Infrastructure

One lakh affordable housing units to be built in Maharashtra The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has launched its first affordable housing initiative with an investment of over Rs.38,000 crore to build over two lakh units....

Central government to provide 100% funding for projects The central government has approved 26 Sewage Treatment Projects worth Rs.2,154.28 crore in UP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Delhi under the Namami Gange Programme or National Mission for Clean Ganga. The new projects...

Let's talk tecnology: Railway Ministry list out is initiatives Alstom Rails. More and more technology is being used to modernize the railway network in India, said Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question...

Interstate network to link solar energy to national grid The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is giving a US$175 million loan to support construction of high voltage transmission systems to evacuate power generated from new mega solar parks to the interstate...

No participation in nuke electricity generation India’s private sector has been supplying nuclear components & equipment and executing large work packages as well as other services, said Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space. But there...

Research being done on advanced technology India is intensifying its focus on supercritical technology and conducting advanced research to reduce pollution from thermal plants. Supercritical technology has already been adopted for thermal power generation with about 5% efficiency over conventional...

MoU approved for improving cargo shipments Improving waterways for Siliguri. India and Bangladesh will jointly dredge rivers and waterways between the two countries to improve cargo movement to North Eastern India. The dredging will be done as part of the...

India-UK announces GBP240M Green Growth Equity Fund City of London coat of arms.  City of London is set to play a bigger role in India’s Green Infrastructure Projects with funding from its pool of investors, inclusion in major indices, strong...

MoUs for undertaking railway, expressway and housing projects Part of Malaysia's North South Expressway. Malaysian companies are studying participation in India’s infrastructure development, including railway, expressway, housing and technology sectors under Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) signed by CIDB Holdings Sdn...

Operations and Maintenance facility to service Indian power plants Malaysia’s Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is creating a strong foothold in the Indian power market by setting up a power plant Operations & Maintenance (O&M) facility. Subsidiary TNB Repair and Maintenance...