Energy exploration firm Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) would soon enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the liquid gas (LNG) import terminal project at Mangalore. The first phase of the terminal will cost $500-750 million (Rs 2,800 to 4,200 crore) and is expected to be completed in 3

There are many players other than ports who should work together to implement the green ports concept, says Capt. BVJK Sharma, Joint Managing Director & CEO, JSW Infrastructure,

Getting an international tag for the Bajpe airport in Mangalore may take a while, but the international and do­me­stic cargo terminals of the air­port are likely to be commi­ssioned by August this year.

This year starts the Plan for a huge boost from the government to rural infrastructure. Private investors should not look at the immediate size of attractiveness of projects alone, but consider the multiplier effects.

The concept has been suggested, but with a new fillip to rural infrastructure, can integration of various infra projects under an umbrella, which can be viability’s “go” signal, take off this year?

Policy suggestions for private participation in rural roads.The way for the government to attract private participation in rural roads should be introduce innovative bidding and quality processes such as bundling allied projects into a road contract,says Hemant Kanoria.

One of the key challenges in infrastructure is facilitating the flow of projected but large amounts of capital into infrastructure. Current trends indicate that there might be a funding shortfall of over $300 billion,

In an era of greater private participation in infrastructure, the liberalisation of airport infra has been the most guarded so far. The example in the limelight is the new Ground Handling Policy this year, which limits competition to only three options among vendors.

The logistics industry in India is still at a nascent stage and is highly fragmented. However, the future of logistics sector in India looks bright with government focusing on developing infrastructure, say Bhaskar Subbramanian and Mohammad Athar.