Indiaâs challenge has shifted from building more infrastructure to making project execution predictable, Varghese Daniel asserts. Indiaâs infrastructure buildâout is taking place at a scale that makes project execution increasingly complex. Public capital expenditure has risen from about `2 trillion in FY2014â15 to `12.2 trillion in FY2026â27, underlining the sustained focus on infrastructureâled growth. The...
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Digital Oilfieldâs Network Frontier
The network is no longer a utility to be procured cheaply; it is a strategic asset demanding the same rigour as any critical system, argues Pankaj Pareek. The energy industry is in the midst of its most consequential transformation since the discovery of offshore drilling. With autonomous sensors, AIâdriven predictive maintenance, remote operations centres, and...
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Capital Pathways to Infrastructure
As India unlocks diverse capital pathways to fuel infrastructure growth, broaden investor participation, and strengthen the foundations of its next economic phase, the financial sector must match this mission, Arka Mookerjee and Soumitra Majumdar affirm. Finance is the fuel for growth. As India seeks to sustain high levels of sustainable economic growth and infrastructure development,...
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High-Speed Rail: A Network Vision
As India adopts the MumbaiâAhmedabad High Speed Rail model as the national template, lessons from it must be institutionalised to ensure seamless rollout of future corridors, notes Lalit Chandra Trivedi. In May this year, I spent several days riding Chinaâs high-speed rail (HSR) network. Beijing to Shanghai at 350 kmph, provincial connections timed to the...
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The East-West Freight Corridor will be built faster and smarter
How are the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs)âamong the most ambitious railway projects executed globally, with a combined investment of `1.24 trillionâtransforming Indiaâs freight landscape? Few are better placed to answer than Praveen Kumar, Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFCCIL), who is often referred to as the âFreight Man of Indiaâ. Taking...
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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 nationâbuilding, writes Manish Pant. On a humid July morning, after flagging off Indiaâs first hydrogen-powered train on the Jind-Sonipat section in Haryana,...
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Geospatial Workforce Expansion Critical to Viksit Bharat Vision: Experts
India will need around 1 million additional skilled geospatial professionals beyond its current workforce to meet the goals of the National Geospatial Policy 2022, stakeholders have said. India will need around 1 million additional skilled geospatial professionals, over and above its current workforce, to achieve the goals of the National Geospatial Policy 2022. Addressing the...
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Agrivoltaics: States Court Investors as Farm-Solar Adoption Accelerates
Ministers from multiple states outline plans to accelerate agrivoltaic deployment, enhance farm incomes and attract investment into farm-solar infrastructure at a global meet. Energy and agriculture ministers from multiple states reaffirmed their commitment to advancing agrivoltaics through policy support, infrastructure development and farmer-centric implementation frameworks at the AgriVoltaics World Conference 2026 on Thursday. During the...
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Sonowal Urges Polish Firms to Build and Invest in India as Strategic Ties Deepen
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked business leaders to view the India-EU Free Trade Agreement as a catalyst for deeper economic and technological cooperation. Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has urged Polish companies to expand their presence in India through investment, manufacturing and technology partnerships, as he pitched the countryâs growth story...
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Indian Railways Records Highest-Ever Coal Loading Growth in October
The sustained growth in coal transportation comes amid rising electricity demand and deficient rainfall in parts of the country, increasing reliance on coal-based power generation. Indian Railways has recorded its highest-ever coal loading performance for the period up to October 18, registering growth of 22.5 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year. The...