Sustaining interest of private players in India’s road sector is of paramount importance. For doing so if the government needs to make some small sacrifices in the immediate future, it is indeed worth as this will reap rich dividends in the future through overall development of the economy—and tax reforms will go a long way in this direction, proposes Hemant Kanoria.
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WBHIDCO to allot vacant land
As part of its second phase development of the proposed financial hub at New Town near Kolkata, the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBHIDCO) plans to allot six vacant plots totalling around 2.5 acre of land. The plots would be allotted on a lease-hold basis (for 99 years) and the cor
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Analysis: Leveraging real estate for metro systems
City planners in India seem to be looking at metro rail as the panacea to poor and myopic planning and haphazard growth. Sudheendra Bajpai and Aparajita Dutt say integration of systems should include planning the city"s real estate around metro rail.
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Cabinet nod for Land Acquisition Bill
The Union cabinet has approved the Land AcqÂuisition Bill. In the redefined version, a rider has been added that urban projects should be meant for production of goods or services for public.
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Land Acquisition Bill: Step to speedier projects
Although not exactly tried and tested, a more definitive Land Acquisition Bill promises to place fewer roadblocks in the way of acquisition, facilitating speedier implementation of infrastructure projects.
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Promises Unmade
Our central bureaucracy has been highly optimistic in its forecast of growth from our SEZs. Even today, the Special Economic Zones look incredibly lucrative… on paper.
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Expertspeak: Unifying Infrastructure
Vinayak Chatterjee gets down to the brasstacks on India's slow rate of infrastructure development, dismisses theories on the shortage of funding and recommends an overarching political authority for infrastructure.
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We are focused on improving city-side access to airport
Delhi's T3 has revolutionised the airport experience for Indian travellers and built a formidable reputation in just one year.
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We are focused on improving city-side access to airport
Delhi's T3 has revolutionised the airport experience for Indian travellers and built a formidable reputation in just one year.
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Poor infra growth pulls down steel demand
The tapering demand from sectors such as power, infrastructure and real estate affected the demand for steel.