Public-private Partnership

A public-private partnership (PPP) model will be used to create the CNG terminal project, and Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), which now oversees the Bhavnagar Port, would be a partner in the project

A brainchild of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, The Ashoka, as it was then called, was among the most iconic hotels in the country

Manoj Sinha said work on the framework is ongoing, private players are encouraged to share their inputs

Under this, prominent players and regular bidders in government tenders would not need to go through repeated clearances under normal circumstances.

Vaccine rollout in US - and even more so in Europe - shows that it is just as important to get the details of public-private partnerships right as it is to start with an ambitious overall objective

India's infrastructure deficit can be reversed only by development finance institutions that have the domain expertise to both borrow and lend long-term

In a major boost to public private partnership in the power transmission sector, the Jharkhand government has announced projects worth Rs 5,180 crore, making it one of largest outlays ever for strengthening of intra-state transmission system. The projects would be awarded through tariff based competitive (TBC) bidding.At the central government level, 20,000 circuit kilometers of transmission projects have been awarded thus far under the TBC bidding regime. The tender for the next round of bidding in Jharkhand for the remaining over Rs 5,000 crore transmission projects can be expected next month, a state government official told this newspaper.Jharkhand has issued notice inviting tender (NIT) for five projects and the first stage Request for Qualification (RfQ) is under issue and is due for submission by October 23rd. In mid-August, the Jharkhand cabinet had cleared investment in intra-state transmission to strengthen infrastructure. The state has planned investment of over Rs 10,000 ..

UP is followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and TN; the five states together make up half the Rs 6,70,000 cr investment under PPP

This comes even as the Public Utility Resolution of Disputes Bill has been put on the back burner, as the Centre has gone slow on its legislative agenda