Page 19 - Infrastructure

Making a transition from grey to green infrastructure

Arun Kashikar explains how sustainable construction techniques are re-defining real estate sector

Infrastructure to see consolidation with RBI ordinance

Infrastructure and iron and steel are the two sectors with the maximum amount of stressed assets

Private sector infrastructure investment may stay elusive for another year

Excess manufacturing capacity, banks' reluctance to lend, keep private investments on hold

India Ratings maintains negative outlook on infra sector in FY-18

BS ReporterHyderabad, 21 February: Fitch Group's India Ratings and Research agency has maintained a negative outlook on the infrastructure sector for the financial year 2017-18 with varied outlooks on the individual sectors.Toll roads, thermal and wind power continued to pull the overall sector outlook down with rating agency predicting a further 2 percent fall in plant load factor of thermal power capacity. Also it sees absence of capacity addition in wind power capacity going forward, owing to the grid parity in pricing being achieved by the solar sector and the surplus power situation in major states.The rating agency on Tuesday released a special report with its outlook on infrastructure and project finance for the next financial year. Among the individual sectors the negative rating was continued for the third consecutive year for toll roads, thermal power while the outlook for wind energy turned negative from a stable rating in the last two years. The rating agency has changed ..

Banks flag Centre's plan to re-bid stalled highway projects

Every infrastructure company had at least one-two projects which were not progressing well

Infrastructure investors in wait-and-watch mode: BMI Research report

Frequent project delays are keeping investors edgy

Diwesh Sharan: Value capture for better infrastructure

Currently, user fees seldom cover the cost of building or even operating major infrastructure projects

Infrastructure firms struggle to tap 75% disbursement of arbitration amount

HCC and Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) are two such companies which expected to get funds under the directive

Infra stocks extend rally; HCC, Patel Engineering surge over 30% in three days

C&C Constructions, Punj Lloyd, IL&FS Engg, BL Kashyap and IVRCL were up 15% -44% on the BSE in past three days.

Infra giants return to highways sector

Larsen & Toubro, Punj Lloyd, Gammon and Jaiprakash Associates bagged 16 of the 40 EPC contracts awarded in financial year 2015-16

CCEA gives nod to 9 railway projects worth Rs 24,375 cr

The approved railway lines are expected to help the upcoming industries in the region and additional transport capacity to meet their requirements

Niti Aayog prepares cabinet note to ease arbitration norms for infra companies

Niti Ayog's proposal to improve financial health of companies hit by payment delays

Stalled 241 infra projects cause cost overrun of Rs 1.6 lakh crore

Out of the 1,076 projects, 4 projects are ahead of schedule, 252 are on schedule and 330 are delayed

HCC-MMS JV bags Rs 2523 crore contract for Mumbai Metro III

The JV will construct 4,072 meter corridor of the underground metro line including four underground stations and twin bored tunnels of total length of 3,115 m

India's infrastructure output growth hits 5-month low in May

The output expanded 5.5% from a year ago between April and May

Infra projects' credit system expected soon

Six registered agencies are said to be working collectively to come up with a new ratings system for such projects

India to connect better with neighbours via infrastructure projects

About 90% of trade by volume and 70% by value are moved through ports, major ports thus play a key role in facilitating external trade

Arvind Panagariya: The turnaround in infrastructure

Be it roads, railways, ports, civil aviation, energy or electricity, the Narendra Modi govt has invigorated all these sectors since it took over

Urban infra starting to shimmer

While roadways has attracted much investor interest, thanks to growing order flows, analysts say it is time to also look at companies in the urban development space

March infrastructure output grows fastest in 16 months

Fertiliser output jumped 22.9% and electricity production grew 11.3% from a year earlier