India, due to its long coastline, is richly endowed with natural maritime advantages. The countrys 7,500 km coastline covers 13 states and Union Territories. A number of ports along the long coastline lie along key international trade routes. There is huge potential even for inland water transport.
Tag: Rouhan Sharma
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We envisage a barrier-free tolling system
NPCI falls into the category of financial market infrastructure. Our infrastructure is not visible to the naked eye. The financial market infrastructure, however, is huge. Within this, NPCI plays the role of a payments utility. We are like a utility to the banks wherein we facilitate over 25 million payments transactions daily.
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I call it the 4-P model where the fourth P stands for people
It is yet to emerge as an organised sector in comparison to the other sectors where you have model concession agreements. The bankers are also very familiar with terms and conditions.
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We are not asset owners. We are not bankers. We are operators
Formerly known as Vivendi Environment, the France-based transnational firm Veolia Environment is active in water, waste solutions and energy services businesses. Founded in 1853, it is present in around fifty countries.
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Railways on Overdrive
While all the pressure to build a railway network in India in the mid-nineteenth century came from London, it is well into the 21st century that pressures of a very different kind are at work in modern-day India.
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Arnab Bandyopadhyay, Lead Transport Specialist and Dipan Bose, Transport Specialist World Bank
Engineering issues in road safety management pertain to two main areas, i.e. road infrastructure safety and vehicle safety.
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We now have an approach how to select the right lighting level based on the roadway characteristics
ThereĂ´s been a significant amount of research in that area. My own work shows thereĂ´s a direct link between crash safety and lighting levels as well as between the amount of lighting on the roadway and safety.
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The banking industry is facing its sachet moment
Telecommunication companies only have payment licenses so they can only take deposits. They canĂ´t lend. WhatĂ´s happening in banking the world over - and I donĂ´t think India is going to be an exception - is that banking services are being unbundled
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A Towering problem
Earlier last month, civic authorities sealed a mobile tower atop a school building in the town of Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra after residents registered as many as six complaints, citing radiation concerns.
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Professor Girish Kumar, Electrical Engineering department, IIT Bombay
Professor Girish Kumar of the electrical engineering department of IIT Bombay, has researched electromagnetic fields for decades. Here, he explains why telecommunications is fast becoming the second cigarette industry.
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