The Indian Railways is the world's fourth largest freight carrier, controlled by a single management. he Indian Railways operates around 14,000 trains everyday, out of which 8,900 are passenger trains and 5,100 are freight trains.
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Connecting rural India
Telecom infrastructure in India has been largely affected by various factors, making the erection of telecom facilities expensive. The telecom ministry is considering a range of options including grants and concessions
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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
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Expertspeak: Share resources, cut costs
By sharing telecom towers, mobile phone companies are able to cut costs and pass the benefit to consumers, a practice that could be adopted by other sectors with similar results,
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A campaigner hangs her boots
After a 39-year stint, Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), stepped down recently. As Deputy Governor, she was in charge of not only the entire portfolio of the monÂetary policy,
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Analysis: Balancing requirement and availability
While the gap in debt requirement versus availability towards meeting the 12th Plan target is enormous and requires focused effort to address, equity investors will now look for steadier long-term investments,
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Competition's fine, but competitors are few: Experts
The National Maritime Agenda 2020 envisages that all the Major Ports should have a draft of about 14 m. Two mega hub container terminals—one on the east coast and a second on the west coast are planned with a draft of about 17 m.
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Financial support for dredging is necessary to reduce port charges
A change in the Dredging Policy is on the anvil, and Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan describes to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah what it envisage and what is in store for the private sector.
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We expect to provide an urban infra roadmap within six weeks
In March, a High Powered Expert Committee chaired by Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, submitted a report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services.
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Mah plans 150 MW solar plant
Maharashtra State Power Generation Company's plan to develop a 150 MW of PV-based solar project in Dhule district has been approved by the state.