Infrastructure - general
China offers $318 bn of projects to private investors to drive growth
25 May 2015
China is looking at the PPP model because of a widening funding gap amidst changes in borrowing procedures that could worsen its economic slowdown after years of double-digit growth
Cabinet clears Rs1,00,000-cr smart city, urban transport projects
29 Apr 2015
The Smart Cities Mission intends to promote adoption of smart solutions for efficient use of available assets and resources to ensure basic infrastructure in water supply, sewerage, transport and development of green spaces and parks
Avoid overexposure to infra sector, Rajan tells banks
02 Apr 2015
Banks should be careful about excessive lending to the infrastructure sector, since many of them already have too much exposure there, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said today
Avoid overexposure to infra sector, Rajan tells banks
02 Apr 2015
Banks should be careful about excessive lending to the infrastructure sector, since many of them already have too much exposure there, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said today
Reliance Infra to take control of Pipavav Defence in Rs819-cr deal
04 Mar 2015
Reliance Infrastructure said it would make an open offer to public shareholders of the private sector shipyard, at Rs66 per share, in order to take its stake to 26-per cent
Thane to have BKC-like central business district
31 Jan 2015
Centre mulls Rs90,000-cr plan for tunnel ring road in Mumbai
15 Dec 2014
The union government is planning to build an underground ring road in Mumbai that could be linked to the proposed Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway. The cost of the tunnel ring road project is initially estimated at Rs90,000 crore
Cisco ties up with IL&FS to network upcoming ‘smart cities’
09 Dec 2014
The companies will jointly develop Internet of Everything (IoE)-based digital solutions to pursue opportunities in the infrastructure sector and smart cities in India
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