Gadkari hopeful of pushing Road Safety Bill in next Parliament session

February 2016

Despite stiff political hurdles, Nitin Gadkari-led Road and Highway Ministry hopes to soon push the long pending Road Safety Bill in the upcoming Par...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Road and Highway Ministry, Road Safety Bill, Road Safety Authority

Rs.50,000 cr projs sanctioned for TN

February 2016

The Centre had sanctioned Rs.50,000 crore for infrastructure projects in the State, said Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Niti...

Tags: Infrastructure Projects, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Nitin Gadkari

Newsmakers 2015

January 2016

The year 2015 started with an informal assessment of the performance of the Narendra Modi government, which announced a host of initiatives such as u...

Tags: Shriyal Sethumadhavan, Narendra Modi government, Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Housing for All, Roads, Nitin Gadkari, EPC projects, GDP, AMRUT, Ministry of Urban Development, Shapoorji Pallonji, Vinod Aggarwal, ICEMA

Concrete Paving to Flourish

January 2016

Renewed thrust on building new concrete roads by Indian government spells a boom for concrete paving equipment industry in India. Most of the highway...

Tags: Concrete Paving, Concrete Roads, Golden Quadrilateral Project, HCC, L&T, Concrete Road Project, Nitin Gadkari, NHAI, Asphalt, Sagarmala Project, Krishi Sinchayee Yogna, PMKSY, Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Mitul Patel

CE industry to grow $15 bn by 2020

January 2016

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the government´s steps to clear bottlenecks for bolstering infrastructure development...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Infrastructure, Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association, ICEMA

Ports - Porting Ahead

January 2016

A lot of optimism has set in with 100 per cent FDI inflow, the Sagarmala Project, greater thrust on PPP projects, and the ´Make in India´ initiative....

Tags: Sagarmala Project, PPP projects, Make in India, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, JNPT, VO Chidambaranar Port Trust, VOCPT, Container Facility, Nhava Sheva, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, DIPP, Inland Waterways Authority of India, IWAI, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India, DFCCIL

India Infrastructure Summit

January 2016

The seventh edition of the event will bring together various stakeholders in a dialogue designed to address key challenges and issues. India´s growin...

Tags: FICCI, India Infrastructure Summit, Nitin Gadkari, Kamal Nath, Dr CP Joshi, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Infrastructure Projects

Rs.80,000 cr for infra works in MP

January 2016

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced a package of Rs.80,000 crore for Madhya Pradesh for various infrastructure...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Infrastructure, Railway Line, National Highways, MP Road Development Corporation