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Transmission needs a level playing field

Issues with Power Grid need to be sorted out to ensure fairness for the private sector

SC directions to benefit electricity consumers

The strictures passed by the highest court for preventing needless litigation should end up making electricity more affordable

Private enterprise & renaissance of ports sector

The period 1999-2023 has been transformative for the Indian Ports Sector. Much of it has to do with the induction of private capital

Moving ahead with Gati Shakti

Allowing the private sector even a limited access to the platform will make Gati Shakti universal in its appeal and effectiveness

Rooftop solar for poverty alleviation

Currently, the rooftop-subsidy programmes run by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy require consumers to bear about 60 per cent of the costs

Infra brushstrokes for the Budget

There are seven key areas that the FY24 Budget needs to address to re-energise the infrastructure sector

India's sunshine village

The solarisation of Modhera in Gujarat demonstrates the transformational possibilities of solar power

A leg-up for logistics

The multi-pronged National Logistics Policy is a well-timed initiative

A quarter century of public-private partnership

With the government aiming to channel private capital to monetise brownfield operating assets, PPP may well be set to see a revival

IFS: Getting set to make an impact

As the IFS will still function as an extended arm of the DEA, what then was the need to set up a new body? Six reasons suggest themselves

Unleashing the ropeways

It is noteworthy that the government's vision of 'ropeways as transportation solutions' covers congested urban areas and river-crossings too

Urban mining

To address appropriate C&DW utilisation, elements of the existing policy framework need to be revisited

How safe are India's dams?

The long-term safety of a dam depends on the extent of degradation of its materials, weakening of the foundations and seismological threats

Measures to rejuvenate public-private partnerships

Public-private partnership, or PPP, is back in the reckoning with numerous new projects from ropeways to logistics parks being offered under this format

Procurement policy needs to cover more ground

The most authoritative aspect of the current notification is that its provisions are now part of the General Financial Rules of the Union of India

Gati Shakti: Connecting the silos

There is talk of having the Gati Shakti programme initiate changes in the administrative framework at the ground level

Getting to grips with net-zero

India has unleashed a variety of policies and measures to reach the net-zero goal

Jal Jeevan Mission: Flowing in the right direction

Rural India has 18.93 crore households of whom only 17 per cent had some version of a tap water connection

Re-nationalising British Rail

Vinayak Chatterjee looks at the stresses in public-private partnerships

Moving on the infrastructure agenda

Globally, municipal bonds are an established and major source of funding for urban infra. However, the municipal bond market is quite underdeveloped in India, notes Vinayak Chatterjee