Infrastructure Today Magazine - Annual 2017

In this issue

Cover Story
The Big Infra Opportunity
Stakeholders harp on the government’s infrastructure push and expect construction orders of Rs.18 trillion in the next six years. This order inflow volume should support 12 to 15 per cent of industry-level execution of compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

Exclusive- Interactions
“We have awarded Rs.7.50 lakh crore projects in three years”
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.

“DMICDC has the required land in possession for Phase 1
Alkesh Sharma, CEO and MD,
Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd (DMICDC).

“We will require 80,000 direct and 1.25 lakh indirect skilled workforce”
Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

Airport Infrastructure
In a sweet spot
Reforms in land acquisition and airport tariff regulations can’t be held off any further, writes Amber Dubey.

Energy
Matching the Grid Parity
Renewable energy’s lower tariffs and increasing share in the energy mix due to growth in such capacities has increased its importance among power distribution companies.

Infra Finance
Strengthening Infrastructure
Financing Avenues
The investment requirements for infrastructure development in India are huge.The 12th Five Year Plan had projected the total investments in infrastructure,for the period 2012–17, at Rs.55.7 trillion which was subsequently revised down to Rs.37.2 trillion during the appraisal of the plan.

Ports, Shipping & Logistics
Port of Call The Government of India has embarked on the Sagarmala Programme with a vision to reduce logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo and utilise the waterways to their potential.

Infrastructure Today Magazine Description:

Since 2003, our monthly magazine INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY (IT) has grown to a stature of leadership, and it is the most read magazine in India on the infrastructure sectors. IT partners in the nation's building process by offering valuable information, insights and analyses. Our current reader profile includes policymakers and public office bearers, town planners, investors, contractors, developers, consultants, utility providers, engineers, banks and financial institutions, educators and researchers, and decision makers in other organisations that provide products or services to the infrastructure sectors. The magazine covers physical infrastructure and related construction activities in Power, Oil & Gas, Roads, Railways, Ports, Airports, Water, Telecom and Urban Infrastructure. Each issue provides usable value for the reader: from business environment and financing options to models of contracts and industrial land creation. You will always find in IT top people and organisations sectors, through independent contributions, incisive interviews. The top institutional analysts contribute to IT as well. The magazine is present in high-power seminars and conferences, is referred to by business leaders, and displayed on many a corporate boardroom coffee table.