Cash Crunch

January 2017

Still recovering from the ´zero toll´ period during the demonetisation rollout, many infra players are waiting for cash compensation from the governm...

Tags: Demonetisation, Zero toll, NHBF, O AND M costs, NPA, Infra Sector

At a glimpse...

June 2016

The fourth edition of Concrete Show India 2016 saw over 150 Indian and global suppliers and manufacturers from various industries under one roof in M...

Tags: Concrete Show India 2016, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, GERMI, MoU, HSIL Ltd, APM Terminals Pipavav, M Murali, NHBF

3rd Annual Equipment India Awards & CEO FORUM

April 2016

The evening of March 16, 2016 was a matter of pride for EQUIPMENT INDIA as a large number of stakeholders from the construction equipment (CE) commun...

Tags: EQUIPMENT INDIA, FICCI, Construction Equipment, 3rd Annual Equipment India Awards, Devendra Jain, Samir Bansal, Sanjeev Kathpalia, Sameer Malhotra, Dilip Buildcon, Minister of Republic of Turkey, Shriram Automall India Ltd, NHBF, Pratap Padode, Fuel Infra, Vijay Sharma

Roads - Highway to Growth

December 2015

M Murali examines the key developments in the Indian roads sector and the huge potential to take the sector to a brighter 2016. India has the second ...

Tags: M Murali, Indian Roads Sector, National Highways Development Project, NHDP, Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East, SARDP-NE, Left Wing Extremism, LWE, Highway Projects, Bharatmala Pariyojana, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, Ministry of Road Transports and Highways, MORTH, Road Projects

Finding the Right Road

December 2015

The moot question is whether good intent has been accompanied by careful planning. It was always going to be a difficult job. Roads development, bat...

Tags: Roads, PPP, Roads Transport Ministry, Highways, HAM, MCA, NHBF, Hit by the HAMmer, Solan-Kaithalighat, Rohit Kumar Singh, Guruprasad Iyer, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, Meerut, Sudhir Rao Hoshing, IRB Infrastructure

In this regime, roads have taken a quantum leap

December 2015

The government is taking only the EPC cost as the DPR cost. They are not adding other things like interest on annuity or the interest difference when...

Tags: EPC, DPR, Sunil Hitech Engineers Ltd, C Venkataramana, Construction, RBI, NPA, NHBF, Comment, MoRTH, World Bank, ADB, Technology, Roads

NHBF seeks prior approval for highway projects

January 2013

In a letter to NHAI, the National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) recommended that highway projects should not be called for bids before securing...

Tags: National Highways Builders Federation, NHBF, developers, land acquisition, environment, forest, clearance, approval

NHBF calls for better project planning in road sector

November 2012

National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) is an apex organization of all contractors or builders of national highways, state highways and bridges ...

Tags: National Highways Builders Federation, NHBF, road projects, M MURALI, investment, public sector banks, Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Stone quarrying, The Twelfth Plan, Infrastructure Debt Funds, General Anti Avoidance Rules, PPP, NHAI, IIFCL