The Railways has sizeable capex plans for the five year period 2015-19 involving a capital outlay of Rs.8.56 trillion. The annual capital outlay for FY2016-18 was increased significantly to meet the five-year targets. NITI Aayog has also finalised the three year action agenda (2018-20).
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Railways on Overdrive
While all the pressure to build a railway network in India in the mid-nineteenth century came from London, it is well into the 21st century that pressures of a very different kind are at work in modern-day India.
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GE proposes to invest Rs.3,000 crore in Maharashtra
US-based General Electric (GE) has proposed to invest Rs 3,000 crore in Maharashtra during a meeting with State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the World Economic Forum meet in Davos
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GE's low cost, clean energy solutions
General Electric (GE) is keen on offering low cost and clean energy solutions in the country. The company would be focusing on higher efficiency products such as FlexEfficiency 50 gas turbine and super-critical steam turbines for thermal power generation.
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Expertspeak: A standards problem
It's not the scale alone that will drive costs in rail and especially metro rail, Rajeev Jyoti tells us: It's also standardisation and improved technology. The Indian Railways is currently visualising Dedicated Freight Corridors
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View from the US: Giant awakening
Political and policy issues have been a deterrent to the United States' investment in Indian infrastructure projects.
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Nuclear site planning: Site selection is first step in nuke safety
Location of a nuclear power plant is the first step to its safety. Although not a single death has occurred in Fukushima so far because of radiation, questions are raised about why a modern nuclear plant in a high seismic and Tsunami-prone location proved so vulnerable.