India and UK have agreed to work towards a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enhance capacity building, land economics, heritage manÂagement, sustainable master plÂanning and transport planning.
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Category: Roads & Highways
Telecom innovation hub in Kerala
A telecom business incubator, claimed to be the country's first and one of the first such
in the public-private partnership (PPP) model, is to come up in Kerala.
Pune-Bangalore highway widening
Maharashtra government will soon invite bids for widening of the Pune-Bangalore highway to six lanes. The major highways passing through Pune like Pune-Nashik,
The other zero-sum game
It is just as well that our Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policies, old or old-wine-in-new-bottle, are clear about private participation in the operations of infrastructure projects; in particular, it is a relief that private participants are put in charge of making projects viable.
Multi-purpose jetty at Haldia
The Kolkata Port Trust has invited bids for construction of a 270-m long riverine multipurpose jetty at the Haldia dock. The jetty, to be located in the upstream of the present third oil jetty of the dock and complete with back-up facilities,
Given banks' experience, it'd be advantageous for them to launch IDFs
How will banks respond to the IDF allowance by the government? BK Batra, Executive Director, IDBI Bank, explains that this well thought-out scheme nevertheless needs to be tweaked to be fully productive.
The New PPP Policy: The devil lies in the detail
The government recently decided the PPP policy needs clarity and drafted a new one. The new document, however, dwells too much in generalisations. A reward/disincentivisation should be a necessary part of awards, say Amit Kapur and Vishnu Sudarsan.
Sowing seeds in the right land
Sameer K Bhatnagar presents an investment landscape for Canadian companies to invest in India and outlines the major sectors where opportunities lie. These are interesting times for infrastructure comÂpanies in India.
Govt keen on PPP in irrigation
The Central Government is contemplating roping in private companies to accelerate construction of irrigation networks like canals and dams across the country.
Government approves four expressways
The government has apprÂoved building over 1,000 km of expressways under NHDP, entailing an investment of Rs 16,680 crore. The projects include 400 km long Vadodara-Mumbai, 66 km long Delhi-Meerut,

