Budget 2016: Going under the hammer

March 2016

The government will start auctioning three ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) before March this year, attracting an investment of Rs.90,000 crore, bud...

Tags: UMPPs, Investment, Budget, TN, Bedabahal

Government to invite bids for up to 12 UMPPs

February 2016

The government will invite bids for 8-12 ultra mega power projects (UMPPs)...

Tags: Ultra Mega Power Projects, UMPPs, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar

Growth uninterrupted

February 2014

Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his interim budget credited swift action by his government in setting up the up the Cabinet Committee on Investment...

Tags: India, 2014, P Chidambaram, interim budget, Cabinet Committee on Investment, PMGSY, National Highways, power generation, UMPPs, ports sector, Infrastructure Debt Funds, Public Private Partnership, investment

Govt must bring more private investment into infra sector

July 2012

Early last month, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) set project target for various infrastructure sectors including ports, power, coal etc for 2012-1...

Tags: infrastructure sectors, PMO, PPP, investment, SEB, UMPPs, NHAI, Delhi, Mumbai, port sector, Indian Railways