Businesses are starting to understand that the location and the role of the wareÂhouse will be driven as much by inventory policies and transportation infrastructure as by changes in taxation.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Logistics: The elusive industry status
There is an urgent need for measures to facilitate growth in ground logistics (warehousing, rail freight and cold chain logistics) and expects some solid reforms to be announced in this budget.
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Transport: Mechanise projects
Proper mechanisation in road project is needed using the advanced technology to complete the projects within the stipulated time. In India, the equipment bank concept is not so popular.
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Roads: Refocus on 20 km/day
This is the penultimate budget of the government before elections. The last budget usually is not one where big ticket reforms can be kicked in. Political comÂpulsions make those budgets populist
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The number of accounts getting restructured has increased dramatically
Restructuring is fast becoming a norm among infrastructure and power companies in particular. With a 30 per cent exposure within infrastructure to power, SBI has been acting on both restructuring as well as advising the government on what norms to adopt for discoms before finance.
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Go against the grain!
This year starts the Plan for a huge boost from the government to rural infrastructure. Private investors should not look at the immediate size of attractiveness of projects alone, but consider the multiplier effects.
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Rural commerce should be seen as the integrator
The concept has been suggested, but with a new fillip to rural infrastructure, can integration of various infra projects under an umbrella, which can be viability’s “go†signal, take off this year?
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Maritime: ICTT stuck in the dock
Almost 80 per cent of Colombo’s container traffic represents cargo transhipped from Indian ports. One year after India’s first ICTT was commissioned, transhipment transactions have been almost insignificant. Will the terminal’s second year be any different?
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PPP in warehousing will be transformative: Experts
Several investors have exited the rural infra segment over the past few years. because they could not achieve the scale they wanted to, perhaps because of wrong strategies. This year, can it be the switch that the government can use to trigger economic growth back on track?
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A more sustainable model for discoms
After being stuck in dispute for nearly 12 years, the newly implemented DOA clause in the Electricity Act hopes to bring about a more competitive environment for power distribution companies and lead to further reforms.