There is a need for an effective and viable cold chain solution that will integrate the supply chain from farm to fork. According to CII, the cold chain industry in India is growing and will treble the size by 2015 as the new government has sanctioned 20 new cold chain projects since May 2014 .

The telecom equipment market is set to increase by nearly $30 billion between 2013 and 2018, according to a report by Dell´Oro Group.

Most banks have shown resilience, preventing further deterioration in asset quality in the fourth quarter. The same quarter also proved to be healthy in terms of recovery for most PSU banks

The period 2013-14 was a time of consolidation for the infrastructure sector. With the markets looking up, many infrastructure stocks have also had a good run. But do the fundamentals justify the euphoria surrounding these scrips?

IDFC Ltd has won a banking licence as per a recent RBI announcement. A banking licence would provide a window to IDFC to access low-cost bank deposits and reduce reliance on high-cost term loans and, thus, help expand margins. The company was set up in 1997 as a specialised lender for big-ticket infrastructure project with long gestation period.

India plans to more than double its port capacity to 3,200 million tonne at an investment of Rs 2.87 trillion by 2020, drivin the demand for more port handling equipment. Sudheer Vathiyath trains through the prevailing trends in port equipment market.

With the election round the corner, not much is likely to happen with respect to new airport infrastructure in India this year. Among the few aviation opportunities that exist a major one is the Navi Mumbai greenfield international airport project

Indian retail is booming, with its organised sector estimated to reach new heights in coming years. What does this strong growth, coupled with FDI in multi-brand retail, mean for one of the biggest bottlenecks in the supply chain?

Expecting demand to pick up in 2014, most of the domestic steel producers have raised the steel prices between Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 per tonne. This move is aimed to offset increase in input and transport cost.