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

India and UK to sign a MoU in the urban transport sector

December 2017

According to a press release by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, India and the UK will soon sign a MoU in the urban transport sector for co...

Tags: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, MoU, Urban transport sector, Chris Grayling, TFL, IT systems, Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari launches MIT-WPU’s School of Sub-Surface Engineering; MIT dedicates it for nation-building

November 2017

MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), one of the leading educational institutions in India, has opened the School of Sub-surface engineering in Delhi...

Tags: MIT World Peace University, Nitin Gadkari, MTech programme, Roads, Hydropower, Water transport, Sewage, Transport, Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India, Rahul Karad

Progress of Tier-II, III and IV cities to be addressed at New India Summit in Nagpur

November 2017

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) is organising a New India Summit on November 9-10 at Nagpur to address th...

Tags: CREDAI, Devendra Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari, Small Towns, Big Capabilities, Housing for all by 2022, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Makers of New India, Jaxay Shah, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Growth Catalyst

November 2017

With several legislations, port projects, highways and corridors to his credit, Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road, Transport, Highways and Wa...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Water Resources, Shipping, Road, Transport, Highways, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Investment