The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust (VoCPT) has signed a concession agreement for the construction of a captive berth and a land lease agreement for the development of a thermal power plant (TPP) with SEPC Power […]
The MoS has directed all major ports to implement the radio frequency identification (RFID) system at the ports by March 31, 2017. The implementation of the RFID system at major ports will eliminate the manual […]
The MoS inaugurated the Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) on December 26, 2016. The Union cabinet had approved the incorporation of the SDC under the Companies Act, 2013 in July 2016. The SDC will have an […]
The Union cabinet has approved the Ministry of Shipping’s (MoS) proposal to replace the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 by the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016. The new bill has been framed keeping in view […]
Essar Oil plans to double its petrol pumps in the country to 5,600 in the next one and a half years. The company currently has 2,823 operational petrol pumps and will add another 2,800 pumps. […]
ONGC Videsh Limited, the overseas arm of state-owned ONGC, has won rights to bid for oil and gas development projects in Iran. OVL is among the 29 international oil companies that Iran has prequalified to […]
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) will invest about Rs 50 billion to increase the capacity of the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery located in Punjab to 18 mtpa and set up a petrochemical complex. HMEL is a […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to award around 31 oil and gas blocks out of 46 contract areas put on offer, to the selected bidders in the discovered small and marginal […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) commissioned the first phase of the paraxylene (PX) plant under the Jamnagar Petrochemical Refinery Expansion Project in Gujarat. The plant, with a capacity of 2.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), is […]
The board of Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited has granted in-principle approval for the setting up of a commercial complex in the notified area of the Multimodal International Cargo Hub and Airport, Nagpur. Meanwhile, to […]
K.C.V.R. Infra Projects Private Limited has won the contract for Package I of the Orvakal greenfield airport in Andhra Pradesh. The scope of works includes the construction of a new runway, turning pads, apron, parallel […]
AAI has awarded a Rs 1.1 billion contract to Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Limited for providing biometric access control systems (BACSs) at 48 airports including those operated by JV companies. Meanwhile, all JV airports are […]
The new Bathinda airport in Punjab was inaugurated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on December 11, 2016, along with the launch of India’s first RCS flight operated by Air India from Delhi to […]
According to reports, three companies – GMR Infrastructure, MIA Infrastructure (joint venture [JV] of Vinci Concessions and Tata Realty & Infrastructure) and the Hiranandani Group – which were shortlisted for developing the Navi Mumbai airport […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is aiming to double the number of operational airports in the country from the current 75 to 150 under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Besides, the government is also […]
India has signed an open skies agreement with six countries – Sri Lanka, Finland, Spain, Jamaica, Guyana and the Czech Republic. The agreement allows airlines from these countries to operate an unlimited number of flights […]
The construction sector in India, which is one of the biggest employers in the country, suffers on account of a severe lack of skilled labour. In a bid to overcome this challenge, L&T Construction set […]
Countries across the globe are focusing on developing smart and efficient infrastructure, and India is no exception. A significant contributor to this has been technological innovations that have succeeded in bringing products, projects and best […]
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