Infrastructure projects News

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Sitharaman proposed to reduce the capital expenditure target to Rs 10.18 lakh crore from Rs 11.11 lakh crore for this fiscal year.  

The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) has onboarded 44 Central Ministries and 36 states/UTs and a total of 1,614 data layers have also been integrated. 

The visit holds significance as PM Modi is scheduled to partake in spiritual rituals at the Guruvayur Temple on Wednesday, alongside inaugurating three major infrastructure projects collectively valued at over Rs. 4,000 crore.

These 75 projects include 45 bridges, 27 roads, two Helipads and one Carbon Neutral Habitat and is spread across six states and two UTs 120-metre-long Class 70 Shyok Setu on D-S-DBO Road at an altitude of 14,000 feet will be of strategic importance as it will facilitate the logistics movement of the Armed Forces The BRO’s first Carbon Neutral Habitat at a height of 19,000 feet for its personnel was also inaugurated at Hanle

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above.

Modi also called for sustained efforts to boost digital payments and work towards a less cash society.

The Centre on Monday reviewed the progress of ongoing roads and other infrastructure projects in Arunachal Pradesh.

India's diesel demand is expected to rise to record levels again this year as a slew of infrastructure projects boosts use of the transport and industrial fuel, although a government-induced cash shortage will hold growth to its slowest in three years.

Property owners will have to shell out more money in the form of new taxes to be levied by the government in the wake of state-sponsored infrastructure projects pushing up the prices of land and buildings in the vicinity.

NITI Aayog will prepare a list of 10 big infrastructure projects that can be developed under the public private partnership (PPP) mode.

The GST rollout and strong macro-economic fundamentals are likely to revive private investments from the second half of this year, industry stalwarts Deepak Parekh and Adi Godrej said on Friday.

India on Sunday committed soft loans amounting to USD 340 million to Nepal for infrastructure projects.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid foundation stones of many key infrastructure projects, including the country's longest sea bridge and two metro lines in the city, entailing investment of over Rs 1.06 lakh crore.

A combination of factors including delay in regulatory approval, lack of funds and land acquisition issues are taking a toll on 115 mega infrastructure projects, which face a cost overrun of Rs 1.47 lakh crore.

As many as 101 infrastructure projects sized Rs 1,000-crore and above have reported a cost overrun of Rs 1.29 lakh crore, as per official data.

A vast number of migrant labourers work in Qatar on numerous infrastructure projects.

Project cost of as many as 238 infrastructure projects, monitored by the Statistics Ministry, have overshot by Rs 1.6 lakh crore from their original estimates due to delays on account land acquisition forest clearances and other reasons, official data showed.

The Reserve Bank Tuesday relaxed overseas borrowings norms to help companies raise funds for infrastructure projects in the country.

Private sector ICICI Bank Monday said it plans to raise up to Rs 50,000 crore from bonds in tranches to fund affordable housing and infrastructure projects.

On the second-day of an investment summit with sovereign wealth funds, private equity and pension funds, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha showcased brownfield as well as greenfield projects in sectors including highways, railways and energy.