Infrastructure

Payment delays and labour shortages continue to squeeze margins and delay revenue conversion, overshadowing a record ₹43,300-crore order book and causing the stock to fall 30% this year.

India’s mangroves, wetlands and forests protect its roads, ports and cities. But the national infra focus has mostly been on build-ups of steel and concrete. As climate threats rise, policy must recognize the value of natural ecosystems, not just man-made ones.

Adani Group’s infrastructure spending boom has turned privately-held Adani Infra into a massive cash generator. The company's growing investments in the group’s listed firms show how wealth created within the conglomerate is being spent across its businesses.

The National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF) is a government-anchored infrastructure investment platform that manages about $5 billion in capital commitments across four funds, investing in infrastructure assets and related sectors.

While many blame overcrowding, poor civic sense, etc, for the sad shape of Indian cities, the basic problem lies in lack of local authority. Empowering city governments is the only durable solution to our urban crisis. One way or another, this must be achieved.

The Supreme Court held that while the Centre has the power under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to grant post-facto environmental clearance in exceptional cases, it cannot create a permanent system that allows projects that violate the law to obtain approval later through executive orders.

Let’s take a look at a reputed company in the Infra space, Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd, and where the stock will be in 2027

India has taken big leaps in digital adoption that have spurred financial inclusion, transformed service delivery to citizens and geared the economy up for it to meet its 2047 goal. But we must ensure that citizens possess the digital skills needed to benefit from all this.