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Roads
1. Massive development planned under NHDP phase 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 by NHAI.
2. A Special Accelerated Road Development program for the North-East (SARDP-NE) is planned with an investment of Rs. 12,123 crores.
3. Access-controlled expressways planned under NHDP-6 at a cost of Rs. 16,680 crores.

Power
1. Govt. plans to add power projects to meet the country’s large-scale projected power requirements.
2. Power requirement has been pegged at 41,110 mw during the Tenth Plan period and that of 60,000 mw during Eleventh Plan period.
3. Power project that cater equipment demand would constitute both thermal and hydro power.

Airports
1. Privatization/revamping of metro airports.
2. $ 10 billion expenditure planned over next 4 years for modernization/new airports in 41 cities.
3. Airport Authority of India (AAI) has drawn a plan for the modernization of 35 selected non-metro airports in the country.

Seaports
1. Govt. has announced the country’s ambitious National Maritime Development Program (NMDP) for port development up to year 2011-12.
2. The total investment in port sector would be Rs. 55,804 crores.

Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
1. The number of formal approvals has touched 236, so far.
2. Additionally, 170-odd projects, which have been approved in-principle,
  are awaiting a final go ahead after the land acquisition.
3. The Commerce Ministry has estimated total investment to be around $30 billion in 5 years.

Mass Rapid Transport Systems (MRTS)
1. Many states in the country are drawing up plans for developing MRTS similar to Delhi, Kolkata or the 19,500 crore Mumbai Metro Project.
2. DMRC plans to expand its network before Commonwealth Games of 2010.

Real Estate
1. IT parks, residential, commercial complexes including super malls & hypermarkets are in boom.
2. Merrill Lynch forecasts that the Indian realty sector will grow from $12 billion in 2005 to $90 billion by 2015.
3. As per ASSOCHAM, it will attract foreign investment worth Rs 8,000 crore in 2007.

Concrete made at industrial facility instead of the conventional site-mixed concrete.
Share of RMC in India is just over 5% of total concrete production, as against global average of 70%. Rapid growth expected.
Demand for good & consistent quality of concrete is making RMC very popular.

About 150 RMC plants set-up in the country. Anticipated potential has led cement majors like ACC, Grasim, L&T, India Cements, Madras Cements, Chettinad Cement, Priyadarshini Cements, etc. to enter this market.
The RMC market in India is estimated over 6 million cubic meters in volume terms and pegged at approximately Rs 2,000-2,500 crore.
The RMC market has been growing at the rate of 30-40 % in the last few years and is likely to grow exponentially

Improved Project Funding
1. Public Private Partnership Program (PPP) introduced by govt.
2. BOT, BOOT, DBFO type projects launched.
3. FDI from global players like Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Emmar Properties, Citigroup Property, Salim group, Morgan Stanley, etc. flooding into the country.
4. Infrastructure projects supported by ADB, WB, etc.

Mechanization
1. Large volumes of orders demand mechanization to complete project execution within deadlines.
2. Mechanization required for better quality of work.
3. Complex & large orders require advanced mechanization.

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