The World Bank seems reluctant to renew a contract for backing the first phase of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP).
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DMIC to push up industrial development
The proposed Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) has increased the potential of industrial development.
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DoT sops to telcos likely
Telecom service providers in the country may get sops from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the form of subsidy, for increasing mobile coverage in rural areas.
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BALANCING THE ACT
This is surely the first time we've 'carried over' our editorial comment from a previous month. Yet the subject of land acquisition seems to brew and brew like a well-spun yarn of suspense, through twists and turns, sometimes acting on vagaries and sometimes on political reactions to pressures.
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Competition's fine, but competitors are few: Experts
The National Maritime Agenda 2020 envisages that all the Major Ports should have a draft of about 14 m. Two mega hub container terminalsĆ¢ā¬āone on the east coast and a second on the west coast are planned with a draft of about 17 m.
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Financial support for dredging is necessary to reduce port charges
A change in the Dredging Policy is on the anvil, and Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan describes to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah what it envisage and what is in store for the private sector.
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We expect to provide an urban infra roadmap within six weeks
In March, a High Powered Expert Committee chaired by Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, submitted a report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services.
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Dredging policy: Out of the blue
Trade and commerce on the nation's vast waterways have been hampered by an archaic approach to dredging, as well as monopolistic practices and policies.
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UP's land acquisition policy
A new land acquisition policy in Uttar Pradesh mandates 70 per cent of famers agree to the acquisition.
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2 options for infra fund
The finance ministry is looking at two routes for the proposed infrastructure debt facility: the bond route through the debt fund and through the capital market.