Modi 2.0

June 2016

Never before have the rains mattered so much for the corporate sector as this year -despite all the efforts of a hard working government that has jus...

Tags: Natural resource, Coal, Gas, Food, Fertiliser schemes, ICT-based, Road projects, LED on fire, UDAY scheme, AMRUT, Bankruptcy Code, FDI, Ease of Doing Business, Modi Government, Modi 2.0

The future in India seems challenging, yet promising

February 2016

Firstly, while the global market remains volatile and has an impact on the Indian economy, India is expected to retain a growth rate of 7.3 per cent ...

Tags: International Monetary Fund, Kojin Nakakita, Hitachi India Pvt Ltd, Modi Government, Make in India, FDI, Investments, Narendra Modi, Consulting, Technology Execution, GIS solutions, IT platform solution, software solutions, Data centre, Collaborative Creation

Instrumental Role

February 2016

The government has appointed Amitabh Kant, Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), as full-time Chief Executive Office...

Tags: Amitabh Kant, DIPP, NITI Aayog, Narendra Modi Government, Make in India, Sindhushree Khullar, National Institution for Transforming India

Newsmakers 2015

January 2016

The year 2015 started with an informal assessment of the performance of the Narendra Modi government, which announced a host of initiatives such as u...

Tags: Shriyal Sethumadhavan, Narendra Modi government, Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Housing for All, Roads, Nitin Gadkari, EPC projects, GDP, AMRUT, Ministry of Urban Development, Shapoorji Pallonji, Vinod Aggarwal, ICEMA

Govt eases bilateral aid norms to spur investments

December 2015

In a decision whose significance will play out over time, the Modi government made it easier for India to accept bilateral aid from foreign countries...

Tags: Make in India, Modi government, Jaswant Singh, Investment, Infrastructure, European Commission

Govt plans Rs.5000-cr mega port in TN

November 2015

To reduce India´s dependence on Colombo and Singapore ports for handling cargo traffic, the Modi Government is planning to build a mega transshipment...

Tags: Transshipment Hub, Ports, Trading Route, Container Cargo, Ships, Modi Government

Unravelling growth

October 2015

At 4.87 million km, India has the second largest road network in the world. Transporting over 60 per cent of the country´s goods and serving 85 per c...

Tags: Land Acquisition Bill, Road Projects, Modi Government, Ministry of Road Transports and Highways, PPP, India Ratings & Research, Infrastructure, FDI, NHAI, Upcoming highway projects, Investment, SARDP-NE, JNNURM, Bharat Nirman, Nitin Gadkari

Centre allocates over Rs 4,000 cr for rail infrastructure in UP

September 2015

Uttar Pradesh seems to be on the Modi government´s development radar with the railways allocating Rs 4,185 crore in 2015-16 for various projects, inc...

Tags: Uttar Pradesh, Modi government, Tracks, Manoj Sinha, Rail Infrastructure