Indian roads are far more unsafe than its railways. A sense of urgency is required to tackle India's embarrassing record on road safety, says Vinayak Chatterjee. IMAGE: The total number of road......
Vinayak ChatterjeeChairman, Feedback Infra "Over 65 clearances are required for a thermal power project at three different levels - federal, state and local. There are 17 ministries at the central......
Stepped up public expenditure must be accompanied by focused policies, advises Vinayak Chatterjee. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has let it known that in the......
Whilst substantive public allocations have been made in the infrastructure sector, this strategy is plateauing due to the fiscal deficit constraint, capacity limitation of statal implementing......
India's construction sector is in financial crisis today, with many companies facing an existential threat. From the mid-1990s to as late as 2008, reports from multi-lateral agencies financing......
Infrastructure is clearly the "elephant in the room." With able implementation, the elephant may well start dancing soon, and with it the Indian economy, says Vinayak Chatterjee. Construction......