The Railway Board has finally cleared Railway Vikas Nigam’s proposal to undertake doubling of the 335 km route from Hospet in Karnataka to Thenaighat in Goa.
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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
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PM Modi Looks East to Future After Bhogapuram Airport Unveiling
India Approves ₹50.7 Billion Scheme for Floating Solar Projects with Energy Storage
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REC, PFC Seal ₹268.5 Billion Loan Deal for 2,400 MW Meja Thermal Project
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RECPDCL Transfers Two Key Power Transmission SPVs to Power Grid and Terralight Solar
Inox Wind Wins ₹16 Billion Repeat Order from NLC India for 200 MW Project
GAIL and RCF Ink Pact to Build 1.27 MMTPA Gas‑Based Fertiliser Plant in Maharashtra
Texmaco, Touax, TrinityRail JV to Invest ₹18 Billion in 100 Rakes to Boost Railcar Leasing
India’s Aviation Minister Pushes Cost‑Effective SAF Rollout From 2027
Vedanta Uses 4 Billion Units of Clean Energy in FY2026, Cuts Emissions
Category: Infrastructure Finance
Road safety policy: Diluted but a good step forward
The opportunities for the infrastructure industries, especially those in road management, training, construction and maintenance, are brewing and will soon be a major activity, as an Act is on the anvil soon to promote road safety.
Rs 6.5k cr up for grabs in transmission
Over the next two months, the government will call global tariff bids to award contracts for laying five mega power transmission lines worth Rs 6,485 crore.
India to postpone TAPI deadline
India is likely to extend the deadline for signing a gas sales and purchase agreement for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline.
Clean Energy Fund on anvil
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved constitution of a National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF).
Telco to go bond route
Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, plans to raise $750 million to $1 billion through a global bond issue to retire its costly Africa debt and fund expansion there.
Rural disbursals fall
During fiscal 2010-11, Nabard sanctioned project loans worth Rs18,315 crore as against Rs15,630 crore in the previous fiscal year.
View from the US: Giant awakening
Political and policy issues have been a deterrent to the United States' investment in Indian infrastructure projects.
Kotak to float infra fund
The Kotak Mahindra Group has plans to raise private equity funds of about $300 million from both domestic and international investors to invest in infrastructure projects in India.
Broadband in 5 lakh villages in 18 months
The Telecom Ministry aims to provide rural wireless broadband connections to over five lakh villages in one-and-a-half years and will provide a subsidy to both state-owned and private service providers from the Universal Service Obligation Fund.

