Actis is planning to invest over $700 million or nearly Rs 5,500 crore to build and develop assets under its platform focused on providing real estate to tenants in the life sciences and related sectors in India.

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is soon going to construct foot overbridges (FOB) at three different Metro stations that are Yeshwanthpur Metro station and Nagasandra which are on the Green line, and Jnanabharathi station on the Purple line.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has invested $300 million or Rs 2,250 crore for a 22.5 per cent stake in Hindustan Ports, a local arm of UAE’s DP World. This is the single largest investment by NIIF’s master fund and takes the vehicle’s total investment in DP World’s India arms to $500 million.

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is financially supporting 45 Ro-Ro (roll-on-roll-off) ferry projects with total cost of Rs 1,900 crore. The ministry has operationalised Ro-Pax (roll-on-roll-off passenger) ferry service between Ghogha-Hazira in Gujarat and Mumbai- Mandwa in Maharashtra.

The drinking water and sanitation department of Uttarakhand will install more than 500 “water ATMs” across the state, especially on Char Dham routes, to reduce use of bottled water packed in plastic bottles that pose dangers to the environment

Malaysia-based oil and gas firm, Petronas, through its subsidiary Amplus Solar, has entered into a longterm renewable energy agreement with Microsoft for a 100-megawatt (MW) solar project in Rajasthan. The project is currently under development by Amplus Solar.

The World Bank has approved $165 million in additional financing to accelerate the adoption of rooftop solar by residential consumers by making it more affordable. The initiative is expected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 13.9 million tonne

The Gujarat government has given its green light to Tata Motors to take over Ford India’s passenger car plant in Sanand. The company would continue to enjoy the incentives that were extended to Ford India.

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) will incur a capital expenditure of Rs 15,300 crore in the auto, farm equipment, and electric vehicle (EV) businesses over 2022-24. Of this, it has already pumped in Rs 3,200 crore in FY22, while the remaining Rs 12,100 crore will be invested during FY23 and FY24.