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NHAI seeks IITs' help in reducing costs, constructing better road

Cost of road construction has increased massively for the authority that recently announced tenders for 950km of road stretches worth Rs 30,000 cr

NHAI may scrap projects where land acquisition is yet to be completed

The NHAI plan to scrap projects stalled by tardy land acquisition would also help check escalation of costs

Rs 30,000-crore road projects identified under built operate transfer

In sync with norms on hybrid-annuity and EPC contracts, NHAI has identified stretches of approximately 935 km across India, which will be constructed on built operate transfer (BOT) toll mode

FinMin plans to release unspent money, boost demand amid economic slowdown

To look at fiscal deficit of entire country before starting pre-Budget consultations, cut off-Budget borrowings

Increasing hurdles: Arbitration claims against NHAI on the rise

The NHAI's latest available annual report, for FY18, shows the authority had 1,014 cases of arbitration

Top 10 biz headlines: Auto sales down 23.5%, direct tax code delay & more

From PV sales declining for the 10th straight month to chances that the govt is unlikely to replace the Income Tax Act with the direct tax code, here are the top business headlines for Tuesday

NHAI pause on contracts likely to hurt construction firms' revenue

Gadkari said NHAI was in a comfortable position and it would go ahead with its fund-raising plans

How Gadkari is planning to attract investors, monetise highway projects

IRB InvIT offered six completed road assets, covering 3,000 km across five states

We plan to reorganise NHAI, review financing models: Nitin Gadkari

The need to construct national highways would come down after the completion of Bharatmala programme, according to the minister

Completion of Bharatmala project to pare need of building highways: Gadkari

NHAI is looking at developing a system for capturing returns on appreciation in land value along developed national highways projects, said the Union Minister

Red signal for NHAI: Understanding concerns about its rising debt

In this podcast, Business Standard's infrastructure editor explains what the issues facing NHAI are

Will not borrow if government allocation is increased: NHAI chairman

NHAI's source of income includes toll revenue and the government grants

NHAI to offer roads as collateral, in talks with SBI to fund projects

Only SBI has agreed in-principle for the securitisation model

Red signal for NHAI

Its debt-fuelled expansion is a reason for worry

NHAI at a crossroads on debt servicing; 'concerned' PMO raises red flags

According to SBI Caps, the proportion of debt funding has risen sharply in the recent NHAI projects

New speed breaker on India's road to $ 5 trn economy; NHAI's mounting debt

NHAI's debt has increased seven-fold in the past five years

CAG raises concerns over burgeoning costs of NHAI's projects, cautions govt

The PMO also suggested that the NHAI monetise its road assets base through toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auctions

27 investors evince interest in new bundle of TOT project offered by NHAI

Nine highway stretches of 566.27 km in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu are on offer in the third bundle

NHAI aims to double its borrowing from National Small Savings Fund

The NHAI took Rs 20,000 crore from the NSSF in 2018-19. Its plan is to raise about Rs 40,000 crore from the latter during 2019-20

Top 10 biz headlines: No relief for FPIs, more trouble for TikTok, and more

From super-rich tax to RCom's SIM swap fraud, Business Standard brings you the top headlines that made news on Thursday