With over Rs11 lakh crore debt, project investments worth Rs.32.7 lakh crore and cost overrun of Rs14.35 lakh crore is at stake, the current Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 is a sigh of relief for India's financial institutions.

The Mint newspaper reports that over the past three months, India´s top three bus makers, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and VE Commercial Vehicles, have received orders for supplying 10,600 total units from various state transport undertakings.

The moot question is whether good intent has been accompanied by careful planning. It was always going to be a difficult job. Roads development, battered and bruised by a heavy load of projects awarded in the recent past, remained stalled for various reasons ranging from land acquisition and bureaucratic red tape to a lack of accountability and transparency in the bidding process.

The government’s capital expenditure has been increasing by 29 per cent quarter-on-quarter, steadily over four quarters—as the December quarter figure of Rs 1 lakh crore indicates. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data indicates that the investment for the third quarter is the highest record in the last six quarters

The exploration capacities of PSUs and the state governments are almost utilised. Dilip Kumar Jena and Bhavesh Singhavi recommend why we should study the best practices in Canada and other mining-rich countries while engaging the private sector.

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) expects output of petroleum refiners to rise between 3-7 percent in the remaining three months of 2012-13. In a recent report, the research body said the refiners may process around 18.5 million tonne of crude oil in each of the remaining months of fiscal 2012-13. For t

The implementation of reforms at the state power utility (SPU) level as well as of those initiated to mitigate fuel shortages remains key to power sector turnaround, says KVB Reddy, Executive Director, Essar Power, in an interview with Sumantra Das.

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) expects 4 percent growth in cargo traffic across all major ports in the country during 2013-14 compared to an anticipated contraction of 2.4 per cent in 2012-13. According to its projection, cargo traffic handled by major ports may rise to 568.5 million tonne in 2013-14 from

India’s overall cargo traffic at its ports (both major and minor) is expected to grow to 985.20 million tonne or 5.9 per cent in 2012-13. In 2011-12,