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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Topic: Infrastructure

BJP’s Rs 100 lakh crore infrastructure dream only possible with pvt help, financial reform

Modi govt has spent Rs 19.3 lakh crore in 5 years on infrastructure. To meet the manifesto promise, it would need to spend over 5 times that amount per year.

Modi govt has done better than UPA on infrastructure but delays, cost overruns persist

One-fourth of central infrastructure projects are delayed under Narendra Modi’s NDA govt, while the number was one-third for Manmohan Singh’s UPA.

India’s Lehman has put genie of mistrust out of the bottle again

The collapse of IL&FS has put a question mark on India’s model of infrastructure financing.

J&K govt’s new panel will look after toilets, drinking water & electricity in schools

A five-member committee will be headed by the district development commissioner as chairman.

IL&FS troubles increase as more defaults reported, shows takeover not an instant fix

IL&FS failed to service principal and interest on loans from banks, inter-corporate deposit and commercial papers totalling 33.9 crore rupees due for the period from Sept 30 to Oct 4

Modi govt seizes control of IL&FS in a surprise takeover move

Shares of the group’s listed subsidiaries climbed in Mumbai before the decision was announced.

Nitin Gadkari says India’s infrastructural development needs support from banks

Bankers are dithering about lending decisions as they fear that if a decision goes wrong, they could be subject to probes. 

Decongestion projects on the cards, Mumbai to see hectic building activity from October

The projects - a sea link, a coastal road and two new elevated metro lines – are worth nearly Rs 45,000 crore.

Indian ports are clogging up with coal as railway capacity struggles to keep up

India’s infrastructure lacks the capacity needed for an expanding economy and increasing consumption.

These universities are less than a decade old but are facing a severe shortage of teachers

Central University of Orissa is running with just 17 per cent of permanent faculty, those in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka have more than 60 per cent vacancies.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.