Budget Reactions | Power

February 2018

“Defence: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s move to set up 2 defence production corridors is the right step to boost the `Make in India’ initiative aim...

Tags: Defence, Arun Jaitley, Make in India, Procurement, NHAI, Tilak Raj Seth, Siemens, TPWS, infrastructure, Orient Electric, Rakesh Khanna, MSMEs, Rajiv Bhalla, Barco Electronic Systems, Vikram Solar

Budget Reactions | Consultants

February 2018

The budget reaffirms continued focus on Infrastructure and programmes such as Smart City mission, AMRUT, NMCG, the Regional Connectivity Scheme (UDAA...

Tags: Budget, AMRUT, NMCG, UDAAN, Smart City mission, Deloitte India, Vishwas Udgirkar, IoT, Blockchain, Shubham Jain, ICRA, PMKSY, Roads Impact, NHAI, Sunil Agarwal

DECODING BUDGET 2018!

February 2018

On February 1, Union Minister for Finance, Arun Jaitley laid out plans for the future of India’s economy in the Union Budget of 2018. The total capit...

Tags: Arun Jaitley, Union Budget of 2018, Infrastructure, ICRA, AMRUT programme, PMKSY-AIBP, Infrastructure sector

All eyes north!

February 2018

The budgetary expenditure on infrastructure for 2018-19 is being enhanced by Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 5.97 lakh crore against an estimated expenditure o...

Tags: Arun Jaitley, GDP, Railways, Namami Gange programme, NMDC, Steel prices, Budget

Finance Minister chaired body to decide fate of stalled port projects

January 2018

As reported, a high profile committee chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be looking into the stalled shipping projects worth around Rs 20,...

Tags: Niti Aayog, Arun Jaitley, MCA, Investments, TAMP, PPP projects

Momentum = Mass X Velocity

January 2018

As I write this, our Prime Minister is already in the UAE, making his second trip in less than three years, to accelerate the infrastructure thrust t...

Tags: UAE, Infrastructure, NRI-Emirati Investors Group, NIIF, ADIA, NMSE, JICA, Arun Jaitley, Smart Cities Mission, Namami Gange programme, GST

Bangladesh signs $4.5 billion loan deal with India for infra development

November 2017

Bangladesh has recently signed its third line of credit agreement with India worth $4.5 billion for development of its social and infrastructure sect...

Tags: Social, Infrastructure sectors, Kazi Shofiqul Azam, David Rasquinha, Export Import Bank of India, AMA Muhith, Arun Jaitley

Cabinet clears Rs 7 trillion worth of roads

October 2017

The government has announced an ambitious road outlay of Rs 6.92 trillion for the development of a network covering 86,377 km by 2022. Finance Minist...

Tags: Arun Jaitley, Private sector investment, NHAI, Ministry of Roads and Highways, Bharatmala projects, CRF