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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Topic: Infrastructure

Vodafone to NHAI to SBI to solar power — Why ‘cheapest’ mantra is creating havoc in India

Catering to the bottom of the pyramid with ‘cheap’ services has forced many businesses in India’s infrastructure sector to go belly up.

Regulatory lapses & policy uncertainty are pushing infra financing into crisis: Experts

At CPR Dialogues 2020, former SEBI chief U.K Sinha said there is a lack of accountability when it came to infrastructure financing institutions.

Modi’s $5-trillion goal blocked not by lack of infrastructure but delayed regulatory reform

It is targets such as long-standing electricity dues and low capacity of our thermal power plants that the Modi government needs to aim at.

Srei quits infrastructure funding blaming ‘socialist’ India, says it’s govt’s job

Srei will focus solely on financing purchases & leasing of equipment. Govt should fund infrastructure as India is a socialist economy, it says.

Agri to infra, Budget 2020 takes a calculated path to revive demand, boost economic growth

The underlying assumption in the Budget’s economic strategy is that the Indian economy appears to have bottomed out and is expected to pick up in 2020-21.

Eye on slowdown, Modi govt revs up infra spending with Rs 1.7 lakh crore outlay

Within the infra sector, the allocation for highways got the biggest boost over last year — going up 10% to Rs 91,823.22 crore

Investors are betting big on road-builders hoping budget will boost infrastructure spending

The stock rally is being led by belief that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will need to do more to revive economic growth from the lowest since 2008.

Only govt land to be used for development projects, L-G assures fearful Kashmiris

Officials say L-G Murmu’s order will ensure faster, cheaper development, and reassure people of J&K that their land won't be acquired by govt unless they wish to sell it.

Modi needs help of opposition ruled states to meet Rs 235 lakh crore infrastructure goal

With private investments tepid & fiscal limitations on central spending, states will need to contribute nearly 50% of infrastructure investments.

Dubai faces a ‘disaster’ from overbuilding

Damac’s chairman is the latest to call for curbs on construction in Dubai market that’s been on a downward trajectory since it peaked 5 years ago.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.