The foundation stone for Phase I of the Machilipatnam port project was laid on February 7, 2019. The project’s contractor – Navayuga Engineering Company Limited – has commenced construction work on the project. The scope […]
As of December 31, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,401 vessels of 12.68 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.17 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 945 were coastal vessels […]
India Gateway Terminal Private Limited (IGTPL) has received the maiden call of Container Corporation of India Limited’s new coastal service. The maiden call was marked by the berthing of the vessel, M.V. SSL Mumbai. The […]
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) and the Assam government have signed an MoU to further enhance the state’s inland water transport (IWT) system. The MoU follows the funding agreement signed between the Assam government […]
In a maiden move, the Maersk Group moved 16 containers on the Ganga river (National Waterway [NW]-1) from Varanasi to Kolkata. Earlier, similar movement of containers was undertaken by PepsiCo, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, […]
The central government has inaugurated Phase II of the river information system on NW-1, on the Farakka-Patna stretch (410 km). Under Phase II, five base stations at Manihari, Bhagalpur, Munger, Barh and Hatidah, and one […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued guidelines for minimum local content in equipment for new thermal, hydro and transmission projects in line with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, issued […]
The MoP has introduced the Pilot Scheme-II to facilitate procurement of 2,500 MW of power for three years from gencos that have coal-based power plants which are already commissioned but lack a power purchase agreement […]
The MoP has issued a notice directing all pithead generating stations to maximise electricity production owing to the increase in power demand expected in the next few months till the monsoons. Consequently, coal and rake […]
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) and the MoP have agreed to the proposals submitted by the cabinet secretary P.K. Sinha-led panel. Accordingly, the MoC is likely to float a cabinet note soon to amend SHAKTI […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a suo moto order on security constrained economic despatch (SCED) of inter-state generating stations on a pan-India basis. Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) has been directed […]
The central government inaugurated the 18 km Chikjajur-Mayakonda section of the Chikjajur-Harihar-Hubbali doubling project on February 10, 2019. The doubling of this section has been undertaken at a cost of Rs 1.1 billion. The entire […]
The central government inaugurated the 23.32 km Garjee-Belonia section of the Agartala-Sabroom new line project in Tripura on February 9, 2019. It entailed an investment of Rs 4 billion. The entire project involves laying of […]
The Haryana government has plans of constructing a 130 km new broad gauge rail corridor between Palwal and Sonepat at an estimated cost of around Rs 41 billion. The detailed project report for the project […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has announced the extension of 22 pairs of train services for providing additional connectivity in the country. Earlier, the first successful extension experiment was introduced on the Gatimaan Express, which […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has developed the country’s first-ever electric locomotive with a regenerative braking system at its in-house research and development centre, under the Make in India initiative. The locomotive was recently flagged […]
IR has linked its locomotives via Indian Space Research Organisation satellites making it easy to track trains and automatically feed the control charts with a train’s arrival and departure information. The information will be acquired […]
IR has reduced the fares of Vande Bharat Express (Train-18) from Rs 1,850 to Rs 1,760 and from Rs 3,520 to Rs 3,310 for an air-conditioned chair car and executive class ticket, respectively, for a […]
The MoR is planning to revamp close to 50 stations at an investment of Rs 75 billion by end 2019. Some of the stations that have been identified are Anand Vihar, Bijwasan, Chandigarh, Shivaji Nagar, […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has laid the foundation stone of three national highway (NH) projects in Bikaner and inaugurated one project in Nagaur, Rajasthan. The first project for which the foundation […]
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