CAG audit threat looms large

January 2016

The Delhi High Court judgment on Section 20 of the CAG Act may render PPP projects unattractive in infrastructure sectors without a pervasive regulat...

Tags: Delhi High Court, PPP Projects, Infrastructure, Coal, Railways, Roads, Highways, Urban Transport, Sakya Singha Chaudhuri, Avijeet Lala, HSA Advocates

PPP projects worth Rs.50,000 crore lined up for ports

January 2016

The Centre has 35 projects worth around Rs.50,000 crore in the pipeline for investment in the port sector under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode...

Tags: PPP Projects, Rajive Kumar, Pipeline, Power, Road

Gujarat first to take up PPP projs for slum rehabilitation

January 2016

Gujarat has become the first state in the country to take up PPP projects for in-situ redevelopment of slums in urban areas under the Prime Minister´...

Tags: PPP Projects, Awas Yojana, Dr Nandita Chatterjee, Slum Rehabilitation

PPP projects 33% of total capacity of major ports:CAG

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 the PPP model, CAG...

Tags: PPP Projects, Ports

Metro - Mobilising transportation to a new level

December 2015

VB Gadgil examines the opportunities in the metro sector and what can be done to give it a further push. Governments around the world are pumping mon...

Tags: VB Gadgil, Metro, Mass Rapid Transit Systems, MRTS Projects, India Infrastructure Research, PPP Projects, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd

Hit by the HAMmer

December 2015

The Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) unveiled with great fanfare earlier this year was expected to set off the next wave of award of PPP highway projects. ...

Tags: Hybrid Annuity Model, PPP highway projects, EPC, BOT, Construction, MoRTH, framework, HAM Agreement, Sanjay Date, Infrastructure, Highway, Termination Payment, PPP projects, MCA, Force Majeure

Dighi port is the final node of DMIC

December 2015

As a result of the capacity constraints being faced by the major ports, cargo is diverted to the private ports due to locational advantages, high ope...

Tags: Vijay G Kalantri, Dighi Port Ltd, Balaji Infra Projects Ltd, Cargo, EXIM trade, Liberalising TAMP, MoU, IL&FS, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, PPP projects

Ashoka Buildcon

October 2015

Ashoka Buildcon (ABL) is one of the largest highway developers in the country with an impressive portfolio of over 28 PPP projects. Present across ni...

Tags: Ashoka Buildcon, Highway Developers, PPP projects, Power Transmission, Distribution, BOT developers, T&D EPC