Cabinet approves Bhopal metro-rail project; tenders for first civil work package issued

October 2018

The Centre has cleared the execution of the Bhopal metro-rail project comprising two corridors of a total length of 27.87 km. The first one is from K...

Tags: Metro Rail, AIIMS, Karond Circle, Investment Bank

EoI to develop 1,000 MW of projects

October 2018

The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) has invited expression of interest (EoI) from project developers for setting up 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar...

Tags: Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam, EoI, Dholera Special Investment Region, GUVNL, Solar power

AIIB approves USD 455 million loan project for Andhra Pradesh

September 2018

The board of directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved to sanction USD 455 million loan for the rural development of ...

Tags: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Transport links, Supee Teravaninthorn, Investment

At Rs 23,400 crore, Mumbai captures 40 per cent of PE investments into office assets in India

September 2018

PE investments across debt and equity shifted into a new paradigm post 2014 with the new government coming into power...

Tags: PE investments, Realty Asset Monetisation 2018, CAGR, Warehousing, Shishir Baijal, Knight Frank India, GST, RERA

Railway station development is an area that needs to be focussed upon, says Rajeev Mehrotra, CMD, RITES

September 2018

The first state-run railway company to launch an IPO, RITES is a leading player in transport, consultancy and engineering in India. In 44 years since...

Tags: Rajeev Mehrotra, RITES, IRSDC, Investment, Systra, PSU, ICP

How Smart is Your Smart City?

September 2018

A smart city is not automatically an equitable city unless its leaders take care to make it so. Some critics assert that the entire push to make citi...

Tags: Smart city, Investment, CIRES Center, SkyAlert, Singapore Smart Nation, Eluru Smart City, 22Barcelona, LPWAN, Wi-Fi coverage, City Data Exchange, Transport, GitHub, Pollution, MGI Smart Cities, DALY

81 investment projects worth Rs 600 billion launched by PM in Uttar Pradesh

August 2018

At a mega ground-breaking event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 81 investment projects worth Rs 600 million for Uttar Pradesh. With a potentia...

Tags: Narendra Modi, Investment

Odisha govt to set up riverine port on river Mahanadi

August 2018

High-level clearance authority (HLCA) allowed four major port developing agencies to participate in the financial bidding for a riverine port on Maha...

Tags: HLCA, Mahanadi River, Public Private Partnership, Investment, Transportation, Port