Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors, including roads, railways, airports, ports and coal.
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FLY91 Strengthens Leadership Team with Seasoned Aviation Executives to Drive Regional Growth
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Civil Aviation Minister Naidu Expands Pilot Training Network with 11 New FTOs
INS Malvan Commissioned with AM/NS India Steel Backbone
Air India Names Tewolde Gebremariam CEO & MD to Drive Global Expansion
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Crosses 5 Million Rooftop Solar Installations
Delhi Airport Expands Domestic Network to 90 Destinations with Launch of Direct Flights to Daman
Jupiter Wagons, Lucchini RS to Build India’s First Fully Integrated Private‑Sector Railwheel Manufacturing Platform
Willie Walsh Takes Charge as IndiGo CEO
Indian Railways Posts 9% Freight Growth in July 2026
PM Modi Dedicates POWERGRID Transmission Projects for Clean Energy in Andhra Pradesh
AM/NS India Highlights Long‑Life Solar Infrastructure with Magnelis for 300 GW Ambition
RECPDCL Hands Over Ryapte Transmission SPV to Tata Power
India’s Rooftop Solar Push Accelerates as PM Surya Ghar Nears 5 Million Homes
PM Modi Looks East to Future After Bhogapuram Airport Unveiling
India Approves ₹50.7 Billion Scheme for Floating Solar Projects with Energy Storage
Air India, SkyDrive, and Suzuki Join Forces to Explore eVTOL Medical Logistics in India
REC, PFC Seal ₹268.5 Billion Loan Deal for 2,400 MW Meja Thermal Project
Tata Power Renewables Breaks Ground on 800 MW Hybrid Project in Andhra Pradesh
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
Trench Shoring
India is currently witnessing a surge in construction activities, and the objective is to streamline project delivery by reducing risks and mishaps. Keeping this objective in mind, the Bombay Chamber held its first seminar in the 'Infrastructure Innovation Series' in collaboration with SBH Germany on the topic of 'Trench shoring'.
The Land Summit 2017
The Economic Times, in partnership with AUM LAI, has brought the Land Summit 2017 for the first time to India. The conference, powered by Gazenia Shelters, was a global conference on land economics, infrastructure development and finance, organised to contribute to the ecosystem for holistic land-use development.
M3M Group delivers five projects
GurgaonÂ’s real-estate market has started showing signs of revival with the M3M Group delivering five key projects after demonetisation. The move was expected to curb black money, but it also resulted in a slowdown in the real-estate sector. But now the scenario is changing, as players like M3M, one of the leaders in the luxury segment, have started to deliver key projects within a short span of time, post demonetisation.
Builders in Vijayawada to import cement to combat cartelisation
Alleging that cement companies were engaging in cartelisation, buildersÂ’ associations in Vijayawada have decided to import cement from Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Korea.
MEP Infrastructure signs MoU with CIDB’s Malaysian arm
MEP Infrastructure Developers has signed an agreement with an arm of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB Malaysia) for joint development of projects in India. “The company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CIDB Holdings SDN BHD to promote and develop their cooperation by knowledge sharing and introducing best practices towards joint development of highways and expressways projects in India and related investment,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
Essar Projects India completes projects worth Rs 2,862 crore in FY2016-17
EPIL has executed critical activities in Indian Oil Corporation LimitedÂ’s 15 MMTPA Paradip Refinery project, the Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Pipeline Yojana project, as well as the Kaladan Multimodal Transport Project in Myanmar.
Godrej Properties ties up with GRIHA for green rating of projects
Together with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, TERI developed GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), which was endorsed as the ‘National rating system for green buildings in India’ in the year 2007.
Zydus CadilaÂ’s MD to lead FICCI delegation accompanying FM to the US
A high-powered FICCI business delegation led by Pankaj R Patel, President, FICCI & Chairman and Managing Director, Zydus Cadila - Cadila Healthcare Ltd is accompanying Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to the United States from 20-24th April 2017 to enhance bilateral economic engagement between the two major democracies and further boost cooperation between Indian and US businesses.
Home launches dip 19% pan-India in Q1: PropEquity Study
In a report released by PropEquity, a real estate data, research and analytics firm, home launches dipped have dipped 19.46% across top 8 cities in the first quarter of 2017 from 28,428 units to 22,897 units.




