The country’s largest integrated power utility, Tata Power on Thursday announced the takeover of the management and operations of Odisha-based power distribution utilities WESCO and SOUTHCO upon completion of the sale process.

In the present pandemic times when the headwinds to growth have exacerbated, the reform momentum has continued, and will continue in the future as well, said Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing the National MNCs Conference 2020 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on Monday.

Under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’s ‘Operation Greens: TOP to TOTAL Scheme’, 50 per cent transportation subsidy is now made available for air transportation for 41 notified fruits and vegetables from Northeastern and Himalayan states to any place in India, a release from the Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MOFPI) has said.

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 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the revised cost estimate (RCE) of the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) at an estimated cost of Rs 67 billion.

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

India's first metro rail public-private partnership (PPP), the Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL), was supposed to be the precursor for all such projects.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are being encouraged in India's Metro Policy 2017 and this has opened up opportunities for the private sector, says Elias George, Partner and National Head, Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare at KPMG in India.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the revised cost estimate (RCE) of the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) at an estimated cost of Rs 67 billion.