Nitin Johari, Director of Bhushan Steel informed reporters that the marketing team of his firm would meet soon to review price of its steel products. According to media reports, other steel firms may also revise the price of their steel products, especially long products, sold in the domestic market. Prices of some are likely
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Govt set to award Maharatna status to BHEL, GAIL
The high-level secretaries' panel headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth approved the proposal to award BHEL and GAIL the coveted Maharatna status. The status would give these public sector units greater financial autonomy. Agency reports indicate that the central government would issue formal orders to this e
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Minister wants ports to allot 10% of income for CSR
Port trusts across the country are asked to allocate 10 percent of their income for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan. The ministry launched CSR activities recently to enable ports to serve the interests of society and identify activities that would create social impact, Vasan said
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Nizampatnam Port project found to be unsuitable
Chinta Visweswara Rao, Chairman of Navayuga Engineering Company (NEC) informed that the proposed Nizampatnam Port project in Andhra Pradesh is not suitable for development as the land earmarked by the government falls within a reserve forest and green belt areas. He informed this to the Central Bureau of Inves
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NMDC board to review iron ore price
Soon the board of NMDC would meet to review the price of iron ore it sells in the domestic market in line with the policy of the company to revise it every month. Media reports suggest that the state-run miner could raise the price between Rs 200 and Rs 400 a tonne. The board would take into consideration factors such as dema
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Slowdown or consolidation?
After every available rating and analyst firm from Nomura to Dun & Bradstreet and India Ratings expressed a negative outlook on IndiaÂ’s infrastructure, the inevitable, unpleasant moment arrived when the advance estimates, officially announced early this month, stated that the nation can only achieve 5 per cent growth the current fiscal, the lowest in a decade, and 0.7 per cent lower than anticipated earlier.
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Slowdown or consolidation?
After every available rating and analyst firm from Nomura to Dun & Bradstreet and India Ratings expressed a negative outlook on IndiaÂ’s infrastructure, the inevitable, unpleasant moment arrived when the advance estimates, officially announced early this month, stated that the nation can only achieve 5 per cent growth the current fiscal, the lowest in a decade, and 0.7 per cent lower than anticipated earlier.
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The journey ahead
The Delhi Airport Express is back on track with its usual traffic resuming on January 18. However, will the country's first airport metro serve its purpose in the long run?After lot of hiccups, the country's first airport express metro resumed its commercial operations in its regular timing from January 2013. The Airport Express line functions on a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
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Opportunities in India
The low penetration rate offers more potential for desalination in industrial segments; especially in power, metals, oil & gas, chemicals, and petrochemical industries. In the next five years, high growth rate is anticipated, at 7-8.5 per cent, in the industrial segment, according to Frost & Sullivan’s analysis.
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Seeking for a revival
With the Union Budget 2013 announcement is approaching, industry stakeholders are seeking government support for a possible revival of their respective industry segment. Ami Mistry, Dhruba Purkayastha, Mohit Sinha and Prithweesh Ghosh present an insight into the current status of critical infrastructure segments and recommend some urgent steps needed in the coming Budget.