The government has advanced the deadline for rolling out national optical fibre network (NOFN) across all 2.5 lakh village Panchayats by a quarter to December 2016.
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
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TRAI wants higher CDMA spectrum price
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a reserve price of Rs 3,104 crore per megahertz for CDMA spectrum
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Infrascape 2015 – Things are looking better for…
Things are looking better for the country with the positive sentiment that we are seeing across the board. Serious efforts are evident to bring the economy back to a growth trajectory and get our GDP to the high levels it had scaled just a couple of years ago.
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Infrascape 2015 – India´s infrastructure sector is poised…
India´s infrastructure sector is poised to grow at 7-8 per cent next year following the forward looking plans and policies of the new government. The strong mandate will stimulate economic growth, positive surge by implementing desired policies, removal of barriers to foreign investment
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Infrascape 2015 – The sector did lag behind due to delay…
The sector did lag behind due to delay in land acquisitions and environment clearances. Political blockage, heavy interest, cost burden and working capital crisis added to the woes of infrastructure companies but with the change of guard at the Centre things are looking up.
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Infrascape 2015 – In addition to the foundation requirements…
In addition to the foundation requirements of on-time performance, frequency, reliability and convenience in transit systems, people expect a high-quality service provider, with an offer tailored to their needs.
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Infrascape 2015 – The first half of the year 2014…
The first half of the year 2014 had been lacklustre in absence of any significant policy announcements ahead of the general elections. Not many new projects were announced as everyone wanted to wait for the elections to get over.
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Infrascape 2015 – We definitely believe that India is…
We definitely believe that India is a hot spot for global players. The country has seen an influx of large scale manufacturing projects in the last couple of years, thus opening avenues for global players mostly in the automotive, industrial and construction equipment, metals industries as well as IT services industry.
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Infrascape 2015 – Policy hurdles such as delay…
Policy hurdles such as delay in awarding projects, environmental clearances, land acquisition and lack of cheaper financing options still continue to be pertinent to the sector.
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Infrascape 2015 – The government has implemented….
The government has implemented various policies such as 100 per cent FDI in the electronics hardware-manufacturing sector, 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail trading and 100 per cent in single-brand retail trading which will lead to more foreign investment in India.