An estimated 30 people will leave rural India for urban areas every minute during the next 20 years. At this rate, in the next two decades, most Indian cities are likely to double their size in terms of population and more than double in area.
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UP tops infra projects under PPP mode
Uttar Pradesh (UP) has clocked the highest share in infrastructure projects carried out under the public private partnership (PPP) mode across India.
Maharashtra leads in termination of PPPs
Maharashtra leads the list of states where the most number of public-private partnership (PPP) investment projects have been terminated.
t of SEZs. As I mentioned earlier
Taking a cue from China´s success in SEZs, the government brought in the policy framework for Indian Special Economic Zones. The SEZs were established with the intention of bringing export-oriented growth to the country
Global pension funds have both liquidity and appetite for long-term investments
In a freewheeling conversation, Moses Harding, Group CEO and Chief Economist, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, says that he is bullish over the prospects of the infrastructure finance sector.
Matching the mismatch
IDFs play a vital role as investment vehicles that can be sponsored by NBFCs and commercial banks in India. Shrikanth S writes on how IDFs are correcting the asset-liability mismatch, and also help advance loans for fresh infrastructure projects. The urgent need to improve infrastructure prompted the Indian Planning Commission to estimate infrastructure spending in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17).
Still a distant dream?
The establishment of the road regulator, as was announced in the 2013-14 Union Budget, might take place only after the elections. While many industry players want a regulator to be set up, what will the entity finally look like? Rahul Kamat takes a peek at the current trends.
Pooling cash flow
The concept of pooled financing comes at a time when the industry needs it more than ever in recent history.Clearing nearly Rs 2 lakh crore (still a small fraction of the pending part of the pie) was the first step for the Cabinet Committee for Investments and the special committee set up by the Prime Minister's Office for this express purpose.
Collateral Damage
The Supreme Court’s recent verdict to strike down 122 telecom licences in the much-debated 2G case resembles like an earthquake whose aftershocks are felt well outside the epicentre: Heads will roll but as a oblique, rather than direct, consequence of the shake-up.





