Driven by strong growth in medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) along with an increase in the wholesale price index (WPI), toll collections are likely to witness significant growth in FY2020.
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Tag: WPI
WPI inflation falls to 42-month low of 4.7%
Inflation as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) declined to a 42-month low of 4.7 per cent in May 2013 from 4.89 per cent in the previous month and 7.55 per cent in May 2012. The decline in the prices of manufactured items helped inflation to ease in May even as the price level of food articles rose. The prices of manufactured items declin
Rangarajan expects inflation to ease to 6%
Prime MinisterÂ’s Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan expressed hope that inflation would ease to six per cent by the end of the next financial year. Although the increase in fuel prices and train fares could prevent headline inflation from moderating in the near term, in the long-run he expects inflation to trend down
Urban Infra | Metro rail is democratisation of urban transport
NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail, speaks to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah at a time when Delhi Metro’s Airport Express, the lone PPP case in Metro rail in India, abruptly shut down at least until August reportedly for “technical and financial†reasons.
Urban Infra | Metro rail is democratisation of urban transport
NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail, speaks to Shashidhar Nanjundaiah at a time when Delhi Metro’s Airport Express, the lone PPP case in Metro rail in India, abruptly shut down at least until August reportedly for “technical and financial†reasons.
Treading the slippery path
Efficiency enhancement through pricing and non-pricing methods is the need of the hour in meeting our energy adequacy. With India's energy efficiency estimated to be the fifth lowest in the world, there is a tremÂendous scope to improve efficiency. DependÂence on oil imports is expected to rise.
EPC: Who should be responsible for our projects?
Although, arguably, the best method for an infrastructure project, Engineering Procurement and Contract (EPC) is still being debated for loopholes in accountability.


