25,000-km Bharatmala project expedited

August 2017

Recent reports state that the Rs 10 lakh crore Bharatmala project spanning 25,000 km has been fast-tracked by the PMO. It is known that the highway p...

Tags: Bharatmala project spanning, UPA government, Union Cabinet, Public Investment Board

Government reorganises road projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore

August 2017

The year 2016-17 saw a joint effort by the NHAI and MoRTH to reorganise nearly 88 per cent of road projects involving about Rs 1 lakh crore of invest...

Tags: NHAI, MoRTH, Investment, Public transportation, Vehicles carrying goods, Setu Bharatam programme

Residential sees $1,075 million investment in Indian real estate in H12017

August 2017

Investments in Indian realty at $1,990 million H12017; residential accounted for 54 per cent ($1,075 million) of total investments....

Tags: Investments, RERA, GST, Demonetisation, Real estate, RBI

Cummins to ramp up R&D activities in India

August 2017

According to reports, Cummins is investing Rs 1,500 crore in India to boost its research and development (R&D) activity. ...

Tags: Cummins, Engines, Research, Development, Investment, New facility

Need for a structure to accommodate the burning demand for rental properties in India

August 2017

For decades well past Independence, India peacefully lived with the concept of perpetual leases inherited from the colonial era. Seven decades on, th...

Tags: Generations, ABN AMRO, NCR, Construction, Investment, Economic Survey 2016-17, Social infrastructure, EMIs, RCA, Gulam Zia

PRIME THE PUMP

August 2017

Earlier in May, when I had asked Sajjan Jindal, chief of JSW - the group with the best appetite for capital investment - when the private sector woul...

Tags: Sajjan Jindal, JSW, Investment, GFCF, Piramal Group, Shriram Group, Ajay Piramal, CMIE, TOT, NHAI, L&T, GST

Mobile App for Equipment Rentals

August 2017

An important truth of life is that it is constantly changing and evolving, and is difficult to keep a hold on it. But a right decision at the right t...

Tags: Ayush Natani, Technology, EMI, Heavy equipment, Heavy investment, Gizmotab, IOT

Foreign pension funds looking to invest in Indian highways

August 2017

The government is looking to raise support for investment in the highways sector; and reportedly according to experts, foreign pension funds would be...

Tags: Investment, Highways sector, NHAI, Economic Affairs, TOT model, Framework, Cabinet Committee, Cube Highways, RoI