Rail stations, cable cars on infra list

There are 5 main items and 33 sub-sectors in the list that was first notified in 2012

The government has included railway station redevelopment and cable cars for tourism in the definition of infrastructure. 

However, Energy Efficiency Services’ (EESL’s) push for including energy efficiency in a list of industries qualifying as infrastructure is unlikely to find favour with a committee of regulators and the finance ministry.

The finance ministry earlier this month amended a harmonised list to include ropeways and cable cars, besides railway terminal infrastructure, including stations and adjoining commercial infrastructure.

A sub-category of terminal infrastructure, including stations and adjoining commercial infrastructure, has been added in the category of transport, implying real estate development will also