The Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $252 million loan to continue improving rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. The ADB's loan represents the first tranche of a $ 800 million financing facility under the Rural Connectivity Investment Programme.
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Nod to develop 471 km highways at Rs 4,618 cr
Four proposals to widen a total of 471 km of highways have been approved by the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. The proposed road works require an investment of Rs 4,618 crore. The projects are Jabalpur-Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Demow-Bogibil, Jorhat-Demow and Numaligarh-Jorhat.
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Cabinet clears Rs 46 bn worth highway projects
The Rs 2,686 crore Jabalpur-Bhopal road widening project in Madhya Pradesh received the approval of the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs recently. The 294-km road project would be taken up on a build-operate-transfer Ćā (BOT-toll) basis. This means the project developer will invest in widening the road and collect toll revenues over the concession period. This is one of the four road widening projects involving a total of 471 km of highways and cumulatively worth Rs 4,61
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Nod to 4-laning of Demow-Bogibil junction in Assam
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for the four-laning of the Demow-Bogibil junction section of National Highway-37 in Assam under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE). The project is on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) (Annuity) mode of delivery.
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India enters 1 billion-tonne rail cargo club
Indian Railways, by carrying 100 million tonne cargo in March, has entered the select group of countries such as the US, China and Russia that load a billion tonne of cargo in a year. It is the second time for Indian Railways to carry such a large volumes in a month.
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Container terminal at Krishnapatnam port to be operational
The initial phase of a container terminal at the Krishnapatnam port is set to begin operation. The terminal is learnt to be able to handle 1.2 million TEUs in the first phase and after completion of the entire project, the terminal may handle 6 million TEUs. The port is said to have spent Rs 1,500 crore on the container terminal, which has five advanced gantry crane
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GAIL considers legal steps to carry out pipeline project
State-run gas transmission company GAIL is said to be exploring further legal options to clear hurdles in the implementation of a section of its pipeline project in Tamil Nadu. The company wanted to lay pipeline for a section of its Kochi-Bangalore high pressure LNG pipeline project under the farm lands in Tamil Nadu. However, Tamil Nadu government asked the firm to run the underground pipeline adjacent to highways rathe
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NINL commissions steel billet plant
Neelachal Ispat Nigam (NINL) commissioned its Rs 1,650 crore billet-making facility at Kalinganagar in Odisha. The company set up the facility to manufacture billet, which is a value added product compared to pig iron and which gives better sales realisations. NINL, whose main activity is manufacturing of pig iron, said
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Finance Minister welcomes investment from foreign firms
Finance Minister P Chidambaram welcomed investment from foreign insurance, banking and asset management companies in India. During his visit to Tokyo, Japan, he said these companies have shown keen interest to investment in India and they were welcome. Insurance companies, large asset management com
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REC plans to mop up around Rs 350 bn in FY14
In 2013-14, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
plans to raise about Rs 35,000-37,000 crore from domestic as well as foreign sources. It may be recalled that the leading state-run infrastructure finance company in the power sector mopped up Rs 31,000 crore in 2012-13. Of the Rs 35,000-37,000 crore that the firm plans to raise in 2013-14, about Rs 5,000 crore may be raise