In a candid interview, finance veteran Arun Purwar, Chairman of IndiaVenture Advisors Pvt Ltd & PHL Finance, suggests that since the bond market is deep enough to take care of funding requirements of infrastructure projects, the government must encourage infrastructure fund raising through the bonds.

There is a tremendous potential in the Indian market due to rise in demand for potable water, says D Mazen Bachir, Managing Director, Passavant Energy and Environment, a German subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI), based in Frankfurt.

The Andhra Pradesh government announced signing of 10 Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with public and private entities including NTPC, Hero MotoCorp

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has achieved a major breakthrough by bagging a prestigious contract for setting up a supercritical thermal power project on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis from the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL).

The Tamil Nadu government has approved the project structure for the Rs 1.83-lakh crore Madurai-Tuticorin Industrial corridor and has decided to set up a new financial institution to support funding for large infrastructure projects.

Coastal shipping and inland waterways transportation (IWT), the two significant modes of domestic water transportation, both provide fuel and cost savings over road and rail transport. Water as a mode of transportation holds significant importance in an economy

GVK Power (Goindwal Sahib) Ltd, a subsidiary of GVK Power and Infrastructure, has got permission from the Environment Ministry to import coal from South Africa as a ´stop gap´ arrangement in case the company fails to get coal from its captive mines in Tokisud North sub-block in Jharkhand.

Liu Guoyu, Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai, outlines the measures that India and China can take to boost their partnership in the infrastructure domain for a mutually beneficial relationship.

Harnessing and increasing the supply of power has long been key in the advancement of human society. During the last half century, Harbin Electric Group (HE Group) has been responsible for numerous ¨firsts¨ in Chinese Power equipment manufacturing