From cost overruns and procedural hurdles to technology-driven savings and timely execution, Bharatmala Pariyojana demonstrates how adaptive infrastructure ensures efficiency and future readiness, explains Shailesh Agarwal. The Bharatmala Pariyojana, launched in 2017, was conceptualised as a nationwide highway development initiative to optimise freight and passenger movement. In its first phase, the programme aimed to develop...
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Ambitious Target
The initiatives that will have a direct bearing on the pace of execution include awarding projects after securing 80 per cent right of way, expediting projects stuck midway, delegating the power to grant forest clearances to regional offices, filing online for clearances to construct road over bridges (ROBs) and road under bridges (RUBs) and increasing the limit on sand mining.
Modified Coal Linkage Policy could be a game-changer | Angel Broking
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on May 17th 2017 approved the Modified Coal Linkage Policy for the power sector. Under this policy, all power plants will be assured of adequate supply of coal at competitive prices
Contract awarded for 31 Tamil Nadu oil fields
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the award of 31 contract areas as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016.
Indian consortium to buy stake in Russian oilfield for $3.14 bn
Indian Oil Corp, Oil India and a unit of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) will buy a 29.9 per cent stake in the Taas-Yuryakh oilfield in East Siberia for $1.12 billion and another 23.9 per cent in Vankor oilfield for $2.02 billion.
Cabinet nod for rail infra projects
Railway projects worth Rs.10,736 crore were cleared by the government for improving infrastructure in various states, including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat that go to polls next year.
Policy on auction of coal linkages in 2-3 months
Policy on auctioning of coal linkages to the power sector is likely to be finalised in 2-3 months, the government said. Proposed policy on auction of coal linkages to power sector will take two to three months,' Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters.
Cabinet allows states to mine & sell coal, ends monopoly
Ending the 41-year-old monopoly of the central government over mining and sale of coal, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA)
Infrastructure project budgets may exclude land cost
The government could soon give the go-ahead to excluding the cost of land while computing the total cost of infrastructure projects, a measure that will allow more ministries to clear their own projects without going through the time-consuming process of seeking the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
Sunshine in the Solar Sector
Paradoxically though, in a country with the fourth largest coal reserves, per capita electricity consumption is abysmally low and a significant number of Indians either have little or no access to electricity, while others face challenges in accessing uninterrupted and reliable electricity supply.




