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NHAI approves norms for value capture finance

Value capture finance or VCF is a type of public financing that recovers some or all of the value that public infrastructure generates for private landowners

29.81 km a day: Record construction speed national highways in 2020-21

With an average speed of 29.81 km per day, the construction of national highways during 2020-2021 has been the highest ever in the last five years despite the Covid-19 crisis and months of lockdown.

Monetisation lessons from NHAI

Its recent experience offers crucial insights into what makes an asset monetisation exercise successful

Delhi-Mumbai SPV may get to monetise toll plazas of National Highway-48

May borrow Rs 9,000 cr this year even as it has offers of Rs 29,000 cr

Nitin Gadkari's criticism of NHAI casts shadow on the body's functioning

At the heart of his criticism is the delay in decision making and a lack of monitoring. Some officials, however, blamed the delays on overambitious contractors

Ultimate ownership of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will remain with NHAI

SPV to take over financial liabilities, but traffic risks remain with NHAI

In the spotlight: Growth signs visible for road infrastructure players

Analysts expect better order flows, improving labour availability and rising construction activities to boost second half performance

Dilip Buildcon soars 11% on bagging project worth Rs 1,905 cr from NHAI

The project is to be completed in 24 months and its operation period is 15 years from the COD

NHAI awarded projects worth Rs 31,000 cr in FY21, highest in past 3 years

It has set a target of awarding 4,500 km of highway during current financial year, which it is likely to exceed

Signs of green shoots? Seven firms bag orders worth Rs 42,000 cr in Q1

Industry executives and analysts said most of this new order activity was a spillover, and fresh project finalisation remains weak

In a first, NHAI to start ranking national highways for quality of service

Highways will be assessed on the basis of three criteria; highway efficiency, highway safety and user services

NHAI kickstarts process to form InvIT to tap investment in highways sector

NHAI constitutes a panel to select an Investment Manager to initiate the InvIT process

Ban on China companies unlikely to hit ongoing highway contracts

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will complete these contracts but will not award fresh projects to Chinese firms.

Cyber attack on NHAI email server, 'prompt action' resulted in no data loss

The government had warned against a large-scale cyber attack against individuals and businesses earlier this month

Ratio of India's public debt to GDP likely to scale a new high in FY21

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, the combined liabilities of the Centre and the state governments were around Rs 147 trillion at the end of March 2020

NHAI revamp in the offing; large-scale reforms needed: Nitin Gadkari

The total length of National Highways at present is abut 150,000 km, about 2 per cent of the length of all the roads, but they carry about 40 per cent of the total traffic

Grand announcements

Executing road projects worth Rs 15 trillion in two years will be a tall order

Lockdown 2.0: Our targets for project award won't decline, says Gadkari

In an interview to Megha Manchanda, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says he is optimistic about the sector meeting its project execution target in a time-bound manner

Industrial activities that may be allowed during the lockdown

Districts and states will not be in a position to sustain the expenditure on the stay of migrant labour so they could instead be used for construction activity

Ashoka Buildcon arm executes concession pact with NHAI for road project

Shares of Ashoka Buildcon were trading at Rs 54.65 apiece on the BSE, up 3.21% over the previous close.