Infrastructure

Odisha signs IFC agreement to build ₹20,000 crore PPP project pipeline

The state will work with the World Bank Group's private-sector arm to develop around 20 bankable infrastructure projects across key sectors through the PPP model

Uttar Pradesh govt bets on municipal bonds for infrastructure development

UP expands municipal bond programme to strengthen urban infrastructure financing and local body development

Blackstone launches APAC infrastructure platform, appoints India infra head

Alternative asset manager launches Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in Asia Pacific and appoints former KKR executive Ami Momaya as its first dedicated infrastructure hire in the region

Laundry infra company Quick Clean raises ₹133 crore in Series B round

Stakeboat Capital led the ₹133 crore Series B round, with existing investors participating, as Quick Clean plans AI-led expansion across India and overseas markets

Odisha clears ₹32,000-cr rural infra push ahead of 2027 Panchayat polls

The Odisha Cabinet has approved a ₹32,000 crore package for rural roads, bridges and connectivity, covering 35,000 km of roads and 3,167 bridges over five years

Dharavi redevelopment project: Maharashtra steps up land consolidation

Maharashtra has stepped up land consolidation for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, issuing lease termination notices while assuring rehabilitation for eligible residents

SBI seeks priority sector status for all infra loans to boost investment

State Bank of India has proposed granting priority sector status to all infrastructure loans or excluding them from ANBC calculations to encourage higher infrastructure investment

Odisha panel proposes project management overhaul as infra delays persist

The three-member panel, headed by former Odisha chief secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, was constituted by the state government last year to suggest administrative and governance reforms

Tier-II cities become real estate developers' next address for growth

Residential developers are expanding into India's Tier-2 cities as infrastructure upgrades, affordability and rising housing demand create new growth opportunities

IRB Infrastructure Trust to transfer 2 BOT assets in ₹4,605 crore deal

IRB Infrastructure Trust will transfer two operational BOT highway projects to its listed InvIT as part of its capital recycling strategy, boosting its O&M order book by about Rs 2,400 crore

₹50,000 cr infrastructure investment drives Varanasi's industrial growth

The city is set to see three new townships after 30 years; the first is likely to be launched by Aug

NBCC vs CPWD: How government construction is seeing a quiet shift

NBCC's project portfolio has grown far larger than CPWD's, reflecting a quiet shift in how the Centre is executing office, housing and infrastructure projects

Deeptech startup QOSMIC raises $3.3 million in seed funding round

QOSMIC, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech company building optical communication infrastructure for space, said on Wednesday that it raised USD 3.33 million in a seed funding round. The funding will accelerate the company's work to build the data layer of the space economy, the network that carries information between satellites, orbital data centres, and the ground network. In a statement, Shreyaans Jain, co-founder and CEO of the company, said, "The next decade of the space economy will be defined by data. Satellites are becoming exponentially more capable, but the infrastructure connecting them to Earth has not kept pace." "We believe optical communications will become as fundamental to space infrastructure as fibre optics became to the internet. This funding enables us to accelerate that transition and build the connectivity layer that the next generation of space applications will rely on," he added. Founded in 2025, QOSMIC is building laser-based communication systems that enable .

ADB offers assistance to develop industrial, logistics infra in West Bengal

The Asian Development Bank has offered financial assistance to the West Bengal government for developing infrastructure to support industrial growth in the state, a senior official at the state secretariat said on Wednesday. The proposal came when an Asian Development Bank (ADB) delegation met a top bureaucrat at the Chief Minister's Office on Tuesday, a day after the state budget was presented, he said. "ADB has indicated its willingness to support the state in building economic regions that can improve industrial connectivity, logistics and urban infrastructure. Discussions are at a preliminary stage, but the proposals are significant," a senior bureaucrat at Nabanna told PTI. It has expressed interest in extending loans for a range of infrastructure projects, including the development of City Economic Regions (CERs), logistics hubs and tourism-related facilities in the state, he said. ADB has proposed the creation of two City Economic Regions in West Bengal. One would cover ...

Odisha plans engineering department overhaul as capex utilisation slows

The state is considering cadre reforms and restructuring engineering wings after manpower shortages hindered utilisation of one of India's largest capital expenditure allocations

Yotta to deploy $7 bn in capex this year, eyes global AI cloud market

The data centre and AI cloud firm expects most of its revenue to come from overseas customers as it scales GPU cloud capacity and AI infrastructure services

Digital makeover of the small & medium businesses | Expert's take

In this session of Gurugyan, Navneet Sharma, COO, ACT Enterprise talks about digital infrastructure and SMBs.

India's core sector growth slows to seven-month low of 0.5% in May

The expansion during the month under review is slightly down compared to April, when these sectors grew by 1.8 per cent

Govt asks global internet body, ICANN, to set up root servers in India

The move aims to improve internet resilience and support the needs of one of the world's largest online populations