Infra Growth

SBI likely to raise Rs 10,000 crore through infrastructure bonds

The planned issuance worth Rs 10,000 crore includes a greenshoe option of Rs 5,000 crore, the bank said

Bet on infrastructure funds to gain from government push: Experts

High cost of capital, change in policy key risks for these funds

Army's forward posts along LAC in Arunachal Pradesh to have helipads

Almost all forward posts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh will have one large helipad each for swift mobilisation of troops and military equipment as part of a mega push for infrastructure development, senior military officials said on Friday. Each of the forward posts and Army units are also being linked with optical fibre network and all of them will have separate satellite terminals for bolstering overall surveillance and communication, they said. The Army has already deployed a large number of indigenously-built remotely piloted aircraft, Switch, in the forward posts to monitor Chinese activities across the LAC. "We are now giving a big push to the infrastructure development in the forward areas in the eastern sector," Brigadier TM Sinha, commander of a Mountain Brigade in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, told a group of visiting journalists. As part of the capability development initiative, the Army has powered its units in Arunachal Pradesh with a sizeabl

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Promoters' loans, rising earnings help Adani cos to slash interest costs

Group plans to list infra SPVs to slash debt

MP govt presents Rs 2.79-trn tax-free budget; focus on infra, child welfare

For the first time, the state government presented a 'child budget' as part of the annual financial plan, allocating Rs 57,800 crore for 220 schemes under 17 departments, including education

China to spend $30 bn in Tibet on infrastructure development in 5 years

China is planning to spend big in Tibet as its new Five-Year Plan has allocated about USD 30 billion to ramp up the infrastructure in the remote Himalayan province

400 infra projects' show over Rs 4 trillion overrun due to delays

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above

Infra companies consider monetising litigation claims for offshore assets

HCC and Punj Lloyd are two infra companies with claims outside India.

Cost overrun of Rs 3.3 trn cr due to delay in 340 infra projects: MoSPI

The ministry monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above. Of these 1,405 projects, 340 reported cost overruns and 381 time escalation

Infra growth slows down to 4.8% in Oct; fertiliser, crude oil decline

Fertiliser production dropped sharply by 11.5 per cent, crude oil by 5 per cent and natural gas by 0.9 per cent