The recognition acknowledges the power sector financier’s efforts in sustainable building design, energy efficiency, resource optimisation, and operational best practices. REC Ltd’s office building in Gurugram has been awarded the prestigious 5-Star GRIHA Rating, the highest recognition under the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) framework for sustainable building performance. The recognition acknowledges the...
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The Long Transformation Ride
In its bid to become a world-class transporter, Indian Railways is intensifying its push on infrastructure, freight, safety, sustainability and self-reliance, with mixed results. The transition reflects industrial growth, sustainability, technological progress and nation‑building, writes Manish Pant. On a humid July morning, after flagging off India’s first hydrogen-powered train on the Jind-Sonipat section in Haryana,...
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SMFCL Targets ₹602 Billion Disbursals by 2031 as Maritime Financing Ecosystem Takes Shape
As of September 2026, SMFCL had sanctioned financing worth ₹115.63 billion and disbursed ₹51.07 billion across maritime projects, with more than half the sanctioned amount yet to be drawn as projects advance. India’s first dedicated maritime-sector non-banking financial company (NBFC), Sagarmala Finance Corp. Ltd (SMFCL), is targeting cumulative disbursals of ₹602.05 billion by FY2031, as...
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India’s Infrastructure Future Hinges on Making Projects Investable and Tech‑Driven: Deloitte Survey
Deloitte’s Future of Infrastructure Survey 2026 finds that the evolution of the global infrastructure sector will hinge on integrating capital, policy, technology and delivery across interconnected systems. Infrastructure leaders across Asia‑Pacific are signalling a fundamental shift in how projects will be financed, delivered and operated over the next decade, with Deloitte’s Future of Infrastructure Survey...
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CJI Surya Kant Calls for Preventive Justice to Avoid Infrastructure Disputes
Kant has urged the infrastructure ecosystem to design contractual and institutional frameworks that identify and address concerns early through communication and dispute-avoidance mechanisms. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has urged India’s infrastructure ecosystem to move from retrospective justice to preventive justice, as the country undertakes projects at an unprecedented scale. Speaking at global engineering...
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REC Issues India’s First Tokenised Corporate Bonds Under SEBI Sandbox
The issue drew an overwhelming response, recording a book‑building of ₹7.96 billion and oversubscription of nearly eight times. Power sector financier REC, under the Ministry of Power, has achieved a landmark in India’s capital markets with the issuance of the country’s first pilot issue of tokenised corporate bonds under the Securities and Exchange Board of India...
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Power Investments to Drive 100-200 bps Revenue Growth for Large EPC Firms
Rising power sector investments, steady public infrastructure spending, and expanding overseas contracts will drive EPC revenue growth this fiscal. Large, diversified engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies with revenue above ₹10 billion and presence across multiple infrastructure segments are set to post a 100-200 basis‑point (bps) increase in revenue growth to 9-10 per cent this fiscal, according...
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Avaada Signs ₹100 Billion MoU with Haryana for Zero‑CBAM Green Industrial Campus in Hisar
The partnership will attract anchor investors, technology partners and industrial participants via joint international roadshows. Avaada Group and the Government of Haryana have signed an MoU to develop a 300‑acre zero‑CBAM green industrial campus in Hisar district. The proposed investment of ₹100 billion is expected to generate over 5,000 jobs. The campus is envisioned as a...
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Building Certainty Before Construction
Stand beneath the soaring spans of a modern industrial hub or a high-velocity transit terminal, and the space feels inevitable. Yet anyone who has lived through a project knows construction is rarely about concrete or steel alone. It is about managing relentless collisions of capital, weather, material markets, and dozens of trade contractors competing for...
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REC, PFC Seal ₹268.5 Billion Loan Deal for 2,400 MW Meja Thermal Project
Located in Prayagraj district, the project will add 2,400 MW through three ultra‑supercritical 800 MW units. REC Ltd and PFC Ltd, India’s leading power sector financiers, have signed a ₹268.5 billion common loan agreement with Meja Urja Nigam Pvt Ltd (MUNPL) to fund the second stage of the Meja Thermal Power Project in Uttar Pradesh....