The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Parvathipuram constructed 30 roads at a cost of Rs 15.20 crore in tribal areas under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA. Around 35,000 tribals are expected to be benefited when all scheduled road works are completed in the district.
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Railways keen on PPP model for infrastructure
Railways is seeking the coĂÂoperation of the private sector for developing rail infrastructure in the country. For this purpĂÂose, Railways has framed pubĂÂlic-priĂÂvate participation (PPP) inveĂÂstment models for its exiĂÂsting as well as new projects. It has also drafted policy for priĂÂvate participation in rail connĂÂectiĂÂvity and capacity augĂÂmenĂÂtation projects.
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Gemini's 4G gear plant
Gemini Communications is exploring the option of setting up a plant in India for manufacturing of 4G (fourth generation) equipment through its subsidiary company PointRed.The setting up of the plant will depend on a favourable government policy on the 4G rollout and access to low cost capital.
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Coal imports estimate
The government estimates say that the country is likely to import 194 million tonne (mt) of coal in 2017, as against 135 mt at present, to meet the demand of the power sector.The government said that the dependence on imported coal would go up. The dependency has increased from 6 percent to 13 percent in the last 5-6 years.
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Local self-government vital in maintenance
NABARDââŹâ˘s RIDF has disbursed Rs 1 lakh crore towards rural infrasĂÂtrucĂÂture including roads, but as CK Gopalakrishna, the bankââŹâ˘s Chief GeneĂÂral ManĂÂager & Chief Vigilance Officer, tells Janaki Krishnamoorthi, underperĂÂforĂÂmance of the assets is a worry.Government of India anĂÂnouĂÂnced in 1995-96 the scheme for setting up a fund to be operationalised by NABARD.
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Technology in logistics will be key to the cities weââŹâ˘re building
The DMIC is poised to be IndiaââŹâ˘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.
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Maintenance incentive & community involvement will be checks and balances
Uttar Pradesh, one of the four states that enjoyed a slice of the World Bank aid totalling nearly $1.9 billion, has built 39,568 km of rural roads since the inception of PMGSY. Sanjeev Kumar, Commissioner, Rural Development, tells Shashidhar Nanjundaiah why there is a need for community monitoring systems.
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Rural roads Country roads, take me home
A new opportunity knocks on the doors of private developers, especially those in the second-tier or contractors aspiring to be developers. Rural roads are all set to offer large opportunities this year as the government steps on the accelerator to see projects through, after the successful experiment by PMGSY especially in quality monitoring and maintenance contracts. Janaki Krishnamoorthi writes.
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Expertspeak Ways to lure
Policy suggestions for private participation in rural roads.The way for the government to attract private participation in rural roads should be introduce innovative bidding and quality processes such as bundling allied projects into a road contract,says Hemant Kanoria.
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Mining logistics Motion sickness
A recent mining ministry report recognises logistics as one of the several problems clogging the sector.It's yet another wake up call for the sector.It's raining mining reports out of the Pandora's Box that Justice Santosh Hegde opened.