Port of Call

March 2018

The Government of India has embarked on the Sagarmala Programme with a vision to reduce logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo and utilise t...

Tags: Government of India, Sagarmala Programme, Waterways, CEZ, EXIM cargo, Nitin Gadkari, TEFR, Port, DPR, NGR, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and National Highways Authority of India, JNPT, SEZ, Ministry of Shipping, Karwar Port

Multimodal transport plan will reset India's logistics sector

March 2018

Nandan Yalgi, Managing Director, Boxco Logistics India Pvt Ltd, lauds the efforts of the Ministry of Shipping in launching port-led development proje...

Tags: Nandan Yalgi, Boxco Logistics India Pvt Ltd, Nitin Gadkari, IPRCL, Eastern, Western Dedicated Freight Corridors, PPP, Adani, JSW, JM Baxi Group, Rahul Kamat, Ports, Ministry of Shipping, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, IPRCL

We will require 80,000 direct and 1.25 lakh indirect skilled workforce

March 2018

For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Wat...

Tags: Nutan Guha Biswas, IWAI, AGMUT, IAS, Guha Biswas, National Waterways, transportation, River Ganga, Narendra Modi, Venkaiah Naidu, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation

Budget Boost

February 2018

Budget 2018-19 rang in on 1st February for the second consecutive year in history. The budgetary expenditure on infrastructure for 2018-19 is being e...

Tags: Budget 2018-19, Nitin Gadkari, GST, OEMs, Telematics, Smart City projects, Construction equipment, 5th Equipment India Awards and CEO Forum, Equipment, Bestsellers

2018: A Watershed Year?

January 2018

'Disruption' was an oft-used word in 2017. Sometimes it was used when describing a phenomenon that turned an existing business model on its head, as ...

Tags: Disruption, Uber, Airbnb, HAM, Jio, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, Nitin Gadkari, GST, Insolvency, Bankruptcy Code, SM@RT URBANATION, Budget

Here's how the Bharatmala and Sagarmala programmes are connecting India!

January 2018

In 2015, the Sagarmala project was formally rolled out by the government - its strategic investment initiative targeted towards improving port connec...

Tags: Sagarmala project, Port mechanisation, Modernisation, Nitin Gadkari, CCEA

Bharat Mala is worth Rs.10 lakh crore; we want to start projects worth Rs.3 lakh crore under Phase-I in 2018

January 2018

Focus, zeal, vigour - these qualities, incredibly evident in this minister, have contributed to his extensive mandate. Indeed, Nitin Gadkari, Ministe...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India, Bharatmala programme, NPA, SEZ, JNPT, Smart cities, Ro-Ro services, DPR

Innovations in Concrete for Infrastructure Challenges

December 2017

The Innovations in Concrete for Infrastructure Challenges (INFRACON-2017) conference was inaugurated on October 6, 2017 by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minis...

Tags: Concrete, Infrastructure Challenges, Road Transport, Highway, Shipping, Avinash Surve, VIDC, Nitin Gadkari, INFRACON 2017