Tag: infrastructure projects
NITI Aayog proposes higher social discount rate for project appraisal
New Delhi: A NITI Aayog working paper has proposed raising the social discount rate (SDR) for the appraisal of projects with a time horizon of…
PM GatiShakti: PM GatiShakti: over 400 infra projects worth Rs 20.23 lakh cr recommended for approval
New Delhi: Over 400 infrastructure projects of different ministries, including roads and railways, worth about Rs 20.23 lakh crore have been recommended for approval under…
GST reforms: No tax on toll collection by highway concessionaires; road maintenance tax liability clarified
In a move expected to settle tax ambiguity around highway monetisation and provide greater certainty to infrastructure projects, the GST Council on Thursday clarified that…
Infra projects see cost overrun of Rs 2.88 lakh crore in August: MoSPI
New Delhi: Infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 150 crore each recorded a cumulative cost overrun of around Rs 2,88,122 crore, according to a monthly…
PM Modi reviews projects with investment of Rs 30,000 crore under PRAGATI meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd meeting of PRAGATI on Tuesday under the ICT-enabled, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, at Seva…
PM GatiShakti: 396 infra projects worth Rs 18.66 lakh crore recommended for approval
New Delhi: As many as 396 infrastructure projects of different ministries, including roads and railways, worth Rs 18.66 lakh crore have been recommended for approval…
Govt to replace WPI with Producer Price Index for future procurement contracts
New Delhi: The Centre is preparing to replace the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with the Producer Price Index (PPI) for price escalation and price adjustment…
Cabinet approves Rs 4,415 crore upgrade of 233 km NH-347B in Madhya Pradesh
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday has approved upgradation of the existing intermediate lane to 2…
NHAI inks MoU with NGI for advanced consultancy support in tunnel engineering
New Delhi: NHAI has signed an MoU with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway recently at Oslo in order to strengthen technical expertise for the…
‘Disaster resilience must be built into infra projects,’ says Economic affairs secretary Anuradha Thakur
New Delhi: Economic affairs secretary Anuradha Thakur on Wednesday stressed the need to embed disaster resilience in the design and financing of infrastructure projects, underscoring…