The unorganized segment in decorative paints is close to 20% of the total, mostly restricted to operations at the regional level. With the Government undertaking key initiatives such as Make in India, 100 Smart Cities and Skilling India, the paint industry is poised for a rampant growth in the upcoming year.

Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the World's Largest Public-Private Partnership Project (PPP) in the Metro Sector. The metro corridor would cover a total distance of 71.16 km across three corridors: 1) From Miyapur to LB Nagar (28.87 km) 2) From JBS to Falaknuma (14.78 km) 3) From Nagole to Shilparamam (27.51 km).

We know that India has historically been a labour intensive delivery model. Now, given the speed, complexity and global supply chain of mega projects, this model no longer works. Organizations in India need the same processes, capabilities and tools their peers have leveraged in other markets.

Dhaval Ajmera, Director, Ajmera Realty & Infra (I) Ltd shares his view with Sandeep Sharma about Ajmera i-Land project, emerging trends in the Indian real estate sector, effectiveness of Pre-Engineered building systems, market scenario in Mumbai Metropolitan region, opportunities of luxury housing segment, need to streamline Construction/Project Finance in India.

As urbanization drives the increased need for housing, the need for smart and efficient technologies to support growth will become a must.

The power sector has seen many challenges over the last 10 decades. While passage of the Electricity Act 2003, addressed some concerns of the industry, many issues are yet to be addressed. Today, the sector is reeling with several challenges.

We are an established electric equipment manufacturing company in India, manufacturing a diverse portfolio of low voltage electric equipment, including, metering solutions, switchgears, lighting equipment and wires and cables, catering to consumer and institutional customers in the electrical equipment industry.

The thrust on this sector is steadily improving which has led to scaling up of investments and has unfolded a plethora of opportunities for players like us. The year saw a series of reforms including revival plan for state distribution companies with UDAY.

T&D investment is high on government priority and power evacuation constraints and high transmission losses have attracted the attention of policy makers for more investments in the transmission infrastructure space to match the investment in power generation.