India represents a $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunity

March 2018

At the outset, Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist at the Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Ban...

Tags: Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Renewable energy, transport, Green buildings, Municipal solid waste management, Smart urban, Electric vehicles, PPP, Instruments, SEBI, SBN, Indian Banks Association, Nationally Determined Contributions, Manish Pant

AAI to invest Rs 1,200 crore for Guwahati Airport Terminal

February 2018

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is set to invest over Rs 1,200 crore for the new terminal at Guwahati Airport. The new terminal will be spread ...

Tags: Airports Authority of India, Guwahati Airport, Solid waste management system, Passengers, Investment

Wheel loader market is expected to grow by 17-18%

February 2018

We are focusing on making our wheel loaders versatile and suitable to meet various applications in roads, railways, irrigation, mining and industrial...

Tags: Wheel loaders versatile, Vivek Hajela, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Road construction, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart Cities, Metros, Solid waste management, Ashok Leyland, Equipment, PTR, Make in India

Wheel loader market is expected to grow by 17-18%

February 2018

The wheel loader market in India has been growing at a brisk pace over the last couple of years after touching a low in FY 2015-16. The 3 to 3.5 Ton-...

Tags: Vivek Hajela, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Smart Cities, Metros, Rapid urbanisation, Solid waste management, Swachh Bharat Mission, Wheel loaders, Hydraulic pavers, Pneumatic-tyred rollers

Engineering and development are essential

January 2018

The sector that has been getting the largest investment is the roads sector. However, we need a holistic view of growth and development in infrastruc...

Tags: Investment, MB India, Piero Guizzetti, Smart City programme, Excavator, Machine, Bucket crusher, Water treatment, Solid waste treatment

Recycling C&D Waste

August 2017

The numbers say it all. At present, India is among the top 10 countries in the world generating the highest amount of municipal solid waste. And the ...

Tags: Construction industry, Municipal solid waste, Anup Mathew, Godrej Construction, BMTPC, C-FARM, MSW, IGBC, Cement concrete, Bricks, Cement plaster, Steel, TIFAC

The entire proceeds of the IPO have gone to the Government of India

June 2017

In the current scenario, the HUDCO IPO was subscribed by 80 times and received applications for around Rs 97,000 crore. It was the first IPO in the p...

Tags: HUDCO IPO, CPSE, Dr M Ravi Kanth, DIPAM, EWS, LIG housing projects, Drinking water supply, Sanitation, Solid waste management, Roads, Highways, Healthcare, Smart cities, Government of India

Waste segregation at source is a major hindrance

March 2017

The 2014 report of the Planning Commission Committee chaired by K Kasturirangan found that 62 million tonnes (MT) of municipal solid waste (MSW) was ...

Tags: Planning Commission Committee, MSW, CPCB, Swati Singh Sambyal, Solid waste, Industrial effluents, E-waste, SWM, Decentralised wastewater management