The year 2018 has been a significant one for the logistic and shipping sector in India.

The Union Budget has signalled a new era of a stability with a plan to deliver a $ 5 trillion economy in the next few years! The elections have already demonstrated that this regime has been selected for performance.

In an exclusive interview, Kailash Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, reveals that a roadmap has been created for increasing the Indian port capacity to 3,500+ MMTPA to more than cater to the projected traffic of 2,500 MMTPA by 2025.

India is witnessing a rapid economic and industrial growth with a projected GDP of 7.8 per cent in 2019 by IMF. To achieve this growth, it is important to ensure power security for the nation.

Contributions from the power equipment industry is 8.1 per cent of the manufacturing sector in terms of value and 1.35 per cent of India's GDP, providing direct employment to 5 lakh people, indirect employment to 10 lakh people, and employment to over 50 lakh people across the entire value chain.

HDC's key priorities are installation of one container handling crane (RMQC), mechanisation of Berth No 3 in PPP mode, and creation of liquid cargo handling facilities at Shalukali through PPP, and a goal to handle 65 MMTPA of cargo by 2021-22.

JNPT continued to upscale its growth trajectory and closed the financial year ending Mar 2019 handling 5.13 million TEUs, which is a 6.20 per cent growth as compared to the last financial year.

Sustainability is a"mindset" for Grundfos, which is reflected in the company's product offerings and business model. On a trip to its India headquarters in Chennai and global headquarters in Denmark, CW reports on the company's approach towards conserving energy and water.

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.