Detailed design and engineering work for GMR Goa International Airport under progress

April 2017

GMR Goa International Airport (GGIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports (GAL), is developing a greenfield airport at Mopa in North Goa. This project is b...

Tags: GGIAL, GMR Airports, DBFOT, Construction, Aerial survey, Goa State Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests

Renewable Purchase Obligation Compliance needs to improve fast for India to meet its solar installation targets

April 2017

Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) is the single most important policy driving renewable energy installations in India towards achieving the aggress...

Tags: Renewable Purchase Obligation, Renewable energy, MNRE, REC, RPO, DISCOM, JNNSM, CERC, DERC, SERC, Mercom India Solar Project Tracker, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group

BEML aims to utilise 100percent renewable energy for consumption

April 2017

BEML has set for itself an unique goal of utilising 100 per cent renewable energy for its consumption. In this endeavour, the company has recently in...

Tags: BEML, Renewable energy, Rooftop solar project

Solar tariffs fall by 73% since 2010: Mercom report

March 2017

According to a report by Mercom, India’s solar sector recently reached record low tariff levels in the auction conducted at the Rewa Solar Park in th...

Tags: solar sector, Mercom, NSM

This is a great move to providing tax relief to developers in the residential sector

February 2017

Finance Minister impetus on ‘Housing for All by 2022’ by way of given affordable housing an infrastructure status is indeed a welcome step and will b...

Tags: Gaurav Gupta, Omkar Realtors, Union Budget 2017-18, Infrastructure

Goa Airport to get three new aerobridges

February 2017

The Goa International Airport is set to get three new aerobridges, likely to be ready and commissioned by April 2017, and the project is estimated to...

Tags: Goa International Airport, Aerobridges

MEPIDL achieves financial closure for two HAM projects in Ratnagiri – part of the New-Mumbai Goa Highway project

January 2017

MEP Infrastructure Developers has successfully completed the financial closure for two of its Hybrid Annuity projects in Ratnagiri (Arawali-Kante sec...

Tags: MEP Infrastructure Developers, Arawali-Kante section, Kante-Waked section, NHDP-IV, Hybrid Annuity Mode, MORTH, Jayant Mhaiskar, Sanjose India Infrastructure, Construction, Letters of Award, COD

Despite demonetisation, air passenger traffic rises 24percent in December

January 2017

The government’s demonetisation move, which reportedly hit demand in several sectors, has not had any impact on air travel in the country. The Indian...

Tags: Demonetisation, DGCA, Domestic airlines, SpiceJet, Passengers, IndiGo, GoAir