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Gas connectivity: Poised for take-off

City Gas Distribution now complements the massive utilities delivery networking infrastructure sweeping across India

The infrastructure action agenda

These 10 priorities could shape a new Bharat

Indian Railways: The unfolding transformation

There are encouraging signs of this behemoth aggressively pursuing a refresh and rejuvenate agenda

River chiefs

An unorthodox chinese solution to managing water

Economic choices before metro rails

There are learnings from London and New York metro rails for Indian cities

Sun rising on India's infrastructure

The Japanese government is funding a large chunk of key core sector projects in India

Exim Bank as turbo-charger

The challenge is to rev up India's project exports dramatically. Export-Import Bank of India should be re-geared to play a pivotal role

Powering the last house

Electricity access for all villages is an achievement. Connecting households and providing customer service are bigger challenges

GST in electricity, construction equipment & highways

Broader economic objectives may warrant a relook at the GST regime in these three infra areas

A committed DFI needed

India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited is poised to flower as a DFI for India's infrastructure

Vinayak Chatterjee: Prioritise privatisation of airports

Huge capacity expansion needs, enthusiastic investors and high expectations of service delivery point to a privatisation strategy

Vinayak Chatterjee: Water 'treaty' between states

There is a need to have constitutionally valid agreements on river water-sharing

Vinayak Chatterjee: The biggest restructuring challenge

Indian Railways needs to radically reshape its organisation. Otherwise the transformational agenda is at risk

Vinayak Chatterjee: Implementing Kelkar Committee report

Here is a seven-point priority list to resurrect public-private partnerships

GST has benefits for infrastructure

There are both positive and negative impacts of the tax, but the net result for the sector is advantageous

Vinayak Chatterjee: A ratings reset is required

To attract capital into infrastructure projects, the ratings system needs a fresh look

Vinayak Chatterjee: PuPuP - public-public partnership

In this phase of public expenditure-driven infra investments, PuPuP has replaced public-private partnership as the dominant model

Vinayak Chatterjee: Landmark judgment for power sector

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity has laid down clear ground rules for winning bidders' request for 'compensatory tariff increase', asking the central regulator to assess the adverse effect and g

Vinayak Chatterjee: A national market for electricity

Now is the time to take some bold steps to structure a unified power market

Vinayak Chatterjee: Swiss challenge, Indian style

The 'Swiss Challenge' procurement method brings private sector capacity into project development