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| Highlights | February 2010 |
| Editor's Page |
| Railways Privatisation May Organise Logistics |
| Clearly, the government has discovered the potential of our aggressive and savvy private sector to raise funds-apart from the management skills and op... |
| Cover Story |
| Logistics Will Grow In Volumes, Not Necessarily In Quality |
| The transport and logistics industry stands to gain from the infrastructure development in the country. As it gears up for a high-growth decade, the i... |
| Making The Right Moves |
| The recent spurt in transportation facilities and burgeoning of related infrastructure all-round makes logistics in India a potential high-growth sect... |
| Last-leg Road Transportation Is The Bane Of The Logistics Industry |
| Doehle Danautic Logistics (DDL), a subsidiary of Doehle Danautic India, provides services that encompass the entire multi-modal transportation spectru... |
| Finance Update |
| Industrial Output Much Better In 09-10 |
| The Planning Commission attributed the revival of industrial production to various stimulus measures.... |
| Govt To Give Cash Subsidy Instead Of Oil Bonds |
| State oil companies may get cash instead of oil bonds as compensation from the government for selling fuel below market prices.... |
| Cement Prices To Rise By Rs 3-5 |
| Cement makers are likely to hike prices by Rs 3-5 per 50 kg bag in northern, southern and western markets, following the improvement in demand due to ... |
| Power Update |
| Cairn Seeks Drilling Rigs For East Coast |
| Cairn India is seeking to hire a rig to drill two wells off India's east coast, in a field in Ravva in the Bay of Bengal.... |
| Psu Oil Cos To Submit Performance Reports To Centre |
| About 14 state-owned oil companies will submit a report to the Centre following concerns raised about their performance.... |
| Jaihind Bags Maharashtra Natural Gas Order |
| Jaihind Projects has bagged an order worth Rs 18.05 crore from Maharastra Natural Gas for laying and construction of 12", 10", 6" underground steel pi... |
| Project Update |
| Maharashtra Sez Plan |
| Land acquisition for the Maharashtra Mumbai special economic zone (SEZ) in coastal Raigad has been suspended indefinitely by Mukesh Ambani and Anand J... |
| Essar Steel To Invest $2.5 Billion |
| Essar Steel plans to invest $2.5 billion in order to expand its production capacity.... |
| Lanco Wins Rs 5,675 Crore Orders |
| Lanco Infratech has secured contracts totalling Rs 5,675 crore from Lanco Mahanadi Power.... |
| Telecom Update |
| Bsnl Launches 3g Service In South India |
| Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has launched its third generation (3G) service in Tamil Nadu.... |
| Virgin Mobile To Invest Rs 500 Crore |
| Virgin Mobile India, a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Teleservices Limited and the UK-based Virgin Group, plans to invest Rs 500 crore on its mobile... |
| Bharti Acquires Control Of Bangla's Warid |
| India's mobile phone firm Bharti Airtel will acquire a 70 per cent stake in Bangladesh-based Warid Telecom for about $300 million. It is believed that... |
| Transport Update |
| Work To Start On Dalli-rowghat Rail |
| Rail Vikas Nigam will start construction work on the railway line linking Dalli-Rajhara mines to Rowghat in Chhattisgarh.... |
| Bengal Aerotropolis Work To Start In April |
| Bengal Aerotropolis Project will start construction work at the Aerotropolis project at Durgapur in April and the airport will be operational by the e... |
| Bial Nods For 2nd Terminal |
| Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) has approved the construction of a second terminal that will increase the capacity of Bengaluru airport to 15 m... |
| Bankers Talk |
| We Are Exploring Innovative Financing Solutions And Equity Support To Infrastructure |
| One of the leading infrastructure lenders with a Baa2 rating from Moody's, the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)has juggled its role as a pr... |
| Feature |
| Pre-treatment For Ro Has Been A Very Poorly Understood Subject |
| At Aquatech 2010, India's largest water event, MANN+HUMMEL India introduced three latest water filtration systems to fight against imminent water situ... |
| We Need Attention To Infra, Not Government Subsidies, For Water Treatment |
| Bangalore-based Wipro Water's entry into the business began in 2008 with the acquisition of Aquatech Industries.The company has expanded their horizon... |
| Hot Air About Water |
| The recently concluded Aquatech 2010 featured the issues and the solutions surrounding potable water. Our local governments and the JNNURM scheme may ... |
| Communication Feature |
| India Aviation 2010 - All Set For Takeoff |
| After the grand success of the first edition of India Aviation Expo, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers ... |
| Globetrot |
| Luxembourg: Small Is Big |
| Europe's blip-on-the-map is a giant logistics hub for the continent, and is not so without good reason. Luxembourg offers many opportunities for India... |
| Logistics Hub Luxembourg Gets Aggressive |
| For a country that was one of the first to be hit by the 2008-9 economic recession, Luxembourg has gathered itself quickly. If the lingering shadow of... |
| Guest Column |
| Infra Funding Needs Structural Solutions |
| Despite its rapid growth in various sectors with national development and urbanisation, the Indian infrastructure industry remains in a nascent stage.... |
| Policy Update |
| Centre Assists 5 States Under Sgsy |
| Ministry Of Rural Development has released grant-in-aid worth Rs 40.55 crore to five state governments of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil... |
| Bids For 1 Lakh Houses |
| Ministry of Home Affairs is likely to invite bids from realty and construction companies for erecting one lakh dwelling units for paramilitary forces ... |
| Union Government Gets Reports On Illegal Mining |
| The Union Government has sought reports on mining activities from the mineral bearing states in India. ... |
| Report |
| No Dividend Tax For Spvs: Nhai |
| A report on NHAI's recent proposal of slashing dividend tax to provide relief for SPVs. Recently the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has p... |
| Infra Talk And Global Alliances Mark Global Economic Summit |
| 35 countries participated in presenting their investment opportunities during the two-day Global Economic Summit. A report. The objective of the Globa... |
| India Roads 2010 Held |
| A national conference on the roads sector, "India Roads 2010: Emerging Technologies and Challenges", was recently held in Hyderabad. A report. Kamal N... |
| Spotlight |
| Reliance Infrastructure - Ever Seeking To Expand Spectrum |
| You get the feeling that Reliance Infrastructure (R Infra) always has something up its sleeve. As India's largest private sector enterprise in power u... |
| I See Roads As One Of The Fast Growing Sectors In Infrastructure |
| In quintessential Reliance style, Reliance Infrastructure (R Infra) watches and waits until its internal signals are green before embarking on a secto... |
| Urban Infrastructure |
| It Park At Devanahalli |
| Karnataka government has decided to develop an IT park near Devanahalli, with the support of the Union Government.... |
| Itc To Have 8-10 More Hotels In Three To Five Years |
| With an investment of $2 billion, ITC plans to add 8-10 hotels in India in the next three to five years.... |
| States To Support Terminal Markets |
| State governments should allocate land at competitive prices for the viability of the terminal market complexes," says PK Swain, Director - Marketing,... |
| News Makers |
| The Mba Bureaucrat |
| On 1 February, S Sundareshan assumed charge as the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Sundareshan who succeeds RS Pandey, h... |
| The Analyst Deputy |
| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently announced the new RBI Deputy Governor Dr Subir Vithal Gokarn. Born in October 1959, Gokarn is one of the yo... |
| She's Emerged, All Right |
| The Financial Times (FT) of London published its power list of "Fifty Emerging Market Business Leaders Report, 2010". Only three women made it to the ... |
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