Canadian High Commissioner to India Stewart Beck pointed out that there are many problems on the regulatory side especially in the mining sector like land acquisition and land ownership issues. It is very difficult for Canadian companies to understand the
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AP to set up civil aviation board
The Andhra Pradesh Government is considering setting up a State Civil Aviation Board under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to oversee development of new airports in tier II cities.
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Infra firms seek simplified approval process
Players in the infrastructure sector urge government to simplify approval process for key projects especially in the road, mining and port segments. Highway developers suggest single-window clearance for mega road projects in order to ensure timely implementation
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270 projects suffer delay
As on 1 December 2012, there were 566 projects on the monitor of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Of these, 270 projects were delayed with respect to their original schedules of commissioning. This information was given by the Minister of
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Govt to extend concessions for stalled road projects
At a recent meeting between Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Road Transport Minister CP Joshi, it was decided to extend concessions to stranded highway projects under the public private partnership (PPP) mode.
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Tekla training programme
Tekla India, as a part of its initiative to educate the upcoming and the existing breed of engineers and to provide quality talent pool to the construction industry recently got into a multi-year agreement with
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HCC bags DMRC contract
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in joint venture (JV) with Samsung C&T has been awarded a contract worth Rs 866 crore by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for design and construction of 4.4 km long tunnel on
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Delhi airport wins international safety award
The Indira Gandhi Inter¡national airport (IGI) in Delhi, operated by Delhi International Airport (DIAL), has become the first Indian facility to bag the British Safety Council's 'International Safety Award'. This makes IGI as the first and the only airport in India to
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Railways to boost coal mine connectivity
As part of its initiative to boost connectivity, the Railway Ministry plans to spend about Rs 4,000 crore to upgrade rail connectivity to coal mines. The investment, once materialised, would boost fuel supplies to power projects.
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Kushinagar airport project
The Central Government, which plans to build an international airport at Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh, under the public-private partnership (PPP) model at an estimated cost of Rs 354 crore, received 15 technical bids.