Smart City plan at snail pace; only 5 per cent of total projects completed

January 2018

Almost three years after the announcement of the government's ambitious Smart City mission, only around 5 per cent of the total projects have been c...

Tags: Smart City Mission, Smart Cities, NDMC, Investment, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Decoding Digital India

January 2018

In what should have been a major story that was buried under other headlines, India achieved a significant milestone in its Digital India programme w...

Tags: Digital India, Fibre network, BharatNet, FTTH, Wi-Fi, Fibre, CSC, Ravi Shankar Prasad, ASEAN-India Business, Investment Meet and Expo, Skill India, Start-up India, Smart Cities programmes, KK Shetty, Citadel Intelligent Systems Pvt. Ltd

By 2020, India may reuse at least 6,800 litres of waste water

January 2018

The market should develop significantly. India's demand for water is growing, while the amount of available water is falling. So, recycling and reusi...

Tags: Rajiv Menon, Black & Veatch India, Ministry of Railways, Ganga Rejuvenation programme, Union Water Resources Ministry, Waste water treatment projects, Waste water management systems, Smart metering, STP, CHP, Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat, MCGM, Distribution

Solar Technology: Quality pays off!

January 2018

Chief of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has invited stakeholders to be part of the global body's March summit in large numbers. Together, wit...

Tags: Solar Technology, International Solar Alliance, Upendra Tripathy, EPC, BOS, Energy Auditors, MoHUA, Smart Cities Mission, SESI, Prafulla Pathak, Cleanmax Solar, Randeep Bora, Inverters, Amplus Solar, Ritu Lal

Momentum = Mass X Velocity

January 2018

As I write this, our Prime Minister is already in the UAE, making his second trip in less than three years, to accelerate the infrastructure thrust t...

Tags: UAE, Infrastructure, NRI-Emirati Investors Group, NIIF, ADIA, NMSE, JICA, Arun Jaitley, Smart Cities Mission, Namami Gange programme, GST

We aim to make Amritsar an internationally oriented, green and vibrant city, says ex-Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Amritsar

January 2018

Home to the Golden Temple, Amritsar is on the list of cities to be developed under the government's Smart Cities mission. That said, the city will re...

Tags: Golden Temple, Smart Cities mission, Punjab Government, SCADA, Sakatri and Goal Bagh, ICT-enabled system, RFP, Swachh Iconic Place Project, Shehri Awas Yojana, Punjab Government, HRIDAY, SIP, LED lights, MoU, HPCL

Bharat Mala is worth Rs.10 lakh crore; we want to start projects worth Rs.3 lakh crore under Phase-I in 2018

January 2018

Focus, zeal, vigour - these qualities, incredibly evident in this minister, have contributed to his extensive mandate. Indeed, Nitin Gadkari, Ministe...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India, Bharatmala programme, NPA, SEZ, JNPT, Smart cities, Ro-Ro services, DPR

Here’s a report on affordable housing in NCR

December 2017

ANAROCK Property Consultants has released its definitive research report 'NCR - An Affordable Housing Goldmine' at the Delhi leg of ACETECH - Asia’s ...

Tags: ANAROCK Property Consultants, Anuj Puri, Affordable Housing Goldmine, PMAY, AMRUT, Smart Cities mission