Railways’ transformation initiatives boost construction sector

January 2018

The domestic construction sector is expected to get a major boost from the Indian Railways’ (IR) capex plans, estimated at over Rs 650 billion per ye...

Tags: Infrastructure, Domestic construction, HSR, EPC, LIC, Union Budget, Railway electrification

Our current HAM portfolio stands at aggregate bid project cost of Rs 4,200 crore, says Asim Chakraborty, Welspun Enterprises

January 2018

It aims to be among the top two value creators in each of its businesses, the top 10 most respected Indian brands, and the top 50 groups in India in ...

Tags: Welspun Group, Roads, Water, Urban infrastructure, Asim Chakraborty, NHAI, EPC, BK Goenka, Sandeep Garg, Asim Chakraborty, Construction

BHARATMALA: Beyond Connecting Roads

January 2018

October 2017 witnessed the largest ever outlay of road construction in India: Bharatmala. The programme involves around 83,000 km - including the fir...

Tags: Bharatmala, Road construction, Shubham Jain, ICRA, NHDP, Kelkar Committee, PPP framework, Rajat Gupta, McKinsey & Company, Jagannarayan Padmanabhan, Karunakaran Ramchand, IL&FS Transportation Networks, Sudhir Hoshing, IRB Infrastructure Developers, Vinayak K Deshpande

Solar Technology: Quality pays off!

January 2018

Chief of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has invited stakeholders to be part of the global body's March summit in large numbers. Together, wit...

Tags: Solar Technology, International Solar Alliance, Upendra Tripathy, EPC, BOS, Energy Auditors, MoHUA, Smart Cities Mission, SESI, Prafulla Pathak, Cleanmax Solar, Randeep Bora, Inverters, Amplus Solar, Ritu Lal

Rays Future Energy launches 60 MW project in Karnataka

December 2017

Rays Future Energy, a subsidiary of Rays Power Infra, is commissioning a 60 MW of capacity under open access systems in Karnataka, which will be comp...

Tags: Rays Future Energy, Rays Power Infra, Commercial, Industrial, EPC

Infrastructure development set for a boost as the government looks to build a New India by 2022

December 2017

Plans to construct 83,677 km of roads, highways, greenfield expressways and bridges at Rs.7 lakh crore....

Tags: Roads, Highways, Greenfield, AAI, Yogesh Kumar Jain, PNC Infratech, Metro-rail, Arun Karambelkar, TBM, Sunil Srivastava, Balaji Railroad Systems, EPC contracts, Metcon India Realty & Infrastructure, Construction equipment, Ports

Bids invited for Rs 26,000 crore Dwarka Convention and Exhibition Complex

November 2017

The government has invited bids for selection of EPC contractor for detail design, engineering and construction of the Rs 26,000 crore India Interna...

Tags: Delhi, Dwarka, IICC, EPC contractor

Infrastructure assets provide better risk returns

November 2017

If the Indian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum in the coming decade, developing world-class infrastructure facilities is of paramount imp...

Tags: Infrastructure, Provident Fund, Karunakaran Ramchand, IL&FS Transportation Network, Greenfield infrastructure projects, Commercial bank, InvIT, Fair Market Value, TOT, Chicago Skyway, Indiana Toll Road, EPC, Bhartmala project, Rahul Kamat