Developers of ports tell us how port connectivity has boosted business, while users say poor connectivity are limiting their plans.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Vizhinjam gears up external infra
As his port hopes to compete with Vallarpadam as a state-owned transshipment hub, Manoj Joshi, CEO, Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL), and Secretary (Ports), Kerala Government, responds to questions from Infrastructure Today.
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Income tax holiday: Eligibility for infra developers demystified
Infrastructure developers are eligible for a tax holiday for 10 years, and the government has permitted a looser interpretation for the benefit of infrastructure. Vishal Shah and Bijal Desai refer to relevant court and tribunal cases and explain the more nebulous of the tax holiday eligibility clauses.
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Credit ratings: Need for a different rating mechanism
Conventional investment credit ratings-typically lower than desirable for infrastructure projects-constrain financing infrastructure investments in India, says Dhruba Purkayastha. So should the methodology be revisited?
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IT in Rail Safety: Far from autopilot
Indian Railways (IR) depends extensively on manual systems to monitor passenger and freight train services, train signalling and communications. Consequently, IR figures among the worst in the world in safety.
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Towards automation of freight operation
What started as a non-profit freight operations information system is now Indian Railways' IT arm, having provided solutions from freight receipts to wagon movement and e-procurement-all pressure points for the user.
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: Brewing strain on debt servicing
For us the most active and fruitful sectors in 2011 were road and power sector. These sectors comĂÂprise a majority of our portĂÂfolio. I understand that even in case of commercial banks these two sectors form the majority of their infrastruĂÂcture loan book,
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: IDFs won't attract global investments
The challenges this year have had little to do with the availaĂÂbility of finance, but with the poor bankability of infrasĂÂtructure projects. The inability of the goĂÂveĂÂrnment to honour agreements (tariff increases, coal linkages, enĂÂviroĂÂnment clearanĂÂces,
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McNally Bharat: Celebrating 50 yrs of excellence
McNally Bharat (MBE), one of the leading EPC companies in India, is celebrating its Golden Anniversary in 2011. MBE started operations in a small way in 1961 in Kumardhubi, Dhanbad, where it manufactured equipment for the coal and mining industry.
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At the helm of global association
Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman & Managing Director of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), who is also the Past President of Builders Association of India (BAI), has been elected President of the International Federation of Asian & Western