Editor's Page Jul 01, 2012 Rebuilding Faith Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite role—as Finance Minister.
Focus Jun 01, 2012 Incentive-led land acquisition key to better results: Experts Land acquisition is such a sticky problem because land value can be variously estimated and therefore debated. Some states that have implemented incentives have benefited—such as one for not exercising litigation.
Policy Update Feb 01, 2012 FDI norms in port sector The Union Government allows 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in port sector to supplement domestic capital, technology and skills, for accelerated economic growth,
Perspective Jan 01, 2012 Aviation Infrastructure: Security infra in airports As airport security took centrestage in aviation after the 9/11 and other forms of terror attacks, Inderjit Singh says a national security infrastructure is now a pre-requisite to growth.Of the Rs 650,000 crore that the Indian government has budgeted in 2011-12 towards transportation, Rs 70,000 crore is budgeted for the development of greenfield airports and upgrade of existing airports and a major portion of it would be from the private sector, financial institutions and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
Finance Update Nov 01, 2011 India to attract $80 bn FDI India could attract $80 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coming two years, according to a research report by Morgan Stanley. India received $48-billion FDI in the last two years.
Infra Finance Oct 01, 2011 Banks' alternative to infra lending: Good step, but… Finally, banks can get completely rid of their limits imposed by asset-liability mismatch (ALM). Although schemes like take out financing exist and there have been numerous attempts to revive the corporate bond market, most of the schemes and efforts seem to have gone in vain.
Transport Update Oct 01, 2011 PSA-ABG consortium wins bid for JNPT terminal The Board of trustees of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) decided to award the contract for its fourth container terminal to the consortium of Singapore's PSA and the ABG group in India
Power Update Oct 01, 2011 Power Minister invites US cos to invest in India Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde invited the US companies to invest in India's power sector. Addressing the US-India Economic Opportunities and Synergies Summit in Chicago organised by FICCI in association with The Executive Club of Chicago, Shinde said India offered lucrative investment opportunities in power sector and the US investors should come forward to benefit from that opportunity
Power Update Sep 01, 2011 Poor policy hits power FDI NTPC has blamed insufficient 'politico-administrative' support to tackle commercial losses and poor health of government utilities for low foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the Indian power sector.