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

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of Orix Wind SPVs by Greenko Energy Holdings (GEH) from ORIX Corp. and equity stake in GEH by Orix under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002, on Thursday.

The Central Government has approved the Ministry of Railways’ proposal for a revised cost estimate for the construction of the Kolkata East-West Metro Corridor Project at an estimated cost of Rs 85.74 billion on Wednesday.

In a major reform, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved monetisation of assets of Powergrid Grid Corp. of India Ltd (POWERGRID), a public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Power, through Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) model.

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal has directed the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFFCIL) management team and the contractors to take all possible steps to speed up the pace of works on all the sections of the Western DFC (1,504 route km) and Eastern DFC (1,856 route km).

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal on Monday has directed senior officials the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFCCIL) to initiate measures to speed up construction of dedicated freight corridors compensate for the time lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Across the world, some of the largest REITs own property types such as telecommunication infrastructure, industrial, data centres, retail malls, healthcare facilities, commercial offices, residential projects and several other assets. In comparison, it was only 17 per cent as of August 2019 in India.

Invigorated participation in private InvITs is evidence that this is one of the most suitable modes of attracting capital for infrastructure in India.

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