes such as the Bharatmala […]
The infrastructure financing sector in India has evolved significantly, driven by financial and policy support. Greater policy clarity has attracted strong interest from various lender classes and stakeholders have become more mature. Additionally, financing instruments […]
A robust and well-connected road network plays a pivotal role in driving the economic growth and development of a country. India’s road network, the second largest in the world, is the primary contributor to the […]
Time and again the government has reiterated its focus on infrastructure development. The Rs 3.6 trillion budget allocation to the sector for 2017-18 as compared to Rs 2.2 trillion in 2015-16 is a testament to […]
The road sector has gone through a phase of course correction with the evolution of a wide variety of implementation models. These models and their variants were introduced to cope with the financial and structural […]
The road sector has witnessed a turnaround in the past three years. National highway projects covering about 34,000 km were awarded between 2014-15 and 2016-17, almost double the length awarded in the preceding three fiscal […]
The year 2016-17 was quite a significant one for the road sector. The National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) witnessed a substantial pickup in project awards, a trend which the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) […]
The commissioning of the Dhola-Sadiya bridge (also known as the Bhupen Hazarika bridge) is a major step towards addressing the connectivity woes of the Northeast. Lauded as the country’s longest river bridge, it is also […]
Private participation is increasingly being sought at Indian ports to facilitate development. With 100 per cent foreign direct investment being permitted in the sector along with other supportive policy measures by the government, the sector […]
India’s construction sector is one of the major contributors to financial stress on bank books. While banks are responding to the situation by invoking various debt conversion schemes, construction players are shifting their business models […]
The road sector has certainly started showing signs of recovery after a slowdown of almost three years. […]
In the past year, the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) has witnessed a surge in activity. During 2015-16, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) achieved about 85 per cent of its project award target as […]
The road sector has witnessed stressful times in terms of financings over the past four-five years. Lags and execution delays have resulted in potential investors being more cautious about committing funds to road projects. While […]
The road sector has witnessed stressful financial times over the past four-five years. […]
At a recent conference on “Revitalising Public-Private Partnerships [PPPs] in Infrastructure”, organised by India Infrastructure, the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) Raghav Chandra, spoke about the learning from the PPP experience in the past […]
The road sector has seen significant movement in the past year. Project-related activity posted a surge on the back of an array of initiatives on the policy, finance and technol-ogy fronts. […]
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