The government introduced the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board to regulate and develop the City Gas Distribution business in India. However, the sector is still facing many challenges on its way,
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Fixing urban water pricing
Water pricing needs to be tackled concurrent with improvement in service levels and implementation of a cost recovery policy that balances affordability considerations and sustainability imperatives while facilitating an equitable access regime
A subtle need of the hour
The immediate requirement would be to bring as many ports as possible on board to adopt green policies. A directive from the government in this regard will definitely serve the purpose
We have to encourage inland water transport more
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,
The progress is in the right direction
Government need to make sure that steps are taken in the right direction to reduce the carbon emissions and introduce incentives for the ports as well as shipping companies so that they are encouraged to work towards a cleaner environment,
Infrastructure sector is poised to be a key growth driver
Infrastructure projects will account for substantial portion of the proposed investments, making EPC sector one of the biggest beneficiaries of the infrastructure boom in India, says AK Purwaha, Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Ltd
Listed CPSUs suffer value erosion
While the listed CPSUs showed a dismal growth performance during April-December 2012, their net profit contracted just over seven per cent during the period.
Role of PSUs in infrastructure building
In order to sustain in their role of promoting and developing infrastructure it is imperative that the PSUs infuse state-of-the-art technology related to their lines of business while also making sufficient investments in refreshing them at regular intervals
The worse is over and the industry is looking for upward growth
We expect better prospects for roads and power sector, provided proper support is available from government by way of single window clearances, says M Narendra, CMD, Indian Overseas Bank,
Improving offshore efficiency
NPCC Engineering has successfully created a well head platform at WO-16 and SB-14 cluster field located at South East of SH process complex of Mumbai High Field in water depth of 75 to 80 m, with the help of Tekla's 3D BIM-based software.