Infrastructure Related

In a bid to reduce poverty and improve the lives of people in rural India, the central governed launched Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellows Scheme (PMRDFS). This scheme is being implemented in collaboration with the state governments to provide an opportunity for capacity building of bright professionals. Scheme overview: PMRDF ...

India has committed to achieving 40 per cent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030. From the current power generation capacity of one per cent, solar energy mix will be scaled up to 18 per cent, said officials in its recently submitted Intended Nationally Determined ...

Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the strength of national highways will be raised to 1.5 lakh km by this December and aiming at raising the daily road building to 30 km by March end. He further said that single lanes will be made to double lanes while ...

US Company SunEdison is going to supply solar power in India at a record low tariff which in turn could enhance appeal for renewable energy even more in the country. Thus, lessening rates of renewable energy could get more support from government to be an alternative to thermal power. This ...

ACME, a solar power company in India, has won a bid to develop 50 MW solar PV power projects by Uttarakhand state. ACME aims to generate 7500 MW by the year 2019 from its portfolio to around 1200 MW. Source: EconomicTimes

India is set to sign a motor transport agreement with Myanmar and Thailand for seamless movement of cargo among these countries next year. “The agreement, the protocol for which is being finalised, will be signed by the last week of March or the first week of April, 2016,” Union Road ...

Bangalore-based real estate developer Embassy Group is planning a 200MW solar PV plant in the Indian state of Karnataka. Embassy plans to further scale its power business and build 1GW of renewable energy projects across India over the next few years, said Anshul Singhal, CEO of Embassy Energy. According to the ...

Colombo and Singapore ports handle most of the container movement as Indian ports cannot handle larger vessels. Around 2 million TEUs are trans-shipped from India to ports such as Colombo, Singapore, Salalah in Oman, Jebel Ali in Dubai and Malaysian ports. Colombo and Singapore together account for around 66% of ...

In corridors of power, it is believed that Gadkari has indeed taken the otherwise insignificant departments of transport and shipping by storm and has made the entire bureaucracy more accountable. has has set a target of constructing 15-km road per day and reviews it on a daily basis. To ensure clean ...

The Green India Mission aims to increase forest cover to 5 million hectares (mha) The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under the Ministry of Environment has approved Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) for four states, Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand. The Green India Mission will ...