A telecom security policy mandating that at least 50 per cent of all 'core telecom network equipment' be indigenously developed or manufactured is being proposed.
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Power capacity grew
During the 11th Plan, 40,781 MW of power capacity has been added which is nearly double the capacity added in the entire Tenth Plan, Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde said.
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Power Grid's 1st 1,200-kV station in MP
Power Grid Corporation will launch a 1,200-kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) test station along with experimental lines in Bina of Madhya Pradesh in September.
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Gangavaram port new berths
Gangavaram Port wants to add to the port's capacity by constructing, at the earliest, four new berths - one fully mechanised coal berth and three other multi-purpose berths.
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Kalinga Port project
Adani Group's Rs 10,000 crore Kalinga Port project in Orissa is awaiting clearance from the Orissa state government.
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Nokia to expand Chennai facility
Nokia Siemens Networks has announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Oragadam near Chennai from 35,000 to 55,000 sq m and increase the number of product lines by five to 33.
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Rs 5,000 cr road projects
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Appraisal Committee, spearheaded by Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan, has approved 10 road projects with a total cost of Rs 5,000 crore.
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R-Infra to buy stranded road projects
Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) is planning to buy out licences to build road projects from companies which had bagged these through the bidding route but are then unable to proceed.
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Negative VGF: A new angle in confidence?
Roads Minister CP Joshi recently remarked that the success of NVGF bids reaffirms the confidence of developers in the efforts taken by the government in the highways sector, and that investors see prospects in the road sector.
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Reasonably bid projects have an easier funding chance
Satish Mandhana, Managing Partner, IDFC Private Equity, reminds us of some basics of how finance companies evaluate NVGF projects, and denies that they are looked at any differently from VGF projects.