Feature May 01, 2017 Do or Divest! With a disinvestment target of raising Rs.72,000 crore this fiscal, the government is all set to rule Dalal Street with Rs.18,000 crore worth of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).
Feature May 01, 2017 Switching on 10,000 MW! NHPC Ltd, India's largest hydropower utility is a 'Miniratna' Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India. Established in 1975, the company was listed on the BSE and NSE on 1st September 2009, with its maiden IPO of over Rs.6,000 crore.
Feature May 01, 2017 Water Relief! India is urbanising at, what a Union Minister has termed, a very 'dramatic' clip. It today has 50 cities with a population of over one million. As per the 2011 Census, the total number of cities and towns in the country had increased to 7,936 from 5,161 in 2001.
Web Exclusive Apr 11, 2017 As RERA kicks in, developers speed up project completion A greater part of the country's developers appear to be on a ‘Mission Project Completion’ nowadays, possibly due to the impact of RERA
Web Exclusive Apr 05, 2017 UDAY achieves its most important objective It has been nearly eighteen months since the Ministry of Power announced the vital Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme for financial and operational reform of power distribution companies (DISCOMs) in India. Twenty six states and Union Territories, including four of the worst affected states — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana — have signed up for the scheme.
Web Exclusive Mar 29, 2017 GE, Power Grid strengthen grid for half a billion people in India The first step of a two-phased project designed to address the growing power needs of India’s northern region is now energised. GE Energy Connections has announced that it has successfully transmitted 1,500 MW of power for Phase-1 of the Champa Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) project.
Web Exclusive Mar 17, 2017 Securitised vehicle finance pools shrug off demonetisation with a ‘V’ rebound Collections in securitised pools of vehicle loan receivables rated by CRISIL saw a V-shaped recovery in January 2017 collections (payouts made in February 2017), rebounding to ~95 per cent from ~85 per cent in November, and virtually shrugging off demonetisation. On the other hand, pools backed by microfinance (MFI) receivables are under stress and being closely monitored, while those backed by home loans have remained unaffected.
Special Feature Mar 01, 2017 Movers and Shakers Urbanisation is an inexorable process as far as India is concerned. The future of India's growth lies in its cities, and a large chunk of our GDP will come from urban centres.
Power Update Feb 01, 2017 Neyveli Lignite Corp to increase power generation by 2,640 MW Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India Limited has proposed to enhance power generation at its Neyveli complex by 2,640 MW, according to Chairman and Managing Director Sarat Kumar Acharya.