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.
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
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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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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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Dredging Corporation announces 20% dividend
A 20 per cent dividend has been declared by the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) for 2012-13. The DCI registered 31 per cent growth in its operational income, which rose from Rs 485 crore to Rs 635 crore, DCI said in a press release.
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Centre orders austerity measures to cut costs
A few austerity measures have been ordered by the Union government, which includes a ban on holding meetings of the government departments at five star hotels and creation of new posts in Central government departments, at a time when government revenue growth has slowed down.
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Need of the Hour – Frost & Sullivan to focus on Blue Sky Innovation at its GIL 2013: India
As senior executives and influential thought leaders gear up to address, the challenges that lie ahead of them, they once again realize that innovation is the key to driving long-term revenue growth and developing a competitive edge.
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Govt reviews Rs 1.6 lakh cr infra projects
Reviewing the progress of infrastructure projects worth Rs 1.6 lakk crore, the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on September 17 discussed about the ways to overcome hindrances that are delaying them. The projects reviewed were across key infrastructure sectors such as roads, power and petroleum, among others.
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West Bengal may get Rs 1,500 cr from HPL stake sale
From the sale of its stake in Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL), the West Bengal government is expecting to earn more than Rs 1,500 crore in spite of accumulated losses and erosion of more than 50 per cent of the net worth of the petrochemical firm.
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MoEF to consider clearances for Kerala’s 3 key projects
The Centre has cleared three key projects in Kerala. They are: Re-development activities and the two-laning of Alappuzha bypass and two-laning Kollam bypass and the proposed Vizhinjam international container transshipment terminal by Vizhinjam International Seaport.