In an important development that is likely to have long-term ramifications for the world’s fifth-largest economy and the South Asian region, India and the US have announced new areas of research on transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

In an important move on Wednesday evening, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for the development of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (AHRCs) for urban migrants and poor as a sub-scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U).

The coal policy certainly recognises the importance of energy in our economic growth and the government has initiated a few measures to support implementation.

The coal industry is really at the crossroads today given the countervailing forces in the marketplace.

The new coal policy is a forward-looking measure that would result in monetising of a natural resource, feel experts. It has the potential of boosting technology-aided private investments in the coal sector while also enhancing market access of coal for the downstream industrial segments of power, steel and cement.

Data centre infrastructure will play a big role in the years to come as more and more stuff will be on the cloud. Customers no longer want a whole lot of building management system (BMS) operators sitting on their premises.

The advent of 3D building information management (BIM) helps in getting an accurate estimation of building materials.

The finance minister announces affordable rental accommodation for migrant workers and urban poor and extends subsidy under the prime minister’s housing programme.

The Rs 20 trillion economic revival package announced on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ranks among the most substantial in the world relative to the country’s GDP. Of the five pillars identified to support the edifice of a New India, infrastructure forms the second pillar.