BMC in its budget for 2019-20 is likely to announce its intention to use their reserve funds for infrastructure projects like GMLR and Mumbai Coastal Road.

Even as the country's aviation industry is projected to be among the global top three by the next decade, there is a need to address certain pressing issues to ensure that the growth momentum is maintained in the long-term.

Ensuring good quality steel in infrastructure projects is the need of the hour!

As per estimates by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), there are around 46,000 MW of generation assets which are stranded for the lack of last mile connectivity and evacuation related issues.

While the situation has improved over the last five years or so, Sandeep Upadhyay, Managing Director and CEO, Centrum Infrastructure Advisory believes the country still has a long way to go in terms of attracting sovereign funds, which otherwise are keen to invest in emerging market with a stable geopolitical environment that currently prevails in India.

Delays in project execution have led both the promoters as well as banks to lose money on account of cost and time overruns.

The Central government has introduced the Bill with sweeping changes in the existing regime.

According to Ratan Lal Kashyap, Sr. Vice President - Procurement, G R Infraprojects, rising income levels and economic prosperity is likely to drive demand for infrastructure investment in India.

Shailesh Pathak, CEO, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects recommends that even as India moves towards becoming the world's third largest economy by the next decade, the infrastructure sector needs to focus on the timely execution of projects.