Indian to increase the Port Capacity by 236.63 million tons per year

Encourage private sector investments for power generation in 12th Plan: ASSOCHAM
Apex chamber ASSOCHAM today urged the government to encourage private sector investments and aim at adding 135 gigawatt of power capacity during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) as initial projections show that capacity addition through public funding could be in the range of 60 to 65 GW.

In the 11th Plan, a target of 78.7 GW was fixed but the Planning Commission estimates indicate that actual realisation may not exceed 50 GW – or 63.53 per cent – due to slippages in public sector projects. The shortfall is primarily due to poor project implementation, inadequate domestic equipment manufac

India's Kandla Port to Achieve 100 MMT per Annum Capacity within 2 Years
The Union Minister of Shipping, G K Vasan laid the foundation stones for new PPP projects at berths No.13,15,16 and IFFCO jetty at Kandla Port and dedicated the newly installed Mobile Harbour cranes today. He also inspected the ongoing trial run of the Vessel Traffic Management System for Gulf of Kutch centre at Kandla.

He later reviewed the performance of Kandla Port with the officers and met various stakeholders of the port and discussed the issues requiring attention of the Central Government for further growth of the Port and the Port city. He stated that the Government is fully aware

New Delhi to be connected with Regional Rapid Transit System
Commerce minister gives “in-principle” approval to the concept proposal of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) for NCR; emphasizes on need to focus on effective sub-urbanization in the region

Indian govt’s National Telecom Policy aims for 100Mbps broadband speed and teledensity of cent percent by 2020
The new draft National Telecom Policy (NTP) released by India’s telecom ministry aims increase in rural teledensity from 35% to 100% by 2020. The new telecom policy aims at doing away with roaming fees. It aims to provide affordable and reliable broadband on demand by the year 2015 and to achieve 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and making available higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps on demand.

It would promote the domestic production of telecommunication equipment to meet 80% Indian telecom sector demand thr

Kerala govt starts work on Kochi Smart City project, hopes to generate 90,000 new jobs
The first phase of the Kochi Smart City Project will be completed within two years. Addressing a function to mark the beginning of work Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the first phase will be taken up soon after work on the pavilion is completed within 14 weeks. The Kochi Smart City is an IT infrastructure project jointly promoted by the Kerala Government and Dubai based Tecom Investments. The entire project envisages a total investment of $ 406.75 (Rs. 2000 crore), and is expected to generate 90,000 jobs.

The Smart City may also get metro rail connectivity. The state government ha

Four laning of Lucknow – Sultanpur section of NH-56 in Uttar Pradesh approved
The Indian government today approved the implementation of the project of four laning of Lucknow Sultanpur section from Km 11.500 to Km 134.700 (total 125.900 km) on National Highway-56 in Uttar Pradesh under NHDP Phase-IV A to be executed in BOT (Toll) mode on DBFOT basis. The total cost of the project will $ 216 million (Rs.1092.60 crore).

The main object of the project is to expedite the improvement of infrastructure in the State of Uttar Pradesh and also in reducing the time and cost of travel for traffic, particularly heavy traffic, plying between Lucknow and Sultanpur. The NH-56 is an