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Intelligence for Infrastructure

Intelligence for Infrastructure

India’s challenge has shifted from building more infrastructure to making project execution predictable, Varghese Daniel asserts. India’s infrastructure build‑out is taking place at a scale that makes project execution increasingly complex. Public capital expenditure has risen from about `2 trillion in FY2014‑15 to `12.2 trillion in FY2026‑27, underlining the sustained focus on infrastructure‑led growth. The scale of projects being executed is equally significant. As of June 2026, the Central Government’s PAIMANA platform was monitoring 1,847 ongoing central‑sector infrastructure projects across 17 ministries and departments, with a combined revised cost of `40.54 trillion. Transport and logistics alone accounted for 55 per...

UAVs: Governance from Above

UAVs: Governance from Above

Drones are fast becoming the operational backbone of a new governance model that observes more, responds faster, and leaves a verifiable record, Pradeep Pandurangi notes. Every monsoon, millions of pilgrims descend on Haridwar for the Kanwar Yatra, and the city buckles. Sanitation systems strain, crowds surge through narrow ghats, and municipal staff scramble to stay ahead of a situation that changes by the hour. No number of ground inspectors can cover it all, so this time the administration looked up and sent drones. During 30 days of Kanwar Yatra from July to August this year, the Haridwar administration ran 170...

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