The Big Infra Opportunity

March 2018

Stakeholders harp on the government's infrastructure push and expect construction orders of Rs.18 trillion in the next six years. This order inflow v...

Tags: Stakeholders harp, Infrastructure, CPSEs, Vivek Sharma, Anand Madhavan, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, PPP, CAGR, PWD, Bharatmala, CAGR, Smart Cities, Housing for All, NHAI, Railway electrification

India is a key market for EDF

March 2018

Marianne Laigneau, Group Senior Executive and Vice President- International Division, ElectricitT de France (EDF), believes that India and France see...

Tags: Marianne Laigneau, ElectricitT de France, Government of India, Energy services, Smart grids, Smart cities, Solar, Wind, GFA, NPCIL, EDF, MPPMCL, SCADA system, CII, FICCI

Accelerating Infrastructure Projects

March 2018

Over the past 10 years, India has successfully executed projects such as the Golden Quadrilateral road programme and port expansion projects in the c...

Tags: Port, Infrastructure, NHDP, NMDP, DFC, Investments, PMO, KPMG-PMI, GDP, FDI, Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, PPP, FICCI

Three of India’s Smart Cities selected among finalists for WWF’s One Planet City Challenge

March 2018

Three Indian cities – Panaji, Pune and Rajkot – have been selected as national finalists in the 2017-2018 edition of WWF’s One Planet City Challenge ...

Tags: WWF, OPCC, Climate Registry platform, India Smart Cities mission, Energy Saving Cell, Dr TS Panwar

Land allocation in DMIC gathers pace as big anchor investors arrive

March 2018

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project has now shifted into high gear as land allocations begin in smart cities that are taking shape on...

Tags: Micromax, South Korea Hyosung, Greenfield smart cities, Hyosung Corporation, AURIC, DMIC project, IITGNL, IT, ITES, Biotech, Pharma, R&D

Budget 2018-19: Infrastructure, Rural Development key

March 2018

Infrastructure development has been one of the top priorities of the Union Budget 2018-19 presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in Parliamen...

Tags: Infrastructure development, Union Budget 2018-19, Arun Jaitely, Smart Cities mission, transport infrastructure, MSME sector, Abhijit Gupta, CASE India, PMGSY, Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi, Schwing Stetter India, Construction Machinery Co, ELGi Equipments, ZF India

Here's tracking opportunities and upcoming tenders in India's Smart Cities

March 2018

The numbers speak for themselves. A total investment of Rs 191,155 crore has been proposed by 90 cities under their smart city plans....

Tags: Investment, Smart city plans, Smart Cities Council India, Pratap Padode, D Chowdhury, Gaia Smart Cities, Smart Cities Mission, Grant Thornton India LLP, RFP, ICC, SPV, Suresh Subudhi, LED projects, Swachh Bharat Mission, Discoms

Can Digital India have a major role to play in the smart cities mission? Find out!

March 2018

'The major support from Digital India to the Smart Cities mission has come in the form of Aadhaar,' says Korath V Mathew, IT and e-Governance Consult...

Tags: Digital India, Smart Cities mission, Korath V Mathew, IT and e-Governance Consultant, LED lights, PPP, Hitech telecom tower, MoUD, Infrastructure, Ministry of IT