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COP27: Indian Railways mulls solar power push to meet net-zero norms

This is in line with the commitment of the national transporter to be net carbon-zero by the end of this decade

Centre may axe 116 infra projects worth Rs 1.26 trn lagging for decades

Land issues, Centre-State tussles caused delay, roads and railways have the highest share

What the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation's new avatar will look like

Smaller, high-frequency routes, and possibly faster execution could be the focus

768 start-ups register to participate in railway infrastructure: Govt

The offers have come from 123 startups, 80 individual innovators, 81 micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and 18 research and development organisations and institutes

NITI wants infra projects lagging for decades completed by FY23-end

Shortlists 494 projects, including 279 roads and highways worth Rs 1.92 trillion, petroleum projects worth Rs 1.11 trillion, almost a trillion rupees worth of railway projects

Centre to hold meeting on Nov 10 to discuss payment of dues to RInfra

In the last hearing on October 10, DMRC told the High Court that if Delhi Metro were to raise loans to pay the arbitration award to DAMEPL, it would fall into a 'debt trap'

Railways extends round-trip freight discounts for six months, say officials

Sources in the ministry say policy not successful so far; extension period kept low as the board may soon have to decide whether to modify the policy further or discontinue it altogether

Railways readies Rs 90,000 crore projects for freight optimisation

Ministry aims for Rs 2-trillion budgetary allocation in coming years, says minister Vaishnaw

Ministries of coal, power to finalise freight cost cut plan: NITI Aayog

Senior coal ministry officials told Business Standard they were aware of the report that NITI Aayog was preparing

Nitin Gadkari wants retail investors to pip institutions in NHAI InvIT

Next InvIT issuance will have higher reservation for retail investors, says MoRTH Secretary Upadhyaya

Railways redesigning wagons, overhauling infra to transport more SUVs

Among cars, UVs have seen the highest growth during the past few years

E-commerce firms give airlines a miss, ship Diwali parcels by road, rail

This comes on the back of tie-ups between e-commerce companies and Indian Railways, and expansion of fulfillment centres which has enabled increased storage and quicker deliveries

After wheat, iron ore, Railways raises wagon registration fee for all goods

Moreover, the charge for booking an entire rake, or goods train, has been revised to Rs 1,00,000 from the earlier Rs 50,000

Railways to shut down COFMOW on Dec 1, seeks to trim undertakings

Unit for railway workshops being closed as part of finance ministry recommendation on 'rationalization of government bodies'

JICA to consider upcoming corridors of Delhi Metro's phase-4 expansion

Estimated to cost Rs 24,000 crore, the phase looks to connect several gaps in the city's transport infrastructure

IRFC profits nearly doubled under outgoing CMD Amitabh Banerjee

Banerjee joined IRFC in 2019 after serving as the director of finance at Konkan Railways

State-owned NBFCs looking to tap into India's first sovereign green bonds

The finance ministry is yet to confirm their participation and draw broad contours of the bond issuance

September sees revival in national highway construction: Govt data

The ministry had constructed 10,237 kms in 2019-20, 13,327 kms in 2020-21, and 10,457 kms in 2021-22

No immediate plan to get retail investors into NHAI InvIT: CEO Suresh Goyal

The NCD issuance has a 25 per cent reservation for retail investors

Railways plans to launch Vande Bharat trains for freight operations

The Centre, in this fiscal year's Union budget, had laid out a target to roll out 400 Vande Bharat trains by the end of 2024-25