In order to finance the development of the country's deepest port, Vizhinjam Port in Kerala is raising more than Rs 1,600 crore through bonds and institutional investors. Housing Urban Development Corporation
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DPW's JNP terminal wins award
Global port operator DP World's Nhava Sheva Terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai has bagged Seatrade's Environmental Protection Award for its environment management and energy conservation initiatives.
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Telecom innovation hub in Kerala
A telecom business incubator, claimed to be the country's first and one of the first such
in the public-private partnership (PPP) model, is to come up in Kerala.
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Pune-Bangalore highway widening
Maharashtra government will soon invite bids for widening of the Pune-Bangalore highway to six lanes. The major highways passing through Pune like Pune-Nashik,
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Kannur airport by 2014
The construction of the runway at the upcoming Kannur airport will begin in 2012 and flight operations are expected to commence by 2014, according to the state Minister for Ports, Excise and Airports, K Babu.
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Petrobras to increase exports to India
Brazilian national oil exploration firm Petrobras is in negotiations to increase crude oil exports to Indian refineries. Increasing export quantities to India would depend on negotiations.
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RIL plans $2.33 bn investment
ONGC has sought 2,000 acre from the Maharashtra government at Dahanu to set up a gas-processing plant. The corporation has another plant at Uran.
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The other zero-sum game
It is just as well that our Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policies, old or old-wine-in-new-bottle, are clear about private participation in the operations of infrastructure projects; in particular, it is a relief that private participants are put in charge of making projects viable.
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Multi-purpose jetty at Haldia
The Kolkata Port Trust has invited bids for construction of a 270-m long riverine multipurpose jetty at the Haldia dock. The jetty, to be located in the upstream of the present third oil jetty of the dock and complete with back-up facilities,
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A new opportunity to participate in Indian infrastructure
The government is finally preparing to launch its first IDF this year, albeit with a $3 billion corpus open to domestic investors alone. Vishal Shah and Smit Sheth hail IDF as a good beginning, but contend that the definition of infrastructure needs to be sharpened.