The Government think-tank NITI Aayog and Quality Council of India (QCI) on Wednesday launched the ‘National Programme and Project Management Policy Framework’ (NPMPF), envisaged to bring radical reforms in the way infrastructure projects are executed in India.

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has said the unprecedented obstruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the global economic progress had led the country to evaluate the robustness of its energy sector.

A total of 322 projects with a length of 12,413 km has been awarded under the Bharatmala Pariyojana till August 2020. Further, 2,921 km has been constructed under the project till the same month, an official Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) release has said.

One of the global leaders in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, Schneider Electric on Thursday kicked-off its Innovation Summit World Tour 2020, a major virtual event series from October 8 to November 26.

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 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has enhanced the allocation of funds for expenditure under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North Eastern Areas (SARDP-NE) related works during FY2020-21, the ministry has said in an official release.

In a significant step to move towards a gas-based economy, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved ‘Natural Gas Marketing Reforms’.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Power & New and Renewable Energy has said that with India witnessing the most rapid renewable energy capacity addition globally, the country will remain the fastest-growing market for such investments.

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.