India has almost reached 10% installed capacity with renewables in November 2019. Solar power has reached grid parity and is the cheapest source of distributed power across the world.

The two organisations will closely work on developing programmes on sustainable construction practices in association with industry stakeholders. These will include seminars, symposiums and conferences targeted at builders, consultants, manufacturers and service providers.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) in tandem with the government is developing airports across the country to add value to the aviation infrastructure. Improved connectivity will certainly boost the nation's economy.

India is blessed with an over 7,500 km long coastline. From the time of the Indus-Saraswati River Valley Civilisation to the early medieval period, the country was renowned for its intrepid sailors.

Just as 2019 drew to a close, the Central Government unveiled the Rs 102-trillion National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) to boost annual investment in the sector.

Meanwhile, after coming to power in 2014, though the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) understood the enormity of the problem it decided to make do with engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) as a stop-gap measure.

Under cross-border electricity trading, each country can plan for lesser capacity as well as lesser reserves that may be required when tripping happens. It is always economically beneficial to interconnect and share resources.

The formation of a robust cross-border framework in the South Asia region is expected to bring down the cost of electricity and allow India to achieve the flexibility to regulate the intermittency of power generated by its wind and solar farms.

Although several steps have been taken in recent years to facilitate cross-border trade in electricity in South Asia, eventually a broad-based framework for the free flow of electricity and transactions would be required.