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Economic Survey should deal not just with 'Whats' & 'Whys' but also 'Hows'

Survey lessons like exports' importance for growth and jobs, how govt intervention in markets can be harmful, and wealth creation via privatisation should have been imbibed long ago, writes T N Ninan

Pvt sector share in National Infra Pipeline to hit 30% by 2025: Eco Survey

Two-thirds of the pipeline is already firmed up; projects of certain states likely to be added to in due course

Budget 2020: What does the FM have in store for the infrastructure sector?

In this podcast, Business Standard's Infrastructure Editor, Jyoti Mukul talks about the challenges of the infrastructure sector and its expectations from Budget 2020

Sitharaman's infrastructure push need not be a pipe-dream: Here's how

The government should be happy that they are still buying civilization by investing in infrastructure bonds instead of paying their full taxes.

Infrastructure, energy firms wait for NIP fine print to firm up capex plan

The roadmap, companies like JSW Energy and Adani Transport say, helps them decidedly lay down their own multi-year investment plans

Infra, realty trusts can set up biz in SEZs. Will this increase exports?

The Centre amended the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZs Act) in August 2019 to broaden the definition of "person" who can set up their units in these zones

Give infrastructure status to data centres, technology firms press DPIIT

Practical issues such as the difficulties in combining two data centres that may be close to each other (such as permissions required from the telecom ministry and other departments) were discussed

Target-driven approach to infra building important enabler for growth

The Centre's mega-infrastructure plan may founder on a poor enabling environment as much as the availability of finance

A deep dive into govt's ambitious infrastructure plan via six charts

Last week, the government came up with an ambitious plan for infrastructure investment

Preparing for an infrastructure push

The NIP Task Force has asked for a 21 per cent increase in government spend on infrastructure in 2020-21

Finance Ministry to come up with a list of 6,000 NIP infra projects soon

Data to explain why private sector investment is estimated to be low

Best of BS Opinion: Railway finances, company boardroom, and more

From Indian Railways' inefficiency costs, infrastructure deficiencies to corporate India's need for boardroom wisdom are some issues our opinion writers tackle

New projects surged 37.4% to Rs 4.26 trillion in Dec quarter: Report

Interestingly, the rise in new projects is despite a fall in capacity utilisation

FM Sitharaman unveils Rs 102-trillion infrastructure plan to boost growth

Task force headed by economic affairs secy identifies projects across sectors

Infra plan will boost investor confidence, but needs hand-holding: Experts

Private road developers in recent interactions with the Union ministry have expressed unwillingness to invest in Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) projects which involve private capital

Mega infrastructure spend can be a trigger for boosting growth: ICRA

According to the rating agency, the construction sector is likely to be a major beneficiary of this increased investment.

377 infra projects hit by cost overruns of Rs 3.94 trillion over delays

However, it said the number of delayed projects decreases to 495 if delay is calculated on the basis of the latest schedule of completion.

How corruption and populist politics weigh down Delhi's infrastructure

The first of a five-part series takes stock of Delhi, the power centre and cultural melting pot of India, to find that it needs an overhaul

373 infrastructure projects hit by cost overruns of Rs 3.89 trn: Report

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

India considers investing $1.39 trn in infrastructure to spur economy

Nirmala Sitharaman's comments, as cited in local newspapers, followed data released on Friday that showed India's economic growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter