Where are the investor-friendly policies?

May 2016

First and foremost, water is a scarce commodity. If at all there is a war, it will be for water, now. Unfortunately, in India, the per capita availab...

Tags: Ashish Tandon, Egis India, Water supply, Distribution woes, Infrastructure, AMRUT schemes, PPP, Orange City Water Project, Roadblock, Delhi Metro, QCBS, PHED, JICA, CWC, World Bank

We don´t have a benchmark. The government will have to start setting it

May 2016

It seems the government has a few mega projects in hand. These really need to stand the test of time, and how the rollout is going to happen is going...

Tags: Sandeep Upadhyay, Centrum Infrastructure Advisory, PPP, Framework, Trans-Harbour Link, Railways, EPC, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, PPP metro projects, Kelkar Committee Report, BOT, JICA, World Bank, ADB, LIC

City Lights

April 2016

According to a World Bank report titled Dealing with Construction Permits, India is languishing at the 183rd position in this parameter, rubbing shou...

Tags: World Bank, Construction, Real-Estate Regulatory Act, RERA, Model Building Bye Laws 2016, Swachh Bharat Mission, City Lights

Sterling and Wilson brings grid power to light up Sagar Island

March 2016

The electrification project, Sagar Island by West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd that received funding from the World Bank (ICZ) and St...

Tags: Electrification Project, Sagar Island, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd, World Bank, Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd

Sterling and Wilson lights up Sagar Island

March 2016

The 100 per cent electrification project of Sagar Island by West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited that received funding from the...

Tags: Electrification Project, Sagar Island, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, World Bank, grid power

IFC forms an industry-led Sustainable Housing Leadership Consortium in India

February 2016

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is convening a voluntary, collaborative effort with leading Indian housing sector companies to form an industr...

Tags: World Bank Group, IFC, Sustainable Housing Leadership Consortium, Godrej Properties, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate, Tata Housing Development Company, VBHC Value Homes Private Limited, European Union in India

Smart City selection not politically motivated: Centre

February 2016

Since no city of Uttar Pradesh could make it to the top 20 list, the SP accused the BJP government of ´cheating´ the people of the State....

Tags: Uttar Pradesh, BJP government, Urban Development, M Venkaiah Naidu, Aishwar Rao, London School of Economics, World Bank, Smart City

WB anchor investor in Rail Fund

February 2016

The World Bank would be the anchor investor in the new Railway Development Fund, which would be used to fund the modernisation of Indian Railways, Ra...

Tags: World Bank, Railway Development Fund, Suresh Prabhu