Road InvITs AUM to grow 30 pc this fiscal, led by asset monetisation surge: ReportRoad InvlTs assets will grow 30 percent this fiscal year, leading to an impressive Rs3.9 lakh crore in assets managed by March 2027. The gr...
Centre allows big funds to bid for BOT highway projectsIndia's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is opening build-operate-transfer road projects to large institutional investors. This poli...
Road ministry to compensate for price hike and volatility in commodity prices to contractorsHighway contractors will now receive payments monthly. The government has shortened the price adjustment period to one month. This aims to ...
National Highway builders ask Finmin to clarify arbitration orderThe National Highway Builders Federation has urged the finance ministry to clarify its order ending arbitration for highway projects. The f...
Union Budget: Funds use in slow lane, MoRTH budget allocation likely to see meagre hikeIndia Budget: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways may see a modest 1-2.5% budget increase for FY27, reaching ₹2.9-2.94 lakh crore. ...
Road ministry to rate contractors on 7 parameters; move aimed at ensuring quality construction, maintenance of highwaysIn a concept note floated by the ministry of road transport and highways on Thursday, the ministry said highway contractors will be rated o...
India’s national highway authority to bid out 124 road projects worth ₹3.4 lakh crore in FY26India's National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to auction 124 highway and expressway projects worth Rs 3.4 lakh crore in 2025-26...
Hybrid annuity model for road construction is expensive, says NHAI memberSpeaking at a panel session at the National Summit on Indian Infrastructure for Viksit Bharat 2047 by the India Infrastructure Finance Comp...
Centre relaxes eligibility criteria for developing highway projectsBut the order from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways also said that bidders need to have a credit rating of BBB and above to buil...
Norms rejig on cards to draw private players to highways"The focus is on project implementation to reduce encumbrances. Various steps have already been taken such as acquiring 90% of the land req...
MoRTH confident of achieving highway construction target of 12,000 km this fiscal: Secretary Alka UpadhyayaThe ministry has constructed 4,766 km of National Highways up to November 2022-23 compared to 5,1.18 km constructed till November 2021-22. ...
GST levy on annuity payments of BOT-HAM projects to have limited impact on project cash flows: IcraFor projects bid between July 1, 2017, and October 13, 2017, NHAI would not reimburse the GST on annuity under the change in law as bids we...
'Rising debt levels, soaring land prices may force NHAI to go slow on new projects'The rating agency Crisil expects the awarding of all hybrid annuity model (HAM), EPC and build-operate-transfer (BOT) road projects to mode...
Construction cos prefer pure EPC jobs to annuity projectsThe key reason for this shift is the inability to secure financial closure for existing HAM projects.
Sadbhav Infra raises Rs 600 crore from Piramal group for road projectsPiramal Group has been an active lender in areas of renewables and infrastructure sectors in India.
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Banks say they're not willing to fund roadworks under hybrid annuity modelTwo senior bank officials said that under the terms of agreement, if the road project is terminated midway, the lenders will not be entitle...