Here’s how the transport ministry has been working towards saving bank loans worth Rs 3 lakh crore

August 2017

With around 400 stuck projects in 2014, banks were facing nearly Rs 3 lakh crore worth of debt but the current ministry of road transport and highway...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, FICCI’s PPP Summit, Contractors, Investors, Bankers

Large scale infra projects should be privatised, suggests Amitabh Kant

August 2017

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has reportedly stated that the government must follow the model of countries like Australia and Canada by handing over in...

Tags: NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, PPP, Port construction, Railway station, Sagarmala projects, Infrastructure projects

Government proposes PPP model to boost affordable housing

July 2017

The union government has proposed a public private partnership (PPP) Policy, under which affordable housing will be provided land in order to boost h...

Tags: HUPA, PPP, Ssumit Berry, BDI Group, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Union Government, SARE Homes, Deepak Kapoor

2017 – Affordable Housing Set for Growth

July 2017

Affordable housing schemes for the middle and lower income groups are finally on a serious growth curve in 2017, with huge demand in both segments no...

Tags: Affordable Housing, PPP, Housing for All by 2022, PMAY, ICRA, RERA, Ashwinder Raj Singh, ANAROCK Property Consultants

Rs 26,000 crore ECC offers massive opportunities for private sector

July 2017

Major players from hospitality, retail, construction and other sectors have held wide-ranging discussions with the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor D...

Tags: DMICDC, Dwarka project, Alkesh Sharma, ECC, JW Marriott, Taj Hotels, The Leela, Hilton, Asian Hotels West, Experion, Developer Group, Reliance Industries, Phoenix Mills, PPP, Swachh Bharat

Rs 26,000 cr ECC offers massive opportunities for private sector

July 2017

Major players from hospitality, retail, construction and other sectors have held wide-ranging discussions with the DMICDC on investment and partnersh...

Tags: ECC, DMICDC, Alkesh Sharma, JW Marriott, Taj Hotels, The Leela, Hilton, Asian Hotels West, Experion, Developer Group, Reliance Industries, Phoenix Mills, PPP, LEED Platinum certification, DIPP

In full swing – NDMC’s PPP model to construct decentralised STP

July 2017

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had decided to construct decentralised sewage treatment plants (STP) on public-private-partnership (PPP) model...

Tags: NDMC, STP, PPP, Arvind Kejriwal, SS Engineering, ABL Roots Blowers, Nisha Gahlot

Game On!

July 2017

Facilities for over 14 sports and a seating capacity of 20,000 - that's the promise of the 1.4 million sq ft arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad! The e...

Tags: TransStadia, Earthquake, PPP, Udit Sheth, Robust technology, StadiArena, StadiDoor, HDPE material, FIFA, Construction, Construction machineries, Narendra Modi