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Barrier-free tolling runs into a Chinese security bump

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Commuters looking to zoom past toll plazas on India's 1,46,560 km highway network will have to wait longer. Security concerns about surveillance cameras imported from countries l... Read More


Railways rolls out Rail Tech Policy, plans full digitization of claims tribunals

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- India is opening its massive railway network to the country's startup ecosystem, offering to fund up to half of the development costs for new technologies in a bid to modernize t... Read More


Road construction to moderate through FY27 as subdued project awards squeeze order book: Icra

NEW DELHI, Feb. 25 -- India's road construction pace is likely to slow over the next two years as weak project awards shrink developers' order books and weigh on execution, ratings agency Icra said on... Read More


India eyes shipbuilding big league as Cochin Shipyard, HD Hyundai near $500 million JV

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- India's long-held ambition to become a serious shipbuilding nation on par with giants such as China, South Korea, and Japan may finally get off the starting blocks in the second ... Read More


Vertis InvIT plans to double AUM to Rs.52k cr in two years

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Vertis Infrastructure Trust, an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) backed by global investment firm KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, plans to double its assets under ... Read More


Vertis InvIT plans to double AUM to Rs.52,000 crore in two years; eyes Rs.5,000-6,000 crore acquisitions annually

New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Vertis Infrastructure Trust, an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) backed by global investment firm KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, plans to double its assets under ... Read More


Swan Defence explores Samsung tie-up to scale up shipbuilding at Pipavav

NEW DELHI, Feb. 22 -- Domestic shipbuilder and fabricator Swan Defence and Heavy Industries (SDHI) is exploring a collaboration with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to build complex comme... Read More


Cochin Shipyard secures $360 mn deal from French firm for first India-made LNG container ships

NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 -- Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on Wednesday signed a $360 million shipbuilding contract with French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM to manufacture six LNG-powered container ships... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why fund houses and private equity firms are eyeing greenfield BOT highway projects again

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Reworked concession terms, stronger traffic growth and falling yields on operational assets are nudging long-term capital back toward construction-linked road bets. After staying... Read More


Govt scheme powers 11-fold surge in UPI in 3 years

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Centre's Rs.8,276-crore incentive scheme to promote RuPay debit cards and low-value UPI transactions, which ran from FY22 to FY25, drove an 11-fold increase in digital paymen... Read More