Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite roleĆ¢ā¬āas Finance Minister.
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Category: Infrastructure Finance
Rebuilding Faith
Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite roleĆ¢ā¬āas Finance Minister.
Rebuilding Faith
Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite roleĆ¢ā¬āas Finance Minister.
Annuity can fast-track investment in soft infra
BOT Annuity method brings several advantages in the form of private capital, private sector efficiencies and transfer of risks. Yet, the model is not receiving enough attention until recently.
Annuity can fast-track investment in soft infra
BOT Annuity method brings several advantages in the form of private capital, private sector efficiencies and transfer of risks. Yet, the model is not receiving enough attention until recently.
Urban Infra | Metro rail is democratisation of urban transport
NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail, speaks to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah at a time when Delhi MetroĆ¢ā¬ā¢s Airport Express, the lone PPP case in Metro rail in India, abruptly shut down at least until August reportedly for Ć¢ā¬Åtechnical and financialĆ¢ā¬Ā reasons.
Urban Infra | Metro rail is democratisation of urban transport
NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail, speaks to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah at a time when Delhi MetroĆ¢ā¬ā¢s Airport Express, the lone PPP case in Metro rail in India, abruptly shut down at least until August reportedly for Ć¢ā¬Åtechnical and financialĆ¢ā¬Ā reasons.
We need to rethink governments structure for better project implementation
Urban transport can be profitable, but do our city governments have the powers and the capability? Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, who was recently in Mumbai to attend the Traffic Infra Tech Expo,
Infra valuations have hit rock bottom, will bounce back henceforth
As reports say that FY2012 was the year when project completion was its highest ever, is the spiral of low confidence-locked funds-low valuations-slow completion finally a thing of the past?
Consider development in addition to projects
Institutional investment in the recently introduced IDFs will require sovereign guarantees. Projected not merely as a factor of a single project but for several projects in a developmental cluster, such government guarantees can reduce the chances of the risk.

