The Supreme Court has stayed all construction activities in states and Union Territories which do not have a solid waste management (SWM) policy under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

When phones, TVs, watches and even cities are getting smart, factories too should not be far behind. Gone are the days when factories are imagined to be a large edifice with a loud rumble of machines and a towering column billowing out smoke.

The road construction companies are eying 20 per cent growth through this fiscal. With this, a plethora of opportunities have opened up for road equipment industry.

While the road sector is arguably in a sweet spot, land acquisition is unquestionably the biggest hurdle afflicting roads development.

A smart city is not automatically an equitable city unless its leaders take care to make it so. Some critics assert that the entire push to make cities smart is mainly about making life more convenient for the affluent.

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is planning a third fund targeting investment in greenfield projects, with a view to provide long-tenor financing. Sujoy Bose, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NIIF shares some insights, particularly on the roads sector.

The Supreme Court has stayed all construction activities in the states and union territory, which do not have a Solid Waste Management (SWM) policy under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. States such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, and the union territory of Chandigarh have come under the scanner.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) conducted its 35th Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee

The government aims to set up more than 350 training centres, which have capacity to train 84,000 people annually.