Immense opportunities for growth in offing for EPC globally and India, Tyagi says

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

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme in ten key sectors.

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.

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.

The Indian engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) projects to defence multinational, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched the seventh and final offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) today at its Kattupalli defence shipyard, north of Chennai.

The Indian electricity grid is going through various transformational changes linked to the initiatives taken bythe Government of India for renewable energy, reduction in distribution losses, improvement in the availability of supply, better services to consumers and energy efficiency.

Cost optimisation is a critical necessity in India. Given the infrastructure sector's role in a rapidly expanding major global economy like India's in facilitating trade, transport and communication, it is imperative for construction projects to be implemented under expert supervision to ensure their functionality and longevity.

The Central Government is charting a plan to set up three large manufacturing zones for power equipment in different places in the country.