In the months to come, India can undoubtedly pick a few lessons from China and with appropriate improvisations lead the way to making policy changes that bring in a radical change in the ease of doing business as well as supplying its domestic needs and international demands. By DR. POORNIMA ADVANI

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to conduct the auction for assigning 4G spectrum to successful bidders for providing commercial mobile services.

In the months to come, India can undoubtedly pick a few lessons from China and with appropriate improvisations lead the way to making policy changes that bring in a radical change in the ease of doing business as well as supplying its domestic needs and international demands, points out DR. POORNIMA ADVANI

Together with technology, people and credible data, APM 4.0 is increasingly becoming central to the success of industrial and infrastructure firms.

Almost on the brink of extinction, the popular chakota or Devanahalli Pomelo is set to receive a new lease of life. With support from the Department of Horticulture, Govt of Karnataka, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) procured saplings and has already planted 50 plants at a location that was once a hub for pomelos, before the construction of the airport.

India has almost reached 10% installed capacity with renewables in November 2019. Solar power has reached grid parity and is the cheapest source of distributed power across the world.

Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on Wednesday said that the MSME ministry will raise GST related issues faced by the small and medium enterprises with the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to provide some relief to the sector.

The Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the maritime communication services at Mumbai on September 13.

In this extensive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, he says that it is entirely up to the Railways on how it would like to leverage its unique position as the country’s most inclusive transporter.