Govt saved Rs 3 lakh crore loans to road sector turning into NPAs: Gadkari

September 2017

The NDA government has managed to save Rs 3 lakh crore worth bank loans to the road sector turning into NPAs, according to the minister of road trans...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, NDA government, IACC, NHAI, Infrastructure, Ports, Inland Water Ways, Logistics, Equipment, Uber type, Sagarmala project

Large scale infra projects should be privatised, suggests Amitabh Kant

August 2017

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has reportedly stated that the government must follow the model of countries like Australia and Canada by handing over in...

Tags: NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, PPP, Port construction, Railway station, Sagarmala projects, Infrastructure projects

Demand may shift towards higher capacity cranes

July 2017

Pick-and-carry cranes are used for a wide range of material handling tasks and are capable of travelling good a distance on roads, i.e., they have go...

Tags: Pick-and-carry cranes, Material handling tasks, Anil Bhatia, TIL Ltd, PIXEF® 215, LMI, DFC, Sagarmala project, Mining, Defence projects, Metro projects, Mobile crane market

Out of the Box

April 2017

Container logistics in India has transformed over the last decade in many ways. The constant change is challenging the established methods of handlin...

Tags: Container logistics, Kalmar technology, CFS, ICD, Sagarmala project, GST, RFID, APAC

Is the economic miracle a mirage

April 2017

In the December quarter, the construction sector took a hit. The average net revenue of 156 firms in the mid and large-sized category, excluding L&T,...

Tags: YoY, Construction sector, NHAI, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, MoRTH, Shipping, Sagarmala project, Commercial, Industrial, GDP, Roadways

Rs.12,000 cr for eight highways in Gujarat

April 2017

An investment of Rs 12,000 crore will be made to upgrade eight highways in Gujarat to National Highways as part of efforts to boost infrastructure de...

Tags: Investment, Gujarat to National Highways, Boost Infrastructure development Job generation, Sagarmala Project, Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway

Traction in Inland Waterway projects will open up several business opportunities for the port sector players

March 2017

Traction in Inland Waterway projects will open up several business opportunities for the port sector players As per an ICRA Report on the Indian Port...

Tags: Traction, ICRA Report, Ports Sector, MCA, Sagarmala project, MoS, Jal Vikas Marg project, IPPTA, PPP projects, Coal, Fertilisers

Sagarmala | Proposal for 90 projects submitted

March 2017

The Andhra Pradesh Government and Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) have submitted proposals for 90 projects with an outlay of Rs 130,763 crore under th...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh Government, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Sagarmala project, Port, Cluster