Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought additional funding to keep pace with the fleet and traffic expansion expected in India over the next five years. AAI, which invested around Rs 1,200 crore in modernisation projects last year,
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Krishnapatnam Port signs pact with CONCOR
Krishnapatnam Port Company (KPCL) has signed an agreement with the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) to provide seamless moÂvement of container traffic from the port to the hinterland. The partnership deal is a milestone as CONCOR
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GAIL bets high on city gas distribution
GAIL (India) is looking to expand rapidly in areas of city gas distribution (CGD) and related pipeline infrastructure through tie-up with various state government entities. Having tied up with state entities in Karnataka and Kerala, the company is now
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Upgraded road for Arunachal
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the updating the civil cost of widening of existing road to two-lane National Highway standards from Potin to Pangin (407 km) on BOT (Annuity) basis under Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways of
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Analysis: Logistics and Railways
The logistics industry in India is still at a nascent stage and is highly fragmented. However, the future of logistics sector in India looks bright with government focusing on developing infrastructure, say Bhaskar Subbramanian and Mohammad Athar.
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Expertspeak: Now, to capitalise on ICTT
With globalisation, cross-border trade has grown monumentally and continues to acceÂlerate at a never-seen-before pace. India has one of the most rapidly expanding infrastructure privaÂtisation programmes among the developing countries
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Steering the growth
India's urban infrastructure is growing at a phenomenal pace, but due to improper urban planning in the past, growth is not able to match the pace of economic activities in the urban areas, says Kumar Ramesh.
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JNNURM needs to be a programme, not a project
With the somewhat partial success of the first round of JNNURM, the Mission hopes to leverage the advantage of learning experiences, both of its success and stumbling blocks, as it gears up to address many more cities in the second round.
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Expertspeak: On matching expansion
Although a few airport projects were completed last year, most were by AAI. The tremendous pressure on the existing airport infrastructure is a reason why more private participation is needed,
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India as an emerging refining hub
In 2010, India’s total primary energy consumption was 433.3 million tonne of oil equivalent (mtoe), an increase of 5.6 per cent over 2009. Of this, 135 mt of oil contributed 31 per cent of the overall energy consumption,