Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
More than 1.25 crore houses have been sanctioned across PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The programme has also placed women’s ownership at the centre of its housing model, with around one crore sanctioned houses allotted either in the name of the female head of the household or under joint ownership.
The company has committed more than ₹10,000 crore towards its expansion in India, building on an engineering and research presence in Bengaluru that dates back more than two decades. The next phase will add high-purity silicon component manufacturing alongside expanded engineering and R&D capabilities serving advanced semiconductor technologies.
By August 2026, India had installed around 295 GW of renewable-energy capacity, including more than 168 GW of solar and around 58 GW of wind. When nuclear power is included, the country’s non-fossil generating capacity had crossed 300 GW. Solar capacity alone has expanded from only a few gigawatts little more than a decade ago to well above 160 GW today.
The first module combines solid-phase peptide synthesis, or SPPS, and liquid-phase peptide synthesis, or LPPS, giving Neuland the ability to handle different types and lengths of peptide molecules using the manufacturing route best suited to each product.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya announced the formation of the panel on September 15. The task force will be headed by Yugal Kishore Joshi, Programme Director and Adviser at NITI Aayog, and has been asked to examine the policy, taxation, infrastructure and operational issues involved in hosting major international motorsport events in India.
Artificial intelligence will also be used to improve multilingual call handling. The system is expected to incorporate Indian-language speech-recognition technologies so that travellers can communicate more easily in their preferred languages.
Modern communications can appear almost entirely wireless to an ordinary user. Smartphones connect through mobile towers, laptops through Wi-Fi and satellites increasingly provide communications to remote locations. Yet once data begins travelling between continents, most of it does not travel through space.
The 125-km Rishikesh–Karnaprayag railway is being developed by RVNL, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, at an estimated cost of around ₹37,000 crore. The project is targeted for completion by December 2029.
The developments reflect Indian Railways’ continuing effort to increase transport capacity, improve logistics connectivity and provide more affordable passenger services across major regions of the country.
Speaking at the India–South Africa Business Leadership Roundtable in New Delhi on September 12, 2026, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, Ramaphosa urged Indian companies to look at partnerships in projects that South Africa is preparing for implementation and tendering.
