The Maharashtra government has commissioned the Gundavali-Bhandup water tunnel project in Mumbai. Under the project, two water tunnels, 15.1 km in length, have been developed at a cost of Rs 28.87 billion. Under Phase I […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has inaugurated a 245 million litres per day (mld) water treatment plant (WTP) at Siddharth Vihar in Ghaziabad. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam had been conducting trial runs on the WTP […]
Bharti Airtel has expanded its payments bank services to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka on a pilot basis. Airtel has established banking points across 8,000 Airtel retail outlets in Andhra Pradesh, 7,000 in Telangana and […]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched an integrated voice response system facility in the Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra and Goa circles on December 23, 2016 to obtain direct feedback […]
Bharti Airtel is learnt to be in talks with Norway-based Telenor for buying its India business for $350 million. Bharti Airtel is likely to take over half of Telenor India’s liabilities, while Telenor is expected […]
TRAI is planning to bring out a consultation paper that will review issues related to a reduction in the carbon footprint of telecom infrastructure, including mobile towers. The new consultation paper is likely to review […]
TRAI has released a consultation paper on net neutrality. Through the consultation paper, the regulator has sought the industry’s views on the principles that could be applied for ensuring non-discriminatory access to content on the […]
TRAI has recommended the adoption of an aggregator model for mobile phone subscribers in rural areas to help bridge the affordability gap for people residing in these areas and to support the government’s efforts towards […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to hold discussions with telecom and broadcasting companies to draw up and publish an agenda for 2017-18. Through this exercise, TRAI plans to improve regulatory predictability […]
The DoT is also planning to seek the Union cabinet’s approval for the second phase of the BharatNet project. Phase II of the project aims to connect 150,000 gram panchayats by September 2018 and is […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise a comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum or airwaves that connect mobile towers with each other in 2017. According to DoT, the new policy will spell out […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued demand-cum-show cause notices worth Rs 294.74 billion to six telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices Limited, Reliance Communications and Aircel for under-reporting revenues […]
The State Bank of India (SBI) has partnered with a Bhopal-based skill development organisation, AISECT, for the roll-out of the electronic toll collection (ETC) project across the country. AISECT will also be responsible for the […]
The MoRTH has launched 17 road projects covering 493 km in Manipur. The projects will be implemented by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) and the state public works department (PWD) at an […]
The MoRTH has laid the foundation stone for the 600 km Mumbai-Goa four-laning highway project (NH-17) to be implemented on an EPC basis. The construction work will be divided into four packages in Goa and […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has laid the foundation stone for the Char Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna that aims to develop a 900 km road network in Uttarakhand, connecting the four shrines […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has accorded permission to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIIC) to borrow funds up to Rs 50 billion for the acquisition of land for various priority projects being undertaken in […]
The MoR has recently inaugurated the first Humsafar train in Uttar Pradesh. As a part of Rail Budget 2016-17, the MoR had announced the introduction of a new type of trains called Humsafar Express. The train […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has planned the redevelopment of six railway stations at Ghaziabad, Lucknow Junction, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Moradabad and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the Kerala government has nominated five partners for the redevelopment […]
NTPC has signed an MoU with National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) for setting up a 2,400 MW coal-based captive power plant (CPP) at Dhenkanal in Odisha. Through the MoU, NTPC and NALCO will form a […]
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