J N Singh, Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), chats with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah about factors governing lukewarm completion performance, restructuring, BOT Annuity (revised), changing road safety norms, and more.
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PPP and risk allocation mechanism in roads
While roads remain a gotta-love-it sector, with record projects awarded and some spectacular success stories, the sector was the biggest laggard in last year's completed projects.
PPP and risk allocation mechanism in roads
While roads remain a gotta-love-it sector, with record projects awarded and some spectacular success stories, the sector was the biggest laggard in last year's completed projects.
Karnataka plans 100 infra projects under PPP
Karnataka government has identified about 100 projects to be implemented on public-priÂvate-partnership (PPP) model, involving an investment of more than Rs 68,000 crore.
Karnataka plans 100 infra projects under PPP
Karnataka government has identified about 100 projects to be implemented on public-priÂvate-partnership (PPP) model, involving an investment of more than Rs 68,000 crore.
Govt open to more fuel subsidy
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has suggested that the government was open to increasing the fuel subsidy beyond the budgeted level, if needed.
Urban infra projects on slow track
With the 11th Five Year Plan is coming to an end, not a single big infrastructure project out of 73 proposals approved by the Centre under JNNURM and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) has been completed by the government.
FICCI for reserve price method in project bidding
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) wants the government to add reserve prÂice concept as a parameter in the bidding processes for infrastructure projects instead of opting purely for lowest cost bids.
Analysis: The future of scalability lies in sharing
The telecom towers business in India is lucrative with long-term growth prospects. Due to increasing penetration of advanced technologies in the market, and as telecom operators are seeking to tap into further opportunities that 3G and BwA rollouts have initiated
BALANCING THE ACT
This is surely the first time we've 'carried over' our editorial comment from a previous month. Yet the subject of land acquisition seems to brew and brew like a well-spun yarn of suspense, through twists and turns, sometimes acting on vagaries and sometimes on political reactions to pressures.

