PPP projects under proposed rail regulator´s ambit

January 2016

Rail Ministry plans to bring PPP projects under the ambit of the proposed regulator for the rail sector. The idea is to turn around Indian Railways´ ...

Tags: Rail Ministry, PPP projects, Indian Railways, Investments

Government to award Rs.28,000 crore highway projects

January 2016

The government plans to award Rs 28,000 crore worth of highways development projects in the current fiscal under the newly conceived hybrid annuity m...

Tags: Highways development projects, Hybrid annuity model, PPP model, Road transport, Highways Ministry, Infrastructure, Hybrid model

PPP projects contribution declines

January 2016

PPP projects have contributed only 33 per cent to total capacity of major ports up to March 2014, thereby defeating the purpose of PPP model. The gov...

Tags: PPP projects, PPP, Infrastructure

Over 60 per cent (weighted average) of the project is complete VB Gadgil

January 2016

VB Gadgil,Chief Executive and Managing Director, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) He is oblivious to the dictum of ´racing against time´. Gadgil spearhead...

Tags: VB Gadgil, L&T Metro Rail, Racing against time, PPP project, Hyderabad Metro, Nagole, Mettuguda, Hyundai Rotem

Road projects under PPP

January 2016

The road transport and highways ministry has lined up projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to be awarded under public-private partnership (PPP) mode in 201...

Tags: Road Projects, PPP, Highways Projects

Metro Rail - A watershed year for metro?

January 2016

The unfolding year is expected to usher in a number of positive developments in the sector. The onus now is on effective execution. With a number of ...

Tags: Metro Rail, Metro Projects, Construction, Mass Rapid Transit System, PPP Projects, EPC, DMRC, Abhay Kumar Mishra, MMOPL

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

Vox Pop - Prospects galore

January 2016

The year 2016 seems promising for the ailing infrastructure sector, but it needs to be driven by proactive action. ...

Tags: TV Narendran, Tata Steel India, Sanjay Date, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Ltd, C Sasidhar, Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Allcargo Logistics Ltd, C Venkataramana, Sunil Hitech Engineers, Sushil Gupta, Richa Industries Ltd, Arnav Jhunjhunwala, Alom Poly Extrusions Ltd, Steel