Smart Cities: Financing Challenges

March 2018

In the next five years, special purpose vehicles (SPVs) will be spending around Rs.1,631 billion on projects conceived under area-based development a...

Tags: SPV, Smart Cities Mission, ULB, AMRUT, Housing for All, PPP, DPRs, PMC, Th Harikumar Singh, Imphal Municipal Corporation, SM@RT URBANATION 2018, Smart cities, Equirus Capital, Vijay Agrawal, IoT

L&T, NCC, Shapoorji Pallonji to develop Rs 2,652-crore Amaravati housing project

October 2017

The Andhra Pradesh Government has selected L&T, NCC and Shapoorji Pallonji to develop a mega-housing project in Amravati. ...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh Government, L&T, NCC, Shapoorji Pallonji, N Chandrababu Naidu, All India Services, Amaravati housing project

State presents Rs.1.57 lakh cr budget for 2017-18

April 2017

The Andhra Pradesh Government has presented its Rs 1.57 lakh crore budget, which comprised revenue expenditure of Rs 1.26 lakh crore and capital expe...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh Government, GSDP, Amaravati

Lanka keen to partner with AP in Amaravati project

February 2017

Showing keen interest in partnering with the state of Andhra Pradesh in building Amaravati, the Sri Lankan Government has suggested that the Andhra P...

Tags: N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati project

India is not open for business!

November 2016

As stated in recent reports, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong points out to India as a country not open for business, referring to land acq...

Tags: Lee Hsien Loong points, Land acquisition, Tata, Infosys, Mahindra, Modi Government, Look East Act East, Amaravati Project, FDI

Vizag Metro derails

August 2016

With Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu making it clear that his government´s immediate focus would be on the construction of Amaravati,...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, Amaravati, Metro rail system, Vizag Metro Rail

Metro rail to pass over flyover

December 2015

The metro rail line, that is expected to connect the Pandit Nehru Bus Station and Penamalur, will pass over the proposed flyover at Benz Circle at a ...

Tags: Pandit Nehru Bus Station, Penamalur, Rail Corporation, Amaravati Metro Rail, NP Ramakrishna Reddy Corporation, Flyover

Amaravati buildings to be energy-efficient

December 2015

In Amaravati, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, every multiplex, hospital, hotel and commercial buildings with plot area of more than 1,000 sq ...

Tags: Amaravati, Commercial Buildings, Multiplex, Hospital, Hotel, Energy Efficient Designs, Construction, Modalities, Engineering Technologies, Pollution Free, Capital Region Development Authority