Infrastructure Related

News: With the new vision of gas-based economy of central government, Eastern India is all set to get a lion’s share in the country’s growth story, as PM inaugurates the first phase construction of the Jagdishpur Haldia pipeline. Bihar now gets connected to the natural gas pipeline network of India. ...

News: The ministries of water resources, environment and power are in discussions to ensure “uninterrupted” higher e-flow from any hydro-power projects such that river Ganga neither gets fragmented nor loses its character throughout its length. E-flow is the quantum of water that must uninterruptedly flow in the river in all ...

News: India’s 12 major ports added more capacity in the first year of the government than they did in any single year over nearly a decade before that. This includes the attempts of Jawaharlal Nehru port trust India’s largest container facility, to tap into its dollar denominated income to raise ...

News: Consumers of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) can now register ‘no supply’ complaints through a newly-launched app, and need not call the discoms call centre for the purpose. Using the ‘BSES App’, the consumers can easily register complaints related to no supply, street-lights and those related to emergency ...

News: Ministry of Power has asked LED bulb producers to bring down prices of LED bulbs. Center  allow “indiscriminate imports” to increase competition in case any cartelisation is found in the segment. He emphasized that the competition should be healthy and on quality and margins. The recent price discovery of Led ...

News: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stones for two road projects worth Rs 1821.20 crore at Saha in Ambala district and in Sirsa. In next five years, national highway works spending Rs 5 lakh crore would be undertaken and it would generate employment opportunities for 50 ...

News: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has asked India to spend in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to Central Asia. With this deal it was a “golden time” for India to seize opportunities because of the two countries’ close relations  and ...

News: Mauritius-based Sky Power Southeast Asia Holdings has offered a tariff of Rs 5.051 a unit to the state government-owned MP Power Management Company. The highest rate of procurement was Rs 5.641 for 50 Mw from Hero Solar. Sky Power set a record by beating majors like Reliance, Adani, ACME ...

News: Iran reached an agreement on its nuclear programme with six world powers led by the US, a development that could end a nearly four-decade-old standoff with the West. The agreement limits Iran’s nuclear capabilities for a decade and puts in place a tighter inspection regime in return for lifting ...

News: Highway projects worth Rs 25,000 crore will be undertaken in Jammu & Kashmir this year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The construction of the Chenani-Nashri Tunnel project is being done by IL&FS Transportation Networks which had started work on it in May 2011. “This tunnel will be the first in ...