The India Infrastructure Summit is the largest platform for policy debate relating to infrastructure sector in India. The seventh edition will be held in New Delhi on 16th November.

The seventh edition of the event will bring together various stakeholders in a dialogue designed to address key challenges and issues. India´s growing population and expanding economy have put immense pressure

A round 2.5 million passengers use the Delhi Metro everyday that has an operational distance of 190 km with an aim to touch 400 km by 2021. "Despite the metro expanding across cities, the pace of metro expansion is inadequate

Delhi government would set up civic amenities like hospitals and schools in over 1,600 unauthorised colonies, where it plans to ease development guidelines. The necessary infrastructure facilities to all the 1,639 unauthorised colonies would be provided by the state gov

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India extended the period of JNNURM by 2 more years for completion of ongoing projects or reforms. It has further approved sanctioning of new projects upto March 31, 2014 as a transitional phase. JnNURM completed its normal tenure of 7 years on March 31, 2012

Delhi Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely is in favour of vertical expansion of the city provided the union government financially supports the development of required infrastructure. Speaking to a media agency, Lovely said there is a need to strengthen basic services like drainage, water supply and power distribution network to allow vertical expa

The government plans to pass the Finance Bill 2013 by the end of the second half of the budget session, which starts on April 22 and ends on May 10. The parliamentary affairs ministry, headed by Kamal Nath proposed the window of May 6 and 7 for discussion and passage of the finance

Employing probabilistic risk models could provide an objective basis of evaluating and tracking risks as they wax and wane through the project stages. Infrastructure projects are all about taking calculated risks, but before taking the risks, one needs to calculate them well,

"Infrastructure is the game-changer for India if we get our act right," says Kamal Nath, while addressing the top public and private sector organisations at the event.