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A Business Journalist with over 11 years of experience, she has been writing on policies, corporate affairs and Infrastructure. A keen observer of economic policies, she loves to decode its impact on Indian business.
Efficient policy and smart implementation can completely change the demography of Indian villages
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A recent study by McKinsey Global Institute says that India, will require building 2.5 billion square metres of paved road to match the huge influx of migrating population in the urban pockets by the year 2030. However the pace of highway construction is at an average of 18.23 km per day, a way lower than what is required. Ben James, CEO of Global Road Technology, an Australia based company, talks about how new equipment and advance technology can increase the speed of road making in India by almost three times, and can save substantial cost of construction .
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Smart mobility solutions can make our cities economically productive, less polluting and wasteful of resources, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and above all, liveable
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“We have to reimagine the urban development in India. We have to challenge the notion that economic development do not happen in smaller towns
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Kochi is already making significant move towards smart urban transport system
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Other aspiring ‘Smart Cities’ in India can learn a lot from Mahindra World City in Jaipur
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The future of the cities will be decided by the way they use and manage their energy requirements. A visit to Tata Power’s Smart Grid Lab in Rohini, one of its kind in the country, can be an eye opener. A home to several pilot projects, the lab showcases how IT and operational technologies can be applied to bring transformational changes in the lives of ordinary consumers. Praveer Sinha, Managing Director of Tata Power DDL, talks to Anuradha Shukla about the changes that are happening in power sector and the smart transition of the company towards smart way of distributing and managing power
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When Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) issued a tender for procuring 50 million LED bulbs, it had no takers other than Philips Lighting as they could not match the lowest bid from Philips Lighting India of Rs 38 a bulb. The company holds about 25 per cent of the market share of LED lighting and has made a high double-digit growth in last two years and it is running at its full capacity in the country to match the surge in demand. Harshavardhan Chitale, Vice President and Managing Director, Philips Lighting India talks about the evolving energy efficient lighting industry and the recent shift towards connected lighting
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The Ministry of Urban Development got an allocation of Rs 34,212 crore, marginally up from the last fiscal year
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The survey said that due to increasing urbanization, city infrastructure is already overburdened and its land market are distorted which render rents unaffordable
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