Page 13 - Infrastructure

Infra sector urgently requires a DFI

A Developmental Financial Institution is imperative if India is to achive the Rs 100 trillion investment target in infrastructure

361 infra projects show cost overruns of over Rs 3.77 trillion, says report

The average time overrun in these 496 delayed projects is 36.98 months

Core sector growth slows to 2.1% in July compared to 7.3% last year

During April-July, output rose 3% from the year-ago period, according to the data

Development dilemmas, at home and abroad

The confluence of an impossible trinity at home and natural, economic, technological and geopolitical disruptions globally raises major concerns

AustralianSuper, Ontario Teachers to invest $1 bn each in India's NIIF fund

The two fund managers committed $250 million each in the Master Fund and co-investment rights of up to $750 million each in future opportunities alongside the NIIF Fund.

Centre resolves 615 infrastructure projects worth Rs 22.35 trillion

125 projects that have an anticipated investment of Rs 8,19,780 crore require no further government intervention, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

The infrastructure action agenda

These 10 priorities could shape a new Bharat

Modi's infrastructure blueprint: Investment push through key projects

Getting private sector back in a big way would be the topmost priority since the government has a limited fiscal headroom

As Mumbai builds infrastructure, construction companies build order books

Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Construction Company, Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Projects, JKumar Infraprojects and Simplex Infrastructure together have an outstanding order book of Rs 3.95 trillion

PTC Financial Services partners UKCI, DFID for India's first green fund

PFS separately raised a loan of Rs 1,000 crore from SBI for a 10-year tenure, linked to the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate

Infrastructure dilemma

If the new board at IL&FS needs some advice, it should talk to Mr Thapar

Construction equipment players to gain from govt's infrastructure push

Government's infrastructure push means gains for construction companies like JCB, Caterpillar and Tata Hitachi as they eye string of highway contracts to be offered by the government under the recently approved Bharatmala scheme.Infrastructure sector is a demand and job multiplier, Vipin Sondhi Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of JCB India said. JCB is a key player in the construction equipment industry."There are five sectors - road, rail, irrigation, urban rejuvenation and real estate - that drive the business for construction equipment companies. Infrastructure being one of the key drivers," Sondhi, who also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Excon said.In October, the Union Cabinet cleared the Bharatmala project to construct 20,000 km of highways connecting western and eastern parts of the country at an estimated investment of Rs 7 lakh crore. These corridors will permit faster movement of cargo vehicles. According to the government estimates, construction of ...

Making infrastructure disaster resilient

India has indeed taken proactive steps. The base is well set to push the agenda aggressively

A committed DFI needed

India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited is poised to flower as a DFI for India's infrastructure

Making a transition from grey to green infrastructure

Arun Kashikar explains how sustainable construction techniques are re-defining real estate sector

Infrastructure to see consolidation with RBI ordinance

Infrastructure and iron and steel are the two sectors with the maximum amount of stressed assets

Private sector infrastructure investment may stay elusive for another year

Excess manufacturing capacity, banks' reluctance to lend, keep private investments on hold

India Ratings maintains negative outlook on infra sector in FY-18

BS ReporterHyderabad, 21 February: Fitch Group's India Ratings and Research agency has maintained a negative outlook on the infrastructure sector for the financial year 2017-18 with varied outlooks on the individual sectors.Toll roads, thermal and wind power continued to pull the overall sector outlook down with rating agency predicting a further 2 percent fall in plant load factor of thermal power capacity. Also it sees absence of capacity addition in wind power capacity going forward, owing to the grid parity in pricing being achieved by the solar sector and the surplus power situation in major states.The rating agency on Tuesday released a special report with its outlook on infrastructure and project finance for the next financial year. Among the individual sectors the negative rating was continued for the third consecutive year for toll roads, thermal power while the outlook for wind energy turned negative from a stable rating in the last two years. The rating agency has changed ..

Banks flag Centre's plan to re-bid stalled highway projects

Every infrastructure company had at least one-two projects which were not progressing well

Infrastructure investors in wait-and-watch mode: BMI Research report

Frequent project delays are keeping investors edgy