Infrastructure

Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities

New Parliament Complex May Seat 1,350 Members

The new Parliament complex, which has an earlier deadline, 2022, will be among the first plans to be finalised and tendered out, perhaps in the first half of this year itself. The current design of an evolving plan envisages a triangular complex, with a tricoloured beam lighting up the sky overhead. And at a more mundane level, the MPs will sit comfortably in broad two-seater benches, accessible from either side so that no one will have to squeeze through — and which can, when a joint session is held, accommodate three.

‘Modi, Shah Have A Vision For India’: Ratan Tata

Modelled on Singapore’s ITE Education Services, the IISs are being developed by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The institutes plan to create skilled technical individuals to help industries such as aerospace, defence, oil and gas, and other emerging businesses.