Page 18 - Infrastructure

Infrastructure needs Rs 235-trillion investment in 10 years: CRISIL

The projection for overall infrastructure is more than double the Rs 100 trillion the BJP in its election manifesto had promised to invest in this over the next five years

Infra stocks rally 19% as Cabinet approves measures to revive road sector

TOT is an asset monetisation model, where the government transfers the right to operate and maintain a highway to successful bidder for a period of 30 years.

UP approves contracts for two highway projects in backward regions

Work on Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur Link will cost Rs 14,500 crore and create 60,000 new jobs.

We'll be better placed in future downturns: Ashok Leyland Chairman

Dheeraj Hinduja is positive the bad times are over and hopes to see his company become a top-10 CV player going forward

Output of 8 core industries contracts 5% in Sep, may hurt Q2 GDP growth

Gross domestic product grew by more than a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter

Slowdown in infrastructure and real estate projects hits equipment demand

Sales affected after 3 yrs of growth in volumes

Infra sector urgently requires a DFI

A Developmental Financial Institution is imperative if India is to achive the Rs 100 trillion investment target in infrastructure

361 infra projects show cost overruns of over Rs 3.77 trillion, says report

The average time overrun in these 496 delayed projects is 36.98 months

Core sector growth slows to 2.1% in July compared to 7.3% last year

During April-July, output rose 3% from the year-ago period, according to the data

Development dilemmas, at home and abroad

The confluence of an impossible trinity at home and natural, economic, technological and geopolitical disruptions globally raises major concerns

AustralianSuper, Ontario Teachers to invest $1 bn each in India's NIIF fund

The two fund managers committed $250 million each in the Master Fund and co-investment rights of up to $750 million each in future opportunities alongside the NIIF Fund.

Centre resolves 615 infrastructure projects worth Rs 22.35 trillion

125 projects that have an anticipated investment of Rs 8,19,780 crore require no further government intervention, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

The infrastructure action agenda

These 10 priorities could shape a new Bharat

Modi's infrastructure blueprint: Investment push through key projects

Getting private sector back in a big way would be the topmost priority since the government has a limited fiscal headroom

As Mumbai builds infrastructure, construction companies build order books

Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Construction Company, Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Projects, JKumar Infraprojects and Simplex Infrastructure together have an outstanding order book of Rs 3.95 trillion

PTC Financial Services partners UKCI, DFID for India's first green fund

PFS separately raised a loan of Rs 1,000 crore from SBI for a 10-year tenure, linked to the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate

Infrastructure dilemma

If the new board at IL&FS needs some advice, it should talk to Mr Thapar

Construction equipment players to gain from govt's infrastructure push

Government's infrastructure push means gains for construction companies like JCB, Caterpillar and Tata Hitachi as they eye string of highway contracts to be offered by the government under the recently approved Bharatmala scheme.Infrastructure sector is a demand and job multiplier, Vipin Sondhi Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of JCB India said. JCB is a key player in the construction equipment industry."There are five sectors - road, rail, irrigation, urban rejuvenation and real estate - that drive the business for construction equipment companies. Infrastructure being one of the key drivers," Sondhi, who also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Excon said.In October, the Union Cabinet cleared the Bharatmala project to construct 20,000 km of highways connecting western and eastern parts of the country at an estimated investment of Rs 7 lakh crore. These corridors will permit faster movement of cargo vehicles. According to the government estimates, construction of ...

Making infrastructure disaster resilient

India has indeed taken proactive steps. The base is well set to push the agenda aggressively

A committed DFI needed

India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited is poised to flower as a DFI for India's infrastructure