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Indian cities cry out for UMTA

A unified metropolitan transport authority should be a game-changer for urban mass transport

Elections, manifestos, and the infra agenda

Manifestos should clearly indicate the thrust areas planned to be addressed

Getting to grips with logistics cost

As India focuses on reducing the cost, it is important to get the numbers right

Storage: New challenge for renewables

Implementation of storage for India's green transition clearly emerges as the new challenge for the renewables vision

Mundra Port@25: Trailblazing entrepreneurship

How regulatory changes and entrepreneurial ambition transformed a once-sleepy fishing village into a global maritime giant

The essentials of G20's corridor initiative

From trade to diplomacy, there is much to commend in the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor

Stopping by at Galathea Bay

India's proposed transshipment port in the Andamans needs the right development model

Electricity: Getting the timing right

Time-of-Day-Pricing for electricity will benefit both consumers and the grid

Moving ahead with small modular reactors

Linking this new technology with private sector involvement signifies a shift in India's nuclear energy strategy

Transmission needs a level playing field

Issues with Power Grid need to be sorted out to ensure fairness for the private sector

SC directions to benefit electricity consumers

The strictures passed by the highest court for preventing needless litigation should end up making electricity more affordable

Private enterprise & renaissance of ports sector

The period 1999-2023 has been transformative for the Indian Ports Sector. Much of it has to do with the induction of private capital

Moving ahead with Gati Shakti

Allowing the private sector even a limited access to the platform will make Gati Shakti universal in its appeal and effectiveness

Rooftop solar for poverty alleviation

Currently, the rooftop-subsidy programmes run by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy require consumers to bear about 60 per cent of the costs

Infra brushstrokes for the Budget

There are seven key areas that the FY24 Budget needs to address to re-energise the infrastructure sector

India's sunshine village

The solarisation of Modhera in Gujarat demonstrates the transformational possibilities of solar power

A leg-up for logistics

The multi-pronged National Logistics Policy is a well-timed initiative

A quarter century of public-private partnership

With the government aiming to channel private capital to monetise brownfield operating assets, PPP may well be set to see a revival

IFS: Getting set to make an impact

As the IFS will still function as an extended arm of the DEA, what then was the need to set up a new body? Six reasons suggest themselves

Unleashing the ropeways

It is noteworthy that the government's vision of 'ropeways as transportation solutions' covers congested urban areas and river-crossings too