It is now becoming paramount for the nation to invest in infrastructure, maintenance, revamp the effectiveness of water utilities and plan for a 24/7 safe water delivery strategy in all cities
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Metro Rail: Glamour meets utility
A round 2.5 million passengers use the Delhi Metro everyday that has an operational distance of 190 km with an aim to touch 400 km by 2021. "Despite the metro expanding across cities, the pace of metro expansion is inadequate
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Forging ahead
Dedicated Freight Corridors are on the fast track with institutional finance from the World Bank and JICA. However, the roadmap for allied projects along the corridors is still not clear, writes Janaki Krishnamoorthi.
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DFCC will encourage use of latest technological innovations
Speaking with Janaki Krishnamoorthi, RK Gupta, Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd provides an update on the Dedicated Freight Corridor project.
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Metro projects should not be a symbol of status: Experts
If there is money and technology, then opting for a metro project works. But if it's only for a status symbol, then it's not a well-deserved investment. Other investments should be explored before jumping on the metro bandwagon.
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MoS to launch new port projects worth Rs 13,700 cr
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has drawn up another ambitious aim to award over 35 ventures worth over Rs 13,700 crore and plans to add about 259 million tonne (mt) capacity this year.
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Road-building exercise to be reviewed
The roads ministry is looking at a new dispensation at the Centre to overhaul the road-building exercise. Ministry officials, while preparing a wish list for the new government, will seek streamlining the process of land acquisition and clearances from various
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MoRTH wish list for new government
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is preparing a wish list for the new government to seek, among other things, greater leeway to choose between public-private partnership (PPP) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) modes
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IDFs are the best route to refinance existing projects
Sadashiv Rao, Chief Risk Officer, IDFC Ltd tells Rahul Kamat that IDF-NBFC is a safer route compared to IDF-Mutual Fund, as in the latter, the fund manager can invest in any project (under construction) which will have risk involved in it, and investors may not like to invest in high-risk projects.
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Infra Insights
Long-term financing is what the Indian infrastructure sector needs to attain the projected growth. And Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs), which the government had in 2011-12 fiscal under Finance Minister P Chidambaram allowed to form to step up investment in the infrastructure sector, which requires $ 1 trillion in the 12th Plan.