Govt to unveil new civil aviation policy

June 2016

The Central Government plans to pass the new civil aviation policy soon. The draft policy, which seeks to bolster the country´s aviation sector, has ...

Tags: Central Government, Civil aviation, FDI, VGF

Cess to boost regional flights may push up air fares

April 2016

A cess of Rs.8,000 on each domestic flight could be the alternative to the aviation ministry's proposed 2 per cent surcharge on flight tickets to fun...

Tags: Domestic flight, Aviation ministry, Flight tickets, Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, VGF

Aviation policy to focus on regional connectivity: Pres

March 2016

The government is working on a new civil aviation policy which seeks to provide connectivity to the smaller cities even as domestic air traffic has b...

Tags: Pranab Mukherjee, National Civil Aviation Policy, Stakeholders, FDI, VGF

Terex Finlay Launches Impact Crusher

February 2016

The new Terex Finlay I-140 comes with significantly improved flow of materials. The new Terex Finlay I-140 direct drive ø1,270 mm x 1,240 mm (+50+¨ x...

Tags: Terex, Electronic Control System, Heavy Duty Vibrating Feeder, VGF, Impact Crushers, Alan Witherow

Cabinet clears VGF for 5,000 MW solar projects

February 2016

In the wake of falling solar tariffs and increasing capacity addition, the Union Cabinet approved setting up 5,000 MW of grid-connected solar photovo...

Tags: Solar tariffs, Union Cabinet, Grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic Ppower Projects, VGF, Solar PV cells, Modules

Govt eases VGF norms for grid-connected solar projects

November 2015

The government has decided to ease norms for releasing viability gap funding (VGF) under a scheme for setting up 1,000-MW grid-connected solar projec...

Tags: VGF, Solar Projects, Grid Connected, PSU, MNRE

Hybrid modes of implementation

October 2015

The Central government approved Smart Cities Mission involves the development of one hundred smart cities in India. One of the most important element...

Tags: Central government, Smart Cities Mission, Public Transport, Transportation infrastructure, VGF, PPP, EPC, Government of India, GNCTD, Working Group, Urban Transport, IRR, Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Biswanath Bhattacharya, KPMG

We have lagged behind in pacing up with the implementation

October 2015

There are cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, etc., where the metro rails are already operational and the construction work is underway f...

Tags: Abhay Kumar Mishra, Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd, Metro Rail Projects, PAP, PPP framework, VGF, Metro Systems, DMRC, SPV