Vidarbha to have over three lakh affordable houses

February 2018

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), initiated in 2015, has set year 2022 as deadline for affordable housing for all project. Accordingly, the go...

Tags: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, PPP, MHADA, Affordable housing project, FSI

Here's an overview of the Indian construction equipment market

February 2018

Strong domestic demand generated by ongoing infrastructure development projects resulted in the construction equipment market rising to an all-time h...

Tags: Strong domestic, Infrastructure development projects, Backhoe loaders, Crawler excavators, Mobile cranes, Mobile compressors, Compaction equipment Wheeled loaders, RTLT, Money matters, NIIF, IIFCL, PPP, BRICS Bank, Bharatmala scheme, GST

Digital Platform for efficient CE Sourcing

January 2018

With markets being overcrowded and competition more intense than ever, coupled with a flurry of information in this digital age creates a lot of dist...

Tags: Anant Raj Kanoria, iQuippo, PPP, Government of India, EPC, Equipment, IoT, CME

Infrastructure Revival to Push CE Growth

January 2018

The infrastructure sector is today undoubtedly one of the strong pillars of the Indian economy and the current Union Government is strongly focused i...

Tags: Infrastructure, Union Government, GST, GDP, ICEMA, Arvind K Garg, PPP, Sagarmala ports, Bharatmala roads, NHAI, NHIPC, AIBP scheme, UDAAN scheme, NHDP, PMGSY

All set to meet infra growth demand

January 2018

Aggressive infrastructural development is imperative to the overall economic welfare of a country. If the economy is likened to a wheel, its infrastr...

Tags: Infrastructure, Construction equipment, Crushing, Screening, HMAP, Raj Shrivastav, Anil Bhatia, Land Acquisition Act of 2013, REIT, NBFC, InvITs, National Industrial Corridor Authority, EPC, World Bank, LPI

Railways’ transformation initiatives and sizeable capex plans to boost construction sector

January 2018

The domestic construction sector is expected to get a major boost from Indian Railways’ (IR) capex plans, estimated at over Rs 650 billion per year, ...

Tags: Construction sector, Indian Railways, HSR, ICRA, PPP model, LIC, GST, Infrastructure

Prestige to acquire 66.66% stake in group company for Rs 324 crore; plans to develop one of the largest affordable and mid- income housing projects

January 2018

Prestige Group, a leading real estate developer in the country, through its wholly-owned special purpose vehicle (SPV) is acquiring 66.66 per cent s...

Tags: Prestige Group, SPV, PPPL, Irfan Razack, Affordable housing

Finance Minister chaired body to decide fate of stalled port projects

January 2018

As reported, a high profile committee chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be looking into the stalled shipping projects worth around Rs 20,...

Tags: Niti Aayog, Arun Jaitley, MCA, Investments, TAMP, PPP projects