Tag: infrastructure projects

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The UN is wrong

The UN is wrong

Can governments effectively control over the private sector and ensure foolproof PPP project planning and delivery? The environment community has a reason to say I-told-you-so. More people (estimated over 5,500) have died in the Uttarakhand disaster than in the 9/11 attacks.

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Project finance: Time for calculating the risks

Project finance: Time for calculating the risks

Employing probabilistic risk models could provide an objective basis of evaluating and tracking risks as they wax and wane through the project stages. Infrastructure projects are all about taking calculated risks, but before taking the risks, one needs to calculate them well,

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We are confident in the growth opportunities

We are confident in the growth opportunities

Although the last five years have seen rolling out of many water infrastructure projects, there is still more needs to be done, says Pawan Mathur, Director-Water & Heat Segment, Itron India, in an email interview with Sudheer Vathiyath.How do you assess the current scenario in the urban water sector in India

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Create positive vibes for investments | Budget 2013-14

Create positive vibes for investments | Budget 2013-14

Abolition of MAT during tax holiday period: Infrastructure company avail tax holiday benefit under 80-IA. Given long gestation and criticality of infrastructure, they are given a 10 year tax holiday. However, it is basically an exemption from paying income tax on the profits and paying MAT on book profits. So, whatever the projects are supposed to have conserved through the 80-IA benefits are being taken away by the MAT levy.

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Infra debt will boost the segment | Budget 2013-14

Infra debt will boost the segment | Budget 2013-14

The Secretariat for Infrastructure in the Planning Commission is involved in initiating policies that would ensure time-bound creation of world class infrastructure delivering services matching international standards, developing structures that maximise the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and monitoring progress of key infrastructure projects to ensure that established targets are realised.