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| Highlights | August 2010 |
| Editor's Page |
| Model Landlord Needed |
| The upcoming National Conference on Ports and Shipping to be held in Mumbai will bounce off some valuable ideas on 'Transforming Indian Ports into Wor... |
| Cover Story |
| Slow And Steady Progress At Ports |
| A roundtable on India Ports 2010 Conference, scheduled later this month, saw some interesting brainstorming.... |
| Equipment: The Key To Efficient Ports |
| Though all major ports in India are equipped with modern machinery, they need to be replaced or repaired frequently to handle the increasing traffic.... |
| Separate Logistics Ministry Is The Need Of The Hour |
| Ports in India have played a big role, though in the background, in making it an economic superpower.... |
| Finance Update |
| Goenka Diamond To Undertake Rs 100 Cr Expansion |
| Goenka Diamond and Jewels, located in Mumbai, intends to undertake expansion worth Rs 100 crore.... |
| Infy's Rs 2,500 Cr Sarjapur Sez To Be Ready By March |
| Infosys' Rs 2,500 crore SEZ at Sarjapur near Bengaluru will be operational by end of the current fiscal.... |
| Sabari Group To Pump In Rs 200 Cr For Expansion |
| Sabari Group, located in Chennai, intends to invest Rs 200 crore in the country to undertake its expansion plans.... |
| Power Update |
| Unit At Bina Refinery Shut |
| Bharat Oman Refineries has shut its crude oil unit at Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh, within few days of its start up.... |
| Iooc Inks $ 235 Mn Contract |
| ONGC and Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) have signed an agreement to operate D1 Development project in India.... |
| Gas Production To Begin At Raniganj Cbm Block By Sep |
| Essar Oil's Raniganj CBM block is expected to commence gas production by September this year and will achieve peak output by the end of 2012.... |
| Project Update |
| Hepl To Set Up 600 Mw Plant |
| Himachal EMTA Power (HEPL) will set up a pithead thermal power plant with a capacity of 660 MW in West Bengal.... |
| Nmdc Acquires Russian Mines |
| NMDC is looking forward to acquire four coking coal mines in Russia.... |
| Ntpc Ivites Tenders In Aug |
| NTPC has decided to invite tenders for power generation equipments for the expansion of its Gujarat projects.... |
| Telecom Update |
| Solar Power Mobile Phones In India |
| Vodafone Essar has unveiled a solar-powered mobile handset in India.... |
| Wynn Telecom To Set Up Unit In Hp |
| Wynn Telecom, a part of the Rs 2,500 crore SAR Group, will invest Rs 270 crore to set up a mobile manufacturing unit at Gagret in Himachal Pradesh.... |
| Rs 720 Cr Revenue This Fiscal For Aircel |
| GTL Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of 17,500 telecom towers of Aircel and expects immediate annual revenue of Rs 720 crore from the deal... |
| Transport Update |
| Israeli Company Keen On Container Terminal |
| The Israel Ports Development and Assets Co has sought Indian government's approval for a consortium with an Indian firm, to build a container terminal... |
| Intermodal Freight Terminals For Melbourne |
| The government has proposed development of a network of intermodal freight terminals across Melbourne.... |
| Coal India To Form Jv With Visakhapatnam Port Trust |
| Coal India is planning to form a joint venture with the Visakhapatnam Port Trust to build a terminal by 2013.... |
| Bankers Talk |
| Banks Need To Diversify Risk And Earn Better Risk-adjusted Returns |
| With the government focussing on infrastructure development, the state-owned banks have also increased their lending to the sector.... |
| Feature |
| Hydropower: Controversy's Child |
| Hydropower projects and controversies go hand in hand, it would seem. In Uttarakhand 58 projects were scrapped following irregularities in allotment.... |
| Interview |
| We Are Ignoring Design For Power |
| From Narmada to Tehri, all major hydropower projects in the country have been mired in controversy.... |
| India Can Play A Big Role In Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure |
| Both the developed and developing countries are turning to sustainable infrastructure projects as the old infrastructure crumbles under the increasing... |
| We Need A Viable Renewable Energy Generating Industry |
| The largest multi-modality renewable energy company in South Asia, Astonfield Renewable Resources is working in emerging markets across the world deli... |
| Communication Feature |
| Airports Authority Of India: Taking Aviation In India To New Heights |
| As Low Cost Carrier (LCC) concept made inroads in the Indian aviation industry over a decade ago, there was a sudden surge in the air traveling popula... |
| Policy Update |
| Aperc To Rework Tariff |
| The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission can fix the tariffs for non-conventional energy produced by private green companies.... |
| Haryana Govt Drafts Warehousing Policy |
| The Haryana government has drafted a policy for setting up of warehouses in agriculture and industrial zones.... |
| Grant-in-aid Released For Two States Under Sgsy |
| The Ministry of Rural Development has released grant-in-aid for two states as the first installment of central share of funds for the implementation o... |
| Report |
| Upa-ii Kicks Off Oil Reforms |
| The deregulation of petrol prices has fulfilled a long pending demand of the industry.... |
| Ppp Is The Next Step Ahead |
| The public sector needs to be dynamic if the public-private partnership (PPP) is to fulfil its mandate of rapid rollout of infrastructure and help the... |
| The Wait For Posco Gets A Little Longer |
| South Korean steel giant Posco's agreement with Orissa government to set up a steel plant gathering dust awaits a fresh lease of life after the five-y... |
| Urban Infrastructure |
| Orissa To Have Rs 15,000 Crore Energy And Oil City |
| Greenko Group consortium intends to set up an energy and oil city at Sonepur in Ganjam district of Orissa at an outlay of Rs 15,000 crore.... |
| Chennai Corp Plans Waste Management Facility |
| Chennai Corporation intends to set up a green park on 95 acre at the Perungudi dumpyard.... |
| Dmicdc Plans To Invite Bids For 4 Mega Projects |
| The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) will invite global bids in the next three months to build four mega infrastructu... |
| News Makers |
| Touching New Shores |
| Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has done India proud again by becoming the only Indian who features in the Power 100 list of TradeWinds, a leading N... |
| Out On A Limb |
| Who says politicians have lost their sense of humour? Sample this: "The T3 got built because the Planning Commission had nothing to do with it.... |
| The Art Of Balancing |
| As Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has to do the tightrope walk almost everyday and perhaps that is why all his actions are always under the scanne... |
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