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08 Aug 2009
Shipping: Dreams On Hold
India Inc.’s grand shipbuilding plans have ground to a halt

 

08 Aug 2009
Infrastructure: The Route To Federal Share
From now, states’ share of the roads fund could depend on their cooperation

 

04 July 2009
Real Estate: Stuck In The Pipeline
Dismal sales drive builders to take the QIP route for funds

 

04 July 2009
Infrastructure: Sea Drive
The Bandra-Worli sea link, inaugurated on 30 June, is five years behind schedule and was executed with a cost overrun of Rs 1,300 crore....

 

29 May 2009
Realty: Building Dreams
HCC’s real estate success will depend on how its ambitious Lavasa project fares

 

29 May 2009
Road Safety: Better Late Than Never
After years of lull, the national road safety policy will soon be in place

 

22 May 2009
Bailout Drama
Do time-bound infrastructure projects really need to be bailed out?

 

08 May 2009
Real Estate: The Rise & Fall Of Realty
‘Buy land. They aren’t making it any more.’ That was the philosophy during the boom. Today, builders have the land, but no cash to develop it.

 

08 May 2009
‘Lenders Will Bear The Brunt’
Interview: Jayesh Desai, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young

 

08 May 2009
Real Estate: Setting Standards
RICS’s arrival in India may solve some problems for the sector

 

01 May 2009
Policy: Small Share, Big Stake
A ‘golden share’ gives the government greater say in projects

 

10 April, 2009
Bucking The Downturn
Surprisingly, three projects secured funds worth Rs 9,000 crore in March.

 

13 March, 2009
IT Infrastructure: Building On Basics
Indian firms are now grabbing a large chunk of domestic contracts...

 

13 March, 2009
Infrastructure: Structural Bottlenecks
Stimulus package plans are caught in Centre-state bickerings...

 

13 March, 2009
Real Estate: Margin Play
Despite offering huge discounts, realtors are still making profits

 

Jan 30, 2009
Real Estate: Hot Property
It seems the effects of global recession haven’t reached some parts of the world...

 

Jan 16, 2009
Housing: Realty's Double Trouble
Affordable' homes are not affordable; 'lowcost' ones, unavailable

 

Jan 09, 2009
Infrastructure: Dreams Suspended
Where are the funds to finance India's infrastructure projects?

 

Jan 09, 2009
Housing: Good Intentions, But…
The proposal to reserve land for the poor might be another mirage...

 

Dec 26, 2008
Infrastructure: Unfinished Business
The sprint to upgrade infrastructure in India has slowed to a jog...

 

Dec 26, 2008
Real Estate: A Tale Of Two Cities
Past high-value land deals are pulling down Delhi developers

 

Dec 15, 2008
Infrastructure: Cracks In Concrete
Tax cuts offer little respite to troubled cement companies

 

Nov 28, 2008
Real Estate:Lessons From Dubai
Developers in India need to cut prices like their counterparts in the UAE

 

Nov 14, 2008
Real Estate: Taking A Hit
The global financial crisis has dented the Asian realty sector...

 

Nov 14, 2008
Real Estate: Feeling The Winter Chill
Marginal cuts in property rates have failed to move the market

 

Oct 31, 2008
Infrastructure: New Window
Why there is a need for a separate window for infrastructure investment

 

Oct 24, 2008
Realty: Slow Motion
Property sales have not picked up despite prices having been slashed

 

Oct 10, 2008
Public Transport: Road To Profitability
After years in the red, state bus operators are back in the black

 

Oct 10, 2008
Real Estate: Too Good To Be True
Why a real estate firm is offering 30 per cent return on investment

 

Oct 03, 2008
Infrastructure: Room For Concern
Most Indian ceos think infrastructure investments...

 

Sep 26, 2008
Land Acquisition: Acres Of Trouble
Stalling of the Nano and Ambani SEZ spells trouble for India Inc.

 

Sep 12, 2008
Mining: Digging Its Own Problems
Why two ministries are fighting it out over export duty for iron ore

 

Aug 29, 2008
Real Estate: Build-up To Diwali
As prices tumble, builders bank on festive discounts

 

Aug 29, 2008
Land Acquistion: The Great Indian Land Slide
Indian companies are paying the price of the government’s poor land acquisition and management policies

 

July 11, 2008
Catching Up With China
With the Pan-African e-Network, India is making a mark in Africa

 

June 20, 2008
Land Acquisitions: The Official Route
The Tamil Nadu government has said it will help Tata Steel acquire 10,000 acres of land for the company’s titanium...

 

June 13, 2008
Land Regulations: Coastline Curbs
The new notification has the coastal states see red

 

June 13, 2008
Housing: Quarter For A Quarter
Rising demand boosts affordable housing initiatives

 

May 09, 2008
Steel: Prices Bend
Steelmakers agree to lower prices to help the government cool inflation

 

May 01, 2008
Real Estate: Back-Door Entry
Investment by foreign funds into realty may cause a spurt in prices

 

May 01, 2008
UK House Prices: Feeling The Squeeze
UK house prices fell in April from a year earlier, the first such decline since 1996...

 

May 01, 2008
Global Biz: Averting Crisis
The US needs to spend $170 billion more each year on transportation infrastructure...

 

April 11, 2008
Real Estate: Home Truths
As consumers continue to search for affordable housing, Maharashtra became...

 

April 11, 2008
Real Estate: Correction Course
A liquidity crisis is looming large, but that's good for consumers

 

March 21, 2008
Shipping: In Troubled Waters
DGS needs to regulate shipping lines and agents that hire sailors

 

March 11, 2008
Architecture: Cool And Green In An Indian Architecture Desert
In a sizzling property market, architect Manit Rastogi has created some of India's coolest buildings...

 

March 07, 2008
Real Estate: The Height Of Prices
The Imperial symbolises the vertical lift in realty prices

 

February 25, 2008
Defence: A Show Of Arms
DefExpo08 will see an impressive array of products by Indian firms

 

February 08, 2008
Real Estate: A Property Bubble?
There is that shaky feeling as fears of a property bubble float in an overpriced market

 

February 08, 2008
Interview: "Increase Supply"
Executive Director, ICICI Bank V. Vaidyanathan, who heads the bank’s retail business, including home loans and property, spoke to BW’s Gurbir Singh. Excerpts....

 

December 17, 2007
Real Estate: Repeal Will Be No Relief
The repeal of Urban Land Ceiling Act may not free up land in Mumbai

 

December 10, 2007
Real Estate: It’s All Derivative
Market regulator Sebi’s announcement about the launch of six new derivative products has met with cautious approval

 

December 10, 2007
Real Estate: Maximum Mumbai
Public parks and open spaces are Mumbai’s lungs. Giving them to private parties will choke the city

 

November 26, 2007
Infrastructure: The Urban Dilemma
The international Urban Age conference spotlit Mumbai this year, and featured some solutions to common global problems

 

November 19, 2007
Real Estate: Godrej’s Gamble
The House of Godrej charts a new direction as Adi Godrej builds, brick by brick

 

November 12, 2007
Wanted: A Sea Change
Long delays, poor connectivity and red tape weigh down ports in India. More private investment can take them out of the time warp.

 

November 5, 2007
Real Estate: Laying Down The Rules
AIM-listed Indian offshore realty firms get a reality check as LSE tightens its grip.

 

October 29, 2007
Infrastructure: Left Hanging
For its PPP projections to come true, the government must do more than just talk big

 

September 29, 2007
Stifled By Infrastructure
The government believes that public-private partnerships will end India’s infrastructure problems. But will they?

 

October 22, 2007
Cracking A New Deal
Policy-strangled Indian realty firms have found a way to skirt the restrictive regulations on foreign investment in real estate.

 

September 17, 2007
Realty Funds Go ‘Retail’
As the two-year property boom ends, realty funds are beginning to think small

 

September 3, 2007
Land: A Tale Of Two Projects
Tata Steel’s travails in its Titanium project are eerily similar to what Tata Motors faces in Singur

 

Augusty 20, 2007
Land: Waiting For A Way Out
Thousands of crores of rupees are waiting to be fed into urban development projects in Mumbai. The ULC Act stands in the way

 

July 2, 2007
Pre-Empting a Bangalore Implosion
Greater Bangalore, the much-hyped panacea for the city’s infrastructural ills, has a long shot at success.

 

July 2, 2007
Coconut Republic
Bitter realities of poor infrastructure and red tape mar Kerala’s picture-perfect image as a tourist destination

 

July 2, 2007
Storm In a Pill Box
What should have been a routine sale of property is now giving Pfizer India a mild case of ulcers

 

July 2, 2007
Buy It In Singapore
Foreign investors are gobbling up prime residential property in the island country like there’s no tomorrow. And among the biggest buyers are Indians

 

June 25, 2007
Rolling With It
To break Concor’s stranglehold on the railway container business, private operators are rolling out total logistics solutions. Round one coming up.

 

February 19, 2007
On a Slow Lane
Why the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway has run into delays

 

February 19, 2007
Discovering Indian Realty
By end-2007, $15 billion worth institutional funds would have entered Indian real estate. Why the rush?

 

December 04, 2006
On the Profit Lane
For the first time since its inception, Noida Toll Bridge Company has posted net profits. Can it sustain the momentum?

 

November 13, 2006
The Business of SEZs
Thousands of crores of rupees are being invested in more than 400 SEZ projects across India. Are they worth the cost? Can they turn in profits?

 

November 13, 2006
SEZs: The Ground Realities
SEZ builders are having a hard time getting hold of the land they have set their sights on

 

November 06, 2006
Highway Economics: Costs vs Benefits
While better roads have helped save on time and money, have toll costs nullified the advantage?

 

October 30, 2006
The Squabble Over Toll Policy
Thanks to the tangle between the government departments, India's toll policy is nowhere near completion

 

October 09, 2006
Highway Toll Technology: Microwave vs. Infrared
Choosing the right toll collection tech is critical if NHAI wants to stay out of the clutches of a monopoly vendor.

 

August 28, 2006
National Highways: Speedbreakers Ahead?
NHAI has missed every target set for it since 2002-03-both in terms of raising money and spending it.

 

August 28, 2006
The Making of India's Shenzen
How Sriperumbudur is emerging as India's telecom manufacturing hub

 

January 30, 2006
Real Estate-Private Equity Moves In
Financing of property construction is moving away from debt towards equity.

 

July 31, 2006
A New Foundation
A clutch of top Indian engineering firms are giving a new infrastructural face to the country.

 

July 03, 2006
Mumbai Metro
The Seven Key Questions

 

June 26, 2006
SEZ Policy: Compromise Formula
After months of controversy, a compromise formula between the finance and commerce ministries on the new SEZ policy has been readied.

 

June 12, 2006
Realty Bites
Corporates are snapping up huge tracts of land to build housing and infrastructure.

 

May 22, 2006
Karnataka Small Towns
Stuck in Water Debt

 

May 15, 2006
SEZ Act: Zone of Contention
The finance ministry raises a host of objections to the new SEZ Act.

 

May 8, 2006
Mukesh Ambani, City Builder
Reliance proposes to build four cities modelled on the special economic zones in China

 

May 1, 2006
Is Monorail the Better Transport Alternative
How Metrail India proposes to demonstrate the superiority of monorail over its mass-transit counterparts.

 

March 27, 2006
Bangalore's Transport Challenge
Can the city pull off the ambitious plan to mesh the metro rail and mono rail systems with its existing network of road transport.

 

December 05, 2005
LaisSEZ Faire
There's a rush to set up SEZs. But it will take more than tax incentives for them to make a real difference.

 
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