Highways
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, GMR Infrastructure signed a memorandum of understanding to provide financial assistance to Japanese companies investing in infrastructure projects of the GMR Group. According to a statement, the objective of this MoU is to provide low-cost, long-term financing for infrastructure projects that involve Japanese companies. These could be [...] Continue Reading »
Narendra Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the Himalayan nation in 17 years, in his visit stressed that their border should be a bridge and not a barrier while he announced a USD 1 billion Line Of Credit to this country. He also assured the people here that India never wanted to interfere [...] Continue Reading »
The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha today that a whopping Rs 1, 80,000 crore is stuck in 189 road projects. He was providing assurance that steps would be taken to improve the country’s road sector. His agenda is to improve the infrastructure of the country and allow FDI in that sector. The focus [...] Continue Reading »
The infrastructure company, Sadbhav Engineering informs that it has bagged a project from NHIA for development of highways. The company also informed that it is a successful bidder by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the development of Jodhpur- Barmer Section of NH-112. This project comes under the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and [...] Continue Reading »
After the country’s coming elections that will lead to a new wave of infrastructure development, Chairman of the Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry, is scheduling to spend at least $8 billion in building roads, airports and housing, betting a stable administration. In December 2012 after Ratan Tata’s two decades at the helm, Mistry, 45, took over [...] Continue Reading »
As per a report, India needs Rs 14 lakh crore for the growth of transport infrastructure to achieve 7 percent economic growth. The report says that the National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC) needs to raise its investment in transport infrastructure like rail, highways, port and airport to Rs 70 lakh crore levels in 15th [...] Continue Reading »
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the services sector dropped by 60 percent to USD 1.59 billion in the last three quarters of year. This sector includes banking, insurance, outsourcing, R&D, courier and technology testing, it received FDI worth USD 4.04 billion in the April-December period of 2012, and this is according to the data collected [...] Continue Reading »
Finance Ministry sought a major revision to the draft proposed by the Roads Ministry regarding the formation of a Road Regulatory Authority. The role of such a regulator is to sort out issues between private road developers, National Highways Authority of India and Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways, and ensure smooth functioning of road [...] Continue Reading »
After one year of its formation, the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) is said to have unlocked 144 stalled infrastructure projects worth Rs 5.27 lakh crore. 253 more projects, however, with an investment of Rs 12.82 lakh crore, are still stuck for various clearances. Power, coal, steel, petroleum & natural gas, and road transport & highways sectors form [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate developers have sought tax breaks from the Government for home buyers and builders to boost up boost sales as well as speed up new launches. They are voicing their opinions on seeking both industry and infrastructure status for themselves and an enhancement in the tax break given to home buyers on the [...] Continue Reading »
