Financing Inland Waterways in India
ndia has embarked on implementing large scale infrastructure projects across the country as part of the plan to develop world class infrastructure in the country and also as an important measure to boost the...
NHAI Plans to Offer 32 Projects for Monetization this Financial Year
In infrastructure sector last month, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) offer 32 projects of the length of 1,500 km under the Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) model this financial year as it chalks out a...
Smart City Deadline Looms But Targets Remain Distant
Mumbai: Imagine clean air all-year round in currently pollution-racked New Delhi, with sensors monitoring its air quality 24x7. Think of parched Chennai receiving 24x7 water supply through a smart metering system that conserves water....
Despite Pandemic, PE Investments in Real Estate Increase by 19%
The companies from the infrastructure sector are likely to report decent earnings for the quarter ended March 2021 driven by a sharp recovery in the pace of execution and improved efficiency. The brokerage house...
New DFI for Infrastructure Projects in India
Last month the government introduced the Development Financial Institution (DFI) Bill in Lok Sabha to boost funding for infrastructure projects. The bill seeks to establish the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development to...
DFIs, NHAI, Adani Ports, Real Estate & Capital Markets: Infra Finance Update
Last month government introduced Development Financial Institution (DFI) Bill in Lok Sabha to boost funding for infrastructure projects. The bill seeks to establish the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development to support the...
Focus of Economic Survey 2020-2021 on Infrastructure Sector
The Union Budget 2021-22, presented on 1st February, focused majorly on infrastructure sector to increase economic growth rates by initiating several new projects and announcing the setting up of a Development Finance Institution for...
Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21
Three days prior to the Union Budget presentation for the year 2021, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman introduced Economic Survey on 29th January, 2021 for the FY 2020-2021. It was prepared by Department of Economics...
De-coding National Infrastructure Pipeline
Smart & Sustainable? The Case of Bhopal Smart City
The case study of Smart Cities Mission in Bhopal provides an overview of the projects being implemented under the mission in the city. The case of Bhopal Smart City is quite distinctive in the...
Is Development Finance Institution the way forward?
The infrastructure sector remains to be the priority area for investment of the current government to undertake the economic recovery in the post-pandemic times. To press ahead with the projects in this sector last...
World Bank Group and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project
The World Bank directed its resources to the removal of key barriers to private investment. It played a fundamental enabling role by financing key environmental and social management and institutional strengthening activities, as well...
Infrastructure Sector to Boost Economic Growth
Infrastructure Finance Update November 2020 National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) continues to be the focal point to drive the infrastructure sector in the country. Recently the Central Government has decided to infuse ₹6,000 crore of...
What do human-elephant conflict, smart cities, thermal power plants on a sea coast, C-section births and the recent migrant labour debacle have in common?
To me, the first word that comes to mind is development. Cambridge Dictionary defines development as the process by which something grows or changes and becomes more advanced. In Economics, development is irretrievably tied...
‘Smart Cities Mission’ is anti-poor, non-inclusive, and against the constitutional mandate: Experts
While the 2015 idea of ‘100 Smart Cities Mission’ promised improved standards of living, the reality is that it has forced many people into poverty. Instead of acting as a role model for the...
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