NPAs are at best symptomatic of a deeper problem among infrastructure projects in particular, among those on public-private partnership (PPP).
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India needs project managers to avert risk
Raj Kalady, Managing Director of Project Management Institute, explains why India's infrastructure developers are risk-agnostic and how training in project management has made a difference.
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Future investments depend on how we treat existing projects
Can this be the twist in UPA II's tail and the welcome unknotting of India's wound-up growth story? Just over a month after the Prime Minister's Office constituted a monitoring committee in early June this year to troubleshoot stalled infrastructure projects,
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There is no alternative to PPP
There are few people in the seats of power who're more convinced about PPP than Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India. In a freewheeling interview and a mood for candour,
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Quasi-judicial body to resolve disputes
The Planning Commission is working on what the new Dispute Resolution Bill should contain. Based on a briefing of Infrastructure Today's round table discussion on Dispute Resolution in Infrastructure (see lead story), Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India,
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Talent pool needed to manage projects
HR shortage is a major reason for a crunch in infrastructure execution. Pratima Sheorey, Officiating Director, SCMHRD, in an email interaction, explains how management training is helping.
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Kolkata to get $400 mn ADB loan
To improve water and sanitation system in peripheral areas of Kolkata, Asia Development Bank (ADB) will provide $400 million loan. The
loan will help the city improve its water and sanitation system in peripheral areas of the fast-growing metropolis which are missing out on quality services, ADB said.
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Mumbai Port to begin dredging by mid-October
Dredging work is expected to start in Mumbai port in mid-October. The Mumbai Port Authority has awarded Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors the dredging contract for maintenance of dredging of port berths.
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Nayachar channel to aid Haldia port
As part of long-term measures to improve navigability at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) in West Bengal, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) proposes to cut a channel right through the Nayachar island. The Ministry of Shipping and KoPT's board of trustees have approved this project. UK-based HR Wallingford has suggested this channel.
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Container traffic dips in Seattle, Tacoma ports
The combined container volume of Seattle and Tacoma ports in August was 2,96,28,920-foot-equivalent units, declining 5.5 per cent from 313,602 TEUs in August 2012, say media reports.