Infrastructure Related

Aajeevika Skills is the skill and placement initiative by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD). It evolved out of the need to diversify incomes of the rural poor and to cater to the occupational aspirations of their youth. The programme’s focus is on skilling and placement in ...

Telangana has become the sixth State in the country to sign up for ‘Power for All’ scheme. Under the scheme, an investment of Rs 18,983 crore and Rs 23,817 crore has been planned for 2018-19 for strengthening and augmenting transmission and distribution network respectively in the State. In addition to ...

The tourism sector has been proven to be one of the most growing and sustainable industry in the world. Assam has a remarkable history and strong points of tourism attractions like natural beauty, ethnic mixture, cultural variety and various fauna and flora. Such a wide range of tourism resources gives ...

Government is setting up 30 water ports on the Ganga as inland waterways will be a “game- changer” for increasing exports and reducing cost of goods as well as passenger traffic, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The cost of travelling by water is substantially less compared to travelling by road or ...

Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved a pilot project submitted by city-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) for undertaking scientific studies on designing green-belts along national highways. The pilot project will be implemented on a 5-km stretch on NH-7 between Jam and Hinganghat at an estimated cost of  ...

The central government is planning to approach global markets directly for long term gas supply pacts keeping in view of low prices of the fuel. GoI is planning to get gas for perhaps 5 to 7 years at a much cheaper price. The centre already has an effective scheme called ...

Union Minister Nithin Gadkari has sanctioned a sum of Rs 2,873.15 crore for the construction and broadening of various roads and construction of bridges in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra extending to 768 kms. This will generate job opportunity to the unemployed which would enable the administration to curb the spurt in ...

The government gave the green signal for the Rs 11,950-crore Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) proposed by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The project aims to decongest vehicular traffic in Bengaluru in a big way. The cost of acquiring 1,910 acres, which works out to Rs 8,100 crore, will be borne ...

The central government is about to finalize a new policy for auction of oil and gas blocks during the ongoing financial year. Suggestion for this new policy is expected to come by 30th of November. The main agenda of this new policy will be to have a revenue sharing model ...

Essel Infraprojects Ltd, part of Essel Group, will build two build-operate-transfer (BOT) road projects — Mukarba Chowk Panipat Toll Road and Kundli Manesar Expressway in north India. The two projects would hugely help in decongesting Delhi and easing traffic flow on roads connecting six major states with the national capital, ...