The patronage of road transport will continue to dominate the transport scene in India as in the rest of the world, with serious implications on safety unless infrastructure is made safe.
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Rural disbursals fall
During fiscal 2010-11, Nabard sanctioned project loans worth Rs18,315 crore as against Rs15,630 crore in the previous fiscal year.
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Intertraffic in India
Intertraffic will be in India Intertraffic events are staged biennially in The Netherlands, Turkey,China and now for the first time ever in India.
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Wake up call from experts: User charges and recycling not optional anymore
The Urban Development Ministry's Mission for 2011-through 2016 is to “promote cities as engines of economic growthâ€.
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COLLABORATIVE COMPETITION
It is ironic that while technological advancement can shrink space and cost, innovation need not always depend on nanotechnologies.
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Vox Pop: Investors warm up to govt moves
Going forward, a 25-28 per cent growth is envisaged in the cold storage industry. Even so, it will be a while before prices are arrested, exports of cold storage commodities take off, and indeed, before a heady rush of private participation is a reality, say the industry’s practitioners and best experts.
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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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Kotak to float infra fund
The Kotak Mahindra Group has plans to raise private equity funds of about $300 million from both domestic and international investors to invest in infrastructure projects in India.
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Waterways for coal transport
NTPC has tied up with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to ensure smooth transportation of coal for the Farraka and Khelgaon projects as the railways network is congested and coal supply can be augmented through use of waterways given that the plants are situated near the Hooghly and the Ganga.
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Evolving PPP project predictability
The government is framing a national policy for public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure projects to elimiÂnate inconsistencies in the ruÂles and make infrastructure attÂracÂtive to foreign investment.