Infrastructure

Roads to be upgraded over 5-year period   The Joint Secretary (Multilateral Institutions), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Raj Kumar and the NDB Vice President and Chief Operation Officer, Xian Zhu signed a the Loan Agreement  in New...

Chitradurga plant to supply solar power for 25 years   Azure Power (NYSE:AZRE) has commissioned a 130 MW solar power project in Chitradurga district under the Karnataka Solar Policy 2014-2021. Azure Power has a contract to supply power for 25...

Danube cleaning experience for Ganga programme Scharf (in black suit) calling on Bharti, in New Delhi. India may benefit from Bavaria’s experience of cleaning the river Danube in Germany, said Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation...

MoU signed to develop Jharkhand's Deoghar Airport Sanjay Jain, Regional Executive Director (ER), AAI, Ram Narayan Ram, Deputy Secretary Transport (Civil Aviation), Government of Jharkhand and Capt. H. S. Chaudhry, Additional Director of DRDO, exchanging the MoU for development of...

Goyal gives details of initiatives and policies for power sector   The Indian Government has initiated several initiatives and policies for the development and improvement of power sector, said Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable...

East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) development to get US$250M in 2017-19. The #Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to lend US$400 million to India’s #East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) development in 2017-19. It will lend US$250 million to Phase 1 of...

Silos silo building contract awarded, says Chaudhary FCI silos. Contracts for silos of 3.75 million tonne capacity have been awarded, said C.R. Chaudhary, the #Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution in written reply to a question...

5750 km of State Roads to be upgraded to National Highways (NHs) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has given “In-Principle” approval for about 57,50 km of State Roads as new National Highways (NHs) based on Detailed Project Reports (DPRs)....

Two major highways to link MP with four states The government has approved two major expressways linking Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. The Narmada Expressway will connect Amarkantak with Chhattisgarh and Gujarat while Chambal Expressway will...