The market for construction and mining equipment is poised for growth, says Devendra Kumar Vyas, CEO - Financial Services, Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd.
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AISATS Launches New Logo Reflecting Innovation, Technology, and Sustainability
Welspun Enterprises Wins ₹31.45 Billion Contract for 910 MLD Water Treatment Plant in Maharashtra
IWAI Boosts Inland Cargo with PPP Transfer of Kalughat, Haldia Terminals
IRB InvIT Fund Acquires Three Highway Assets Worth ₹84.36 Billion, Expands Portfolio to Nine Projects
India to Release SAF Policy Soon, Eyes Global Leadership in Green Aviation: Ram Mohan Naidu
Inox Wind Bags 229 MW in New and Repeat Orders, Eyes Strong FY2026 Pipeline
InvITs Deliver Strong Returns in India but Require Disciplined Investment, Finds New Study
India Expands Global Nuclear Engagement with Strong Presence at Paris WNE 2025
Government Tackles PPA-PSA Logjam with Case-by-Case Review and Grid Reforms
Why Aerospace Giants Are Landing in India
Delhi Airport Strengthens Global Hub Role with 34% Surge in East-West Transit Traffic
Apollo Hospitals to Operate 24×7 Medical Centre at Navi Mumbai Airport
Jayant Sinha Calls for Green Growth as ITA Launches India Programme on Clean Industrialisation
Steel Secretary Flags Urgency on Green Shift, Hydrogen Readiness, and Import Dependence
ITA to Launch India Support Programme to Accelerate Industrial Decarbonisation
Tata Capital Secures $16 Million GCF Facility to Support India’s Climate-Tech Start-ups
Sembcorp Signs Green Hydrogen MoUs with Indian Ports at Maritime Week 2025
Alba, Epsilon Carbon Sign MoU to Strengthen India-Bahrain Aluminium Supply Chain
Air India Completes First Phase of Narrowbody Retrofit Programme Across A320 Fleet
Mood coloured by near-term uncertainty
Hemant Maganlal Joshi, Technology, Media and Telecom Leader, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, feels that despite the near-term sluggish outlook for the telecom industry, innovation will help it come out of the woods.
India Infrastructure Summit | A curtain-raiser
The India Infrastructure Summit is the largest platform for policy debate relating to infrastructure sector in India. The seventh edition will be held in New Delhi on 16th November.
Data to accelerate expansion of mobile telephony
Granting of infrastructure status to the telecom tower industry has resulted in varied financial benefits. External commercial borrowing rates have improved. However, lower import duties and accelerated depreciation benefits are yet to be realised.
Indian Railways kicks off Talgo trial run
Indian Railways (IR) has started the first trial run of a nine-coach semi-high-speed train, imported from Spain and manufactured by Madrid-based Talgo. If successful, it would put India into a select club of nations with operational semi-high speed capacity of 160-200 km per hour.
The fine is so meagre. Rs.100 has hardly any value in today´s world, especially in a city like Mumbai
Have you seen the digital boards we already have? They are a little archaic but are being modernised to give all traffic advisories and route advisories in real time. 55 of those traffic variable messaging systems (VMS) should be in place in the next two-three months.
Banks to push solar panels
The finance ministry has advised banks to ´encourage´ home loan or home improvement loan applicants to install rooftop solar photovoltaic systems and include the equipment cost in the home loan. G
Hi-tech in infra
India has only recently begun to focus on the growth of its infrastructure. There is still a long way to go in adopting the latest and best technologies for their design, construction and management.
Project indemnity could boost infra investment
Emerging economies are heavily investing in infrastructure development for a positive economic growth trajectory. The current economic dynamics in India suggest that infrastructure will give a major push to the overall development of the country´s economy in the long run.
EPC contractual issues
One of the major costs in an infrastructure project is the tax cost that a project has to bear on account of various indirect taxes, viz., the value added tax, works contract tax, service tax and many other similar taxes. Typically, in most of the infrastructure projects, the owner awards a turnkey contract to one party known as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor.







