In what should have been a major story that was buried under other headlines, India achieved a significant milestone in its Digital India programme when 100,000-gram panchayats, or village councils, across the country were connected through a high-speed optical fibre network called BharatNet.
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Indian airports facing severe capacity crunch
Amber Dubey, Partner and India Head of Aerospace & Defence, KPMG feels that a tough relook is required at the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013, as it has made land acquisition for public infrastructure projects such as airports impossible.
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India Surging Towards Highly Digital Economy
Narendra Bhandari, General Manager, Developer Experience & Evangelism, Microsoft India, says powered by digital, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is likely to benefit the Indian economy across sectors. Digital technology's potential to transform the infrastructure space is especially mindboggling.
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Sustaining Smart Cities
Smart City' is a popular term that has been linked to most, rather, all the upcoming urban big-ticket projects ù be it private or public. Simply put, a Smart City is a social settlement that is near-perfect and is self sustaining.
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We will soon form an SPV for port connectivity projects
The state has a long coastline of 720 km, which is almost 10 per cent of India´s coastline. It´s well connected through 18 National Highways and nearly 6,000 km of the railway network.
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Skilling construction in India
The Skill India initiative is expected to take a while before some measurable outcomes would be evident. The issues are connected with skill building and span across sectors. There has been a long overdue need to undertake measures to bridge