Country Roads, City Roads, and the Roads in between

September 2016

Many of us know that the celebrated economist John Maynard Keynes famously said that (in times of slowdown) the government should pay people to dig h...

Tags: John Maynard Keynes, Infrastructure, Building, Road Transport, Mr Gadkari, Hybrid Annuity Model, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, PMGSY

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

Implications on infrastructure

March 2016

The amount of Rs.800 cr budgeted for ports and inland waterways appears to be below the potential of these sectors. The Union Budget 2016-17 lists in...

Tags: Ports, Inland Waterways, Infrastructure, Sagarmala Programme, Smart Cities, Amrut, Hybrid Annuity Model, National Highways, Roads, Railways, Airports, Housing, NHAI, REITs, PPP Projects

Picking Up Pace

February 2016

After a slew of reforms, the roads and highways sector is gradually stepping it up again. Up until a year ago, progress in road construction had beco...

Tags: Highways, Road, Construction, BOT Projects, Hybrid Annuity Model, National Highways Authority of India, NHAI, PPP Project, Arun Karambelkar, HCC, EPC Road Projects, Raghav Chandra, Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgen India Pvt Ltd, Shalabh Chaturvedi

Hybrid Annuity Model for highway projects

February 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Hybrid Annuity Model as one of...

Tags: Cabinet Committee, Economic Affairs, Narendra Modi, Hybrid Annuity Model, BOT

Hybrid Annuity model for implementing highway projects approved

February 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Hybrid Annuity Model as one of the modes o...

Tags: Cabinet Committee, Economic Affairs, Narendra Modi, Hybrid Annuity Model, Highway Projects, BOT, Revive Highway Projects

The bottom line is that roads should get done

February 2016

There has been a significant mindset change in the approach of NHAI and its officers. This is the most significant improvement in the working situati...

Tags: NHAI, Raghav Chandra, Dispute resolution, ISAC, High Court judge, Government of India, Hybrid Annuity model, IBA, EPC projects, BOT projects, PPP, Land, Electronic tolling, National Clearance Corporation, RFID

Government to award Rs.28,000 crore highway projects

January 2016

The government plans to award Rs 28,000 crore worth of highways development projects in the current fiscal under the newly conceived hybrid annuity m...

Tags: Highways development projects, Hybrid annuity model, PPP model, Road transport, Highways Ministry, Infrastructure, Hybrid model