Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles or Grupo CAF, the Spain-based manufacturer of railway vehicles, equipment and Solaris brand of buses, is also in the list of notable applicants for the private train project.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids India, which is listed on the Indian stock exchanges as ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd, along with consortium partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), has successfully energised the first stage of the 6,000 megawatt (MW) +/-800 kilovolt (kV) ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link connecting Raigarh in Central India to Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Ltd, IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pvt. Ltd, GMR Highways Ltd, PNC Infratech Ltd, Welspun Enterprises Ltd and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. Ltd are among 15 firms that have submitted a request for qualification (RFQ) for public-private participation (PPP) in the operation of Indian Railways' passenger trains.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister has given "in principle" approval for strategic disinvestment of equity shareholding of Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation Ltd (MMTC) (49.78 per cent), National Mineral Development Corp. (NMDC) (10.10 per cent), MECON (0.68 per cent) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) (0.68 per cent).

Total order backlog of the engineering and construction firms was Rs.8.1 trillion at the end of FY18. Of the whole order backlog, almost 62 per cent was contributed by the construction companies, followed by 24 per cent of capital goods companies catering to the energy industry.

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has awarded twin boiler equipment orders to GE Power’s Steam Power business for supercritical thermal power projects at Patratu in Jharkhand and Udangudi in Tamil Nadu

India's first advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plant would be set up in the Sipat station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Chhattisgarh.

Investment opportunity stems from efforts of making rolling stock safer, faster and more efficient. The thrust on electrification is expected to give a spurt to electric locomotives, bringing down the fuel bill significantly, even as increasing investment in higher horse power locomotives will support longer rakes.

With a disinvestment target of raising Rs.72,000 crore this fiscal, the government is all set to rule Dalal Street with Rs.18,000 crore worth of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).