A Policy Brief Wildlife Clearance plays a crucial role in protecting India’s designated protected areas. The wildlife clearances issued by the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife (SC-NBWL) for various infrastructure and...
A Report on National Conference on Infrastructure Sector in India In the past few years, the pace of constructing infrastructure projects has increased manifold through national programs including smart cities mission, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland...
This update for the month of September 2022 covers stories from the sectors of roads and highways, railways, ports, private equity, telecom, and Gati Shakti. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade...
A Case Study of Oriental InfraTrust Research raises red flag over international financial support for risky new infrastructure finance model 20 October 2022: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Recourse today release a new report,...
Smart Cities Mission, the first mega project of the NDA government, has turned out to be a flop. The 2 lakh crore project even after 7 years of work is far from completion, with...
India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has there been a diversion of large tracts of forest...
India is home to 96,000 species of animals and 47,000 species of plants and nearly half the world’s aquatic plants. Conservation of wild flora and fauna has been one of the key thrust areas...
Infrastructure Finance Update, July 2022 The Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of July cover the updates from the sectors of Roads and Highways, Ports and the status of Smart Cities in the State...
A Compendium of 10 Case Studies on Tiger Reserves India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has...
To become a $5 trillion economy by 2025, India is heavily relying on private infrastructure investment across sectors. The government has been rolling out several policies, regulations and tenders to encourage private investments. In...
A Briefing Paper This briefing paper looks at large linear projects being implemented in India and the influence which international financial institutions are seemingly able to exert on the governments to follow their recommendations...
ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಸಿಟಿ ಯೋಜನೆಯು ಮೊದಲನೇ ಸುತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಾರಣವೇನೆಂದರೇ ಯೋಜನೆಯು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ೨.೫ ರಷ್ಟು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಇರುವ ಶೇ.೮ ರಷ್ಟು ಭೂ ಪ್ರದೇಶವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳೆಲ್ಲವೂ (ವಾರ್ಡ್ ೫,...
In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy and is expected to boost overall development. Infrastructure continues to attract attention not only from the government but also...
Infrastructure is considered the backbone of any economy. The impetus on infrastructure sector becomes much more in a growing economy, with the government terming investment in infrastructure “quintessential” to boost growth as highlighted in...
The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible alternatives that balance costs and benefits and have fewer impacts. Big infrastructure projects...
