Periodically alternating between promoting PPP-led projects and more controlled EPC may circumvent investor interest uncertainty.
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Category: Roads & Highways
EPC for speedy project implementation
The FICCI-organised India Infrastructure Summit 2012 was a platform for various stakeholders from the infrastructure sector to debate and discuss policy related issues.
The renewed imperative for projects
Is the government going slow on PPP projects? More infrastructure projects are being commissioned in the country on EPC
It is always important to have a perspective planning
We look at bringing in efficiencies at all levels in the supply chain and this is a continuing process,
Soaring investment potential
Despite a largely sluggish SEZ segment, uncertain cabotage laws and now a TAMP regulation on lower tariffs
EPC’s short term quality makes it attractive
Whether the defect liability clause is faulty or not, whether L-1 continues to be debated as the sole criterion in government awards
Does weak market condition favour EPC model?
Going the EPC way may not be all about targeting less viable geographic sectors. It may be a Hobson's Choice stemming out of weak investment scenarios,
Hard work reaps
A telecommunication engineer, Rajiv Sharaf comes with 23 years of experience in the field of telecom, broadcast and IT infrastructure. Sharaf started his career in 1988 as a scientist in the Space Application Center at Ahmedabad during which he got worked on the prestigious In-sat IIB project.
Regulator in road sector to maintain quality
In its 12th Plan document, the Planning Commission has pitched for a regulator in the road sector in the country for determining tariff and service quality. There is no independent regulatory authority for country's roads and highways sector, the Commission said. The Commission said that there is a need for a regulator whose key functions should include tariff setting, regulation of service quality, assessment of concessionaire claims, collection and dissemination of sector information,
EPC road contracts RFQ for 4000 km
AK Upadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Roads, Transport & Highways in his inaugural address at the INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, announced that RFQs for 4000 km of road contracts would be

