New guidelines to improve investment

September 2018

The government has issued new guidelines for improving treasury investment for major ports in the country. ...

Tags: Ports, EPFO, Labour Ministry, Department of Public Enterprises

Funding Not a Constraint for Road Building Programmes

March 2018

In an exclusive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Debjani Chakrabarti, Director Highways, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) elucidates s...

Tags: Debjani Chakrabarti, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Roads building programme, EPFO, LIC, PPP, BOT, Hybrid Annuity Mode, EPC, NHDP, PCU, Construction, NHIDCL, NHAI, NIIF

Cabinet approves funds for Bharatmala projects

March 2018

The Cabinet has approved the investment proposal for the Bharatmala programme for development and upgradation of 34,800 km of National Highways. ...

Tags: Bharatmala programme, National Highways, SARDP-NE, TOT, EPFO, NHAI, LWE

Competition Picks Up in HAM

September 2016

Macro developments suggest positive trends in the road sector with pickup in execution. Recent bids under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) in May-June ...

Tags: Macro Developments, Road, Hybrid Annuity Model, HAM, Ashok Leyland, JCB, National Highways Authority of India, NHAI, Life Insurance Corporation of India, LIC, Employees´ Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO, Ashoka Buildcon, Special Purpose Vehicles

Over 40 km of roads to be laid per day!

May 2016

Roads have emerged as the dominant part of the transport system in India. However, if one goes to the rural and hilly regions of India, the road cond...

Tags: Roads, Transport system, NHIDCL, NHAI, Construction, Road Ministry, EPFO, LIC, TOT

A close assessment

October 2015

There´s a big scope of service delivery improvement and the government needs to think mobile first. The ´Digital India´ initiative aims at preparing ...

Tags: Digital India, Infrastructure, National Optic Fiber Network, NOFN, Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV, Aadhaar Programme, UIDAI, Jan Dhan Yojana, JDY, RTGS, IMPS, EFT, EPFO, Foxconn