scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
TopicIndian infrastructure

Topic: Indian infrastructure

Grey-zone warfare to Chinese spy ships—India’s undersea cables need a security doctrine

India must treat undersea cables as critical national infrastructure, with resilience built through a layered security approach.

NHAI’s infrastructure investment trust eyes $656 million amid mixed listing market

Raajmarg Infra InvIT has fixed its IPO price band at Rs 99-100 per unit and will open anchor bids on 10 March. It will start with five toll roads across four states spanning 260 km.

India seeks to revive private investment in highway construction

Govt is preparing new rules that promise revenue protection & invite global bids for projects, decade after investors retreated over concerns over revenue risks & bureaucratic delays.

Does govt spending bring the same economic benefits it once did? Data says no

Fiscal policy must acknowledge its limitations. Govt spending can't manufacture confidence.

5 biggest infrastructure fails of 2025—shoddy roads, 90-degree turns, falling bridges

A flyover sliced through the balcony of a Nagpur resident. A railway overbridge in Bhopal had nearly 90-degree turns. And a bridge in Pune collapsed under the weight of tourists.

Gujarat to Bihar to Pune, India’s bridges are collapsing. Cutting corners on safety

Twelve people died in the Gambhira bridge collapse on Thursday. But incidents like this have been happening for years, pointing to a larger problem plaguing our infrastructure projects.

Recurring stampedes expose decay in urban infrastructure. Govt must do more than lip service

India's record on stampedes is bleak. Even with repeated occurrences and deaths, there has been no significant shift in the public administration’s approach to crowd control.

PPP thrust in Budget 2025 but breaking from trend capex for infra sector flat

Little headroom for capex as govt focus shifts to consumption; expects private sector to do some heavy lifting in infrastructure.

Announced in Feb, rolled out in July, less than 5% of govt’s Rs 10,000-cr urban infra fund spent so far

Urban Infrastructure Development Fund aims to help bridge gap in essential services in Tier-2 & 3 cities. Till Dec 1st week, 'project proposals worth roughly Rs 650 cr' submitted for 2023-24. 

From tunnels to highest airfield — nearly 90 infra projects inaugurated along borders

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said it was time to move forward with the mantra of ‘minimum environment degradation, maximum national security, maximum welfare’.

On Camera

Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.