This March gear up for Construct Maharashtra, an international exhibition and conference on construction, infrastructure and technology.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the 306 km long Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on Thursday through video conference. He also flagged off the double-stack long haul container train on this route.

The big elephant in the room affecting the future of roof-top solar in India is and has been government policy. Frequent changes in state government policy have made things difficult for both consumers and developers. By ANIMESH DAMANI

Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi has said states will garner a total revenue of Rs 66.56 bn annually from the success of the nation’s first-ever commercial mining auction.

NTPC Ltd has started collaborating with cement manufacturers around the country to supply fly ash. The move is part of India’s largest power producer’s endeavour to achieve 100 per cent utilisation of the by-product produced during power generation.

The Indian engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) projects to defence multinational, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won the bid for a substantial part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) or bullet train corridor.

The electricity market at the country’s first and largest energy exchanged, Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), traded a volume of 5675 million units (MU) in September, witnessing a significant 45 per cent YoY increase.

The real estate sector in India is a torchbearer for the economy, contributing 6-7 per cent to GDP and is the second-largest employment generator after agriculture.

While the pandemic impacted most industry events across the globe in 2020, this one remained untouched.