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REPORT
“Competition and Regulation in India, 2007” Report
Some Reflections on the Report “Competition & Regulation in India, 2007”
Status of Competition and Regulation in India, 2007
(Briefing Paper No.3/2007)
NEWS
Penalty fails to curb power overdrawal
The Hindu Business Line, Monday, September 01, 2008
Govt extends DGCA’s tenure again
The Financial Express, Monday, September 01, 2008
Bharti, TATA comm. come under DOT scanner
The Hindu Business Line, Saturday, September 06, 2008
Delhi metro MD smells a scam
The Economic Times, Sunday, September 21, 2008
In an attack on the private sector’s direct involvement in building metro rail in India, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E Sreedharan has hinted at a big political scandal in the Hyderabad Metro, and expressed concern at the slow pace of progress in the Mumbai Metro. Mr Sreedharan has been credited with building a large metro network in Delhi, which started making operating profit from day one. Besides, he also ensured that all projects, being built at a cost of Rs 29,500 cr, would be completed before the deadline.
While Mumbai Metro-I is a joint venture between Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure and state-owned Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), the Rs 12,000-cr Hyderabad Metro project was recently bagged by a consortium led by Maytas Infra. In a letter to the deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, dated September 11, 2008, DMRC’s managing director cautioned that build-operate-transfer (BOT) mode of building metro rail could backfire. The Hyderabad Metro project is being cited as a successful example of BOT approach.