Overseas investments in Indian realty rocket by 137 per cent – Knight Frank

July 2017

The Indian real estate has seen astronomical growth in investments from domestic and foreign players alike in the recent past, reveals Knight Frank’s...

Tags: Knight Frank Active Capital report, Foreign investments, Dr Samantak Das, Real estate, GST, RERA, Affordable housing

Massive investments to drive India logistics real estate growth

July 2017

Thanks to fresh investments, supply and interest this sector, the Indian logistics industry is set to reach the next level. Although India is down th...

Tags: Investments, Logistics Performance Index, GST, MMLP, CAGR, DFC, RCA, CPPIB, Ascendas FirstSpace, JLL India

New power plant at West Bengal's Haldia

July 2017

India Power Corporation (Haldia) has commissioned a 450 MW (3x150 MW) thermal power plant in West Bengal paving the way for further industrialisation...

Tags: India Power Corporation, Thermal power plant, Power, Investment

India-Israel signs MoUs worth over US$ 4.3 billion

July 2017

To revitalise and steer Indo- Israel economic and investment relations, the first formal meeting of India-Israel CEOs forum was organized on July 6, ...

Tags: Indo- Israel economic, Investment relations, Narendra Modi, Pankaj Patel, Zydus-Cadila Healthcare Ltd, Shraga Brosh, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, National Investment Promotion, FICCI, MAOI

US$ 15 bn construction giant CNTC inks JV in India

July 2017

CNTC, a Beijing-headquartered construction giant, has entered into the Indian real estate space. It has inked a partnership with one of Bengaluru’s l...

Tags: CNTC, Investment, The Presidential Tower, The Grand Tower, Construction, Pearl TV Tower, JV, Shi Hui, Golden Gate, RERA, GST

Smart Cities Will Emerge as Major Big Data Hubs

July 2017

Most large-scale infrastructure projects today are increasingly going the public-private-partnership (PPP) way. Technology and governance are key ena...

Tags: PPP, Lux Rao, SAARC, Cisco India, Technology, Infrastructure, Investment

Structuring and Framing Big Data Sets Require Devoted Machine Learning

July 2017

Right now, there is a proliferation of big data that can be used for a myriad of purposes. Unfortunately, without a structure in which to organise bi...

Tags: Patricia McCarney, World Council, WCCD, PPP, ICT, Smart cities, Investment, KPI

Malaysia to redevelop 20 Indian Railways’ stations

June 2017

The Indian Railways is planning to partner with Malaysia to redevelop 20 stations in Tier-II cities across India. Aimed at attracting nearly Rs 1 lak...

Tags: Indian Railways, Tier-II cities, PPP, Railways, Investment