The Central Government wants India to emerge as the worldâs office through the rapid growth of Global Competency Centres (GCCs), and Paul Marshall, CEO Asia, Unispace, agrees. In a candid conversation with Infrastructure Todayâs Manish Pant, the regional head of the global workplace strategy, interior design and construction firm outlines Indiaâs advantages compared to Chinaâs...
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CERC appoints Jishnu Baruah as a new chairman
Barua has succeeded PK Pujari whose extended tenure got over in June 2022
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Conditional Approval for Vaccine Delivery by Drones
The Central Government is providing an exemption for experimental drone flights for vaccine delivery to enhance the scope of their usage in the country and assist the nation in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have already granted a conditional exemption to...
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NaBFID Financing for the Future
So far, the Central Government has made all the right moves as it goes about setting up the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID). But will the newly created entity be able to deliver on its mandate of developing a robust financing ecosystem for the infrastructure sector once it gets operationalised? The Central...
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3D Printing to Add Muscle to âHousing for Allâ Programme
The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting worldâs largest lockdown last year by India have also led to infrastructure companies looking at cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing to enhance efficiencies and drive down input costs. In an exclusive interaction, MV Satish, Whole Time Director & Senior Executive Vice President Buildings, L&T Construction told INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY that the technology...
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950 km of roads will come up under Bharatmala project
Under the Bharatmala project, roads and highways measuring a total of 950 km will be developed in Chhattisgarh. The Central Government had already declared 290.08 km of road as new national highways during FY 2017-18.
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Centre cautions Chief Ministers on Real Estate Act timelines
With buyers entitled to seek relief under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 with effect from the first of May this year, the Central government has cautioned the states of a Ăâserious situation of vacuum arisingĂâ if necessary institutional mechanisms, as required under the Act, were not put in place before that.
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Centre approves construction of another 52,319 houses under PMAY
The Central government has approved construction of another 52,319 houses for the urban poor, including 11,286 houses in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY-Urban).
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Centre approves another 52,319 houses under PMAY
The Central government has approved construction of another 52,319 houses for the urban poor, including 11,286 houses in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY-Urban).
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Power demand to rise | NTPC CMD
Exuding confidence that the CentreĂÂŽs UDAY scheme will help revive debt stressed discoms, NTPC Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has said that electricity demand is going to increase in the future.