Dedicated Freight Corridors are on the fast track with institutional finance from the World Bank and JICA. However, the roadmap for allied projects along the corridors is still not clear, writes Janaki Krishnamoorthi.
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Land Bill is a concern for Japanese investors
The financial champion of the much-hyped DMIC is largely tight-lipped about it. Shin Oya, Chief Representative, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), tells Shilpi Aggarwal why his country may be waiting for the next general elections, is guarded on some questions but has no hesitation to say why the Indian government must treat ECBs better,
Land acquisition in progress for DMIC project
Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, EM Sudarsana Natchiappan, informed the Rajya Sabha that the process of land acquisition is in progress for the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor(DMIC) Project. DMIC project consists of various infrastructure projects for development of new industrial cities in the DMI
Govt redrafts master plan for Jodhpur
Rajasthan government redrafted the Jodhpur master plan taking into account the fact that a stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai industrial Corridor (DMIC) would fall in the city. The state government has reportedly included several different provisions in the existing master plan taking into account the fact that the DMIC would pass through Jodhpur
Maharashtra unveils new industrial policy
MaharashtraÂ’s New Industrial Policy 2013-18 announced recently proposed an investment of Rs 5 lakh crore, jobs for two million people, new industrial corridors and attractions for micro, small and medium industries.The new policy which aims to increase the state GDP to 28 per cent will be implemented from April 1 and will be valid for five years, it was officially announced.
Maharashtra unveils new industrial policy
MaharashtraÂ’s New Industrial Policy 2013-18 announced recently proposed an investment of Rs 5 lakh crore, jobs for two million people, new industrial corridors and attractions for micro, small and medium industries.The new policy which aims to increase the state GDP to 28 per cent will be implemented from April 1 and will be valid for five years, it was officially announced.
Good time for a boost
Infrastructure Today India Opportunity Conference will be held in Toronto on 11 May, and hopes to generate interest among Canadian investors in India’s vast infrastructure opportunities. Where are the best opportunities? A peek.
Technology in logistics will be key to the cities we’re building
The DMIC is poised to be India’s biggest urbanisation project. Can its model be adopted across the country? Amitabh Kant, MD and CEO, DMICDC, shares his vision for the project with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah and Pratap V Padode, and emphasises the vast and unique opportunities that go with using PPP to build seven new cities and manufacturing hubs along the corridor.
DMIC to get $4.5 bn from Japan
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project will get assistance worth $4.5 billion from Japan.
GMR bags first mega highway project
GMR Group has emerged as the selected bidder through international competitive bidding for six laning of 555-km long Kishangarh-Udaipur-AhmeÂdabad highway, the first brownfield mega highway project of the country.



