The Railways has been the most sluggish among infrastructure sectors in operationalisating private participation and corporatisation of its activities.
FlashNews:
ICRA Forecasts Steady Power Demand Growth in FY2026 Amid Monsoon Drag and Renewable Surge
IndiGo Retains Dominance in Indian Skies as Four New Airports Join Winter Schedule 2025
Railways Deploys 6,181 Special Trains for Post-Chhath Return; Bihar Stations Reinforced for Festive Rush
NTPC and EIL Partner to Develop Coal-to-SNG Facility for Grid Stability and Clean Energy Transition
NHAI to Display Toll Pass Details at Fee Plazas to Boost Transparency and Ease Travel
TEC Signs MoU with IIT-Hyderabad to Drive Indigenous Telecom Standards
Grid of Change: Odisha Model and Reimagining Power Sector Reforms Through PPPs
SAEL to Procure 2 MT of Paddy Waste for Clean Energy Push, Targets 300,000 Tonnes CO₂e Avoidance
Vikram Solar Secures 148.9 MW Module Order from Sunsure Energy for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh Projects
KPIL Secures ₹23.32 Billion in New Orders Across T&D and Civil Infrastructure Businesses
NHAI to Deploy Network Survey Vehicles for 20,000-Plus km Highway Audit Across 23 States
India’s Renewables Pivot: From Speed to System Strength
IndiGo Expands Saudi Connectivity with Daily Mumbai-Madinah Flights from November 15
Vaishnaw Visits Delhi Station as Railways Set to Run Record 12,011 Festive Trains
UDAN Turns Nine: 15.6 Million Flyers, ₹90 Billion Invested in Regional Aviation
India’s Logistics Cost to Hit Single Digits by December 2025: Gadkari
Toshiba Commits ₹32.32 Billion to Expand T&D Manufacturing in Japan and India
Embraer-Mahindra Alliance to Deliver C-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft for IAF
Inland Waterway Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal Operationalised Under PPP Model
Tag: West Bengal
RAIL (MIS)CONNECTION
Words have never been a problem for Chief Minister Mayawati and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. Both of them are great at politics—emotive, speaking from the heart.
Concor plans hub
Container Corporation of India (Concor) is planning to develop its Shalimar terminal in Howrah, West Bengal into a hub for domestic traffic and is accordingly offering attractive packages to customers guaranteeing cargo.
ONGC to rethink CBM strategy
ONGC is considering fresh strategies for coal bed methane (CBM) development, nearly two decades after initiating exploration and spending hundreds of crores in largely unsuccessful attempts to bring the assets into production.
Waterways for coal transport
NTPC has tied up with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to ensure smooth transportation of coal for the Farraka and Khelgaon projects as the railways network is congested and coal supply can be augmented through use of waterways given that the plants are situated near the Hooghly and the Ganga.
Private Equity: Telecom's infra-sharing model can be replicated in other sectors
IDFC was established in 1997 to channel the private capital into the infrastructure sector, and IDFC Private Equity was established in 2002-3 to provide equity support to infrastructure sector.
WBGEDC uses green power
The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) along with a private partner will execute a central project to supply power to 41 villages in the Sunderbans on a public-private partnership basis.
BHEL gets Rs 3,220 cr order for Sagardighi projects
Bharat Heavy Electricals has won an order worth Rs 3,220 crore for supply and installation of the main plant package for the Sagardighi Thermal Power Project Stage-II in West Bengal.
Madhucon bags road project
Madhucon Projects has been awarded a project for four-laning of Barasat-Krishnagar section of NH-34 between 31 km and 115 km in West Bengal by NHAI.
Look what's not moved: The Bill on the biggest immovable
Political expediency seems to be hijacking our land acquisition laws. On the one hand, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have declared that acquisition can only occur by consent, and the Land Acquisition Act will not be invoked.

