Strengthening Infrastructure

March 2018

Two-thirds of the infrastructure investment, as per the revised plan, was to be funded by the public sector (central and state governments) while the...

Tags: Infrastructure, Investment, ECB, NBFC, IFC, IDF, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, NPA, InvITs, RBI, SEBI, IndiGrid InvIT Fund

EQUIPMENT INDIA Awards & CEO Forum 2018

March 2018

After the bitterly cold days and nights of the famed Delhi winter, spring is said to augur good tidings. Or so it is believed. Maybe, it was in conti...

Tags: 5th Annual EQUIPMENT INDIA Awards and CEO Forum, GST, EQUIPMENT INDIA Awards, Arun Goyal, Pratap Padode, RK Pandey, NHAI, IIFCL, NBFC, Satish Sharma, Apollo Tyres, Chandrashekar V, Gmmco Ltd, CRM, Girish Jaggi

Here's an overview of the Indian construction equipment market

February 2018

Strong domestic demand generated by ongoing infrastructure development projects resulted in the construction equipment market rising to an all-time h...

Tags: Strong domestic, Infrastructure development projects, Backhoe loaders, Crawler excavators, Mobile cranes, Mobile compressors, Compaction equipment Wheeled loaders, RTLT, Money matters, NIIF, IIFCL, PPP, BRICS Bank, Bharatmala scheme, GST

Infrastructure 2.0

January 2018

Infrastructure development has always been on top of the agenda for our country. Every government has given due importance for the development of inf...

Tags: Infrastructure development, Roads, Railways, Ports, Airports, Bharatmala Pariyojana, Shipping Ministry, Road Transport, Highways Ministry, InvITs, NHAI, Indian Railway Station Development Co Ltd, UDAN, Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT

Infrastructure Status for Logistics Sector - A Major Growth Catalyst

December 2017

The Indian logistics sector being granted infrastructure status is a landmark move with wide-ranging implications for an industry now set to grow 10-...

Tags: Logistics sector, Investment, Infrastructure, Transport, ECB, IIFCL, JLL India, CPPIB, GST, Ramesh Nair

Mahindra Lifespaces launches its industrial clusters brand, ORIGINS

December 2017

Mahindra Lifespace Developers (MLDL), the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the Mahindra Group, has introduced its new brand of indus...

Tags: MLDL, ORIGINS, Mahindra World City, Mahindra World City Developers, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, IFC, Arun Nanda, Anita Arjundas, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Livelihood, Living and Life, Mahindra World City vision

Reasons to cheer

December 2017

Better late than never. The Central Government has finally lowered the GST rate on construction and mining equipment to 18 per cent, from 28 per cent...

Tags: Construction, Mining equipment, GST, Central Government, IIFCL, ECB, EXCON, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre

We need global capital for India's infrastructure projects

November 2017

Until recently, we used to talk about the cost of funds being too high and, as you are aware, some infrastructure projects have a long gestation peri...

Tags: Sanjeev Kaushik, IIFCL, Infrastructure, IFCI, PPP, Narendra Modi, REIT, InvIT, IDF, NIIF, Manish Pant