For FY24, National Highway Authority eyes 1,987km monetisation

The highways body has lined up 30 National Highway sections as part of the plan, with the 124-km Trichy-Thuvarankurichi-Madurai (Tamil Nadu) section being the longest and the 4.4-km Badarpur elevated corridor in Delhi being the shortest in the list.

Government to spend ₹4.5 lakh crore more on infrastructure projects

The original cost of 1,423 projects being monitored by the ministry was estimated at ₹ 20.38 lakh crore, but anticipated cost has risen to ₹24.85 lakh crore, the report said. Until February, the government had already incurred ₹13.63 lakh crore on these projects, which is more than half of the anticipated cost. The ministry monitors […]

New KRAs added to CPSE brass’ appraisal

Implementation of revised appraisal guidelines means that chairman and managing director as well as other top-level officials of a CPSE could lose their performance-related pay (PRP) in case they are unable to meet their target in key result areas (KRAs) including rationalisation of subsidiaries or joint ventures, market capitalisation improvement goals, return on capital employed, […]

Deep dive into UHNWI investments portfolio with focus on Family office

There is a preference for single opportunities that rank at par with institutional investors as opposed to blind pool private equity funds. New-age and tech-oriented promoters with wealth generated through private- and public-market exits have a larger allocation to private equity.