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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicInfrastructure spending

Topic: Infrastructure spending

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

As land bank shrinks, MMRDA eyes road tolls, ‘transit-oriented development’ to fund Mumbai infra

With much of its land auctioned off, the authority is mulling new ways to raise funds. Proposals were discussed at MMRDA’s authority meeting, chaired by Maharashtra CM, last month.

Modi govt continues infra push, Budget shows big jumps for highways, transport & tap water

Finance Minister says Gati Shakti Master Plan for expressways will be formulated to facilitate faster movement of people & goods. It will build 25,000 km of expressways in 2022-23.

Delhi no longer too distant from Dispur, is now at Assam’s doorstep, says PM Modi

Laying foundation of a slew of projects worth over Rs 3,300 crore in Assam Monday, Modi said that the state and the Centre are working together for a balanced growth of the region.

Budget’s disinvestment targets are heroic. Modi govt must show unprecedented transparency

The Atmanirbhar narrative was big in this Budget, but it is here that the danger lies, because the sentiment of self-reliance is seductive and popular.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.