Maharashtra becomes 17th state to join UDAY

October 2016

The Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribut...

Tags: Government of India, Memorandum of Understanding, MSEDCL, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, Discom, Energy efficiency, Coal reforms, UDAY

JLL India | A Hard Landing For e-Commerce – Or A Silver Lining For The Retail Sector

October 2016

The Press Note 3 of 2016 issued by the Indian Government’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion provided much needed clarity on online retai...

Tags: Press Note 3, Indian Government Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Investment, FDI, Marketplaces, E-commerce, B2C platform, Logistic, Warehousing, Rohan Sharma, JLL India

TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2016

October 2016

In a gesture which can be seen as emphasising India’s ratification of the Paris Agreement and adoption of Agenda 2030, President of India Pranab Mukh...

Tags: India Pranab Mukherjee, WSDS 2016, Power, Coal, New, Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, Anil Madav Dave, Jayant Sinha, Tomasz Kozlowski, Karmenu Vella, Amitabh Kant, Government of India, Dipak Dasgupta, Ministry of Finance

Skill Development for Young Engineers to Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025

September 2016

September 15 is celebrated every year in the country as “Engineers’ Day” to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir Mokshagundam Visve...

Tags: Engineers Day, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Government of India, Bharat Ratna, DLF, Hiranandani Developers, Shapoorji Pallonji, Bengaluru-based Prestige Estates, Indiabulls Real Estate, BlueBytes, Pooja Kaura

The Big 5 Construct India 2016 opens with 150 exhibitors of innovative construction products

September 2016

The inauguration of The Big 5 Construct India 2016 gathered local and international institutional representatives and industry leaders at the Bombay ...

Tags: The Big 5 Construct India 2016, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Vinay Shankar Mathur, FICCI, Pradeep Nagawekar, BAI, Matt Denton, DMG Events Middle East, Ashley Roberts, BIM, LEED, Akash Deep, GRIHA Council, Green buildings and Sustainable Habitat – The GRIHA Way, Pankaj Wadhawan

Counterparty delays forcing Renewable Energy projects to run out of steam, says Ind-Ra

September 2016

State power utilities’ (major power purchasers) insensitivity to projects’ debt service commitments and delays in making payments – problems specific...

Tags: State power utilities, India Ratings and Research, Central Government, Counterparties, Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana scheme, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company, Power generators, Renewable projects

Gujarat floats Rs 700 crore slum redevelopment fund

September 2016

The Gujarat Government has floated a Slum Redevelopment Premium Fund (SRPF) with an initial corpus of Rs 700 crore. This fund from the Central and st...

Tags: Gujarat Government, Slum Redevelopment Premium Fund, Funding affordable housing projects, Central Government, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Vadodara, Ashwani Kumar, FSI, GSFS

The country’s big expansion plans for Rajahmundry airport

September 2016

The first phase of the mega Polavaram project on the Godavari will be completed by the Andhra Pradesh government with the assistance of the Union Gov...

Tags: Polavaram project, Godavari, Andhra Pradesh government, N Chandrababu Naidu, Nimmaluru, BEL, Union Government, Rajahmundry airport, Night Visions Products