05 Feb 2019
//Sixty-five per cent of country's mobile phones are manufactured now in Noida alone, said Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma Monday, claiming that UP has a strong potential to surpass the growth of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. UP emergence as a hub of mobile phone production has also stopped its youths' exodus to other states for jobs.
"The UP government is soon going to establish an Electronics City. In state capital Lucknow, land has been acquired in Nadarganj area for IT City. Apart from this, IT parks will be set up in Meerut, Agra, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Bareilly," he said.//
//Sixty-five per cent of country's mobile phones are manufactured now in Noida alone, said Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma Monday, claiming that UP has a strong potential to surpass the growth of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. UP emergence as a hub of mobile phone production has also stopped its youths' exodus to other states for jobs.
"The UP government is soon going to establish an Electronics City. In state capital Lucknow, land has been acquired in Nadarganj area for IT City. Apart from this, IT parks will be set up in Meerut, Agra, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Bareilly," he said.//
31 Jan 2020
// India is making rapid strides in electronics production and has emerged as the second largest mobile phone manufacturing hub globally, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday. Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, Kovind said the value of electronic equipment manufactured in the country has increased to Rs 4.58 lakh crore in 2018-19 from Rs 1.90 lakh crore in 2014-15.
Over the last few years, the government has been bullish on making India a manufacturing base for the world and has set a target to promote domestic manufacturing in the entire value-chain of ESDM (electronic system design and manufacturing) to achieve a turnover of USD 400 billion (Rs 26 lakh crore) by 2025.//
16 June 2020
//On June 12, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co Ltd (STEC) emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction of 5.6km-underground section between New Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad -- part of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor.
The project is being managed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation or NCRTC. The corporation had opened online financial bids submitted by five bidders last week.
Even before the opposition could train its guns on the government over the success of the Chinese bid, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, has demanded the Narendra Modi government to cancel the bid.//
News: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chinese-firm-delhi-meerut-project-rss-modi-govt-stec-sjm-1689438-2020-06-16
18 Jun 2020
//SJM co-convener Ashwani Mahajan tweeted that the need of the hour was to “boycott Chinese products, stop endorsing Chinese brands, govt stops Chinese imports, Chinese investment and tenders to Chinese companies for infrastructure including proposed tender to Tunnel Eng Co”. An MoHUA official said the construction of the 5.6 km tunnel was an ADB-funded project – the bids were invited in November 2019 and opened on March 16, 2020 – and STEC emerged as the lowest bidder on June 12; he said that while the tender was “under process” and “yet to be finalised”, “ADB/World Bank/Multi-lateral procurement guidelines do not allow discrimination among firms/ countries”.//
//On June 12, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co Ltd (STEC) emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction of 5.6km-underground section between New Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad -- part of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor.
The project is being managed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation or NCRTC. The corporation had opened online financial bids submitted by five bidders last week.
Even before the opposition could train its guns on the government over the success of the Chinese bid, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, has demanded the Narendra Modi government to cancel the bid.//
News: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chinese-firm-delhi-meerut-project-rss-modi-govt-stec-sjm-1689438-2020-06-16
18 Jun 2020
//SJM co-convener Ashwani Mahajan tweeted that the need of the hour was to “boycott Chinese products, stop endorsing Chinese brands, govt stops Chinese imports, Chinese investment and tenders to Chinese companies for infrastructure including proposed tender to Tunnel Eng Co”. An MoHUA official said the construction of the 5.6 km tunnel was an ADB-funded project – the bids were invited in November 2019 and opened on March 16, 2020 – and STEC emerged as the lowest bidder on June 12; he said that while the tender was “under process” and “yet to be finalised”, “ADB/World Bank/Multi-lateral procurement guidelines do not allow discrimination among firms/ countries”.//
20 Jun 2020
//Sources said that under the 'Make in India' clause equipment and manpower can be sourced locally providing opportunities to Indian companies. This would also fill in shortage of key personel in metro industry.
It is learnt that the June 23 meeting will discuss Action Taken Report pertaining too "Atmanirbhar Bharat". Since Finance Minister has also announced that global bids shall not be invited in government tenders up to Rs.200 crore, the meeting would focus on various requirements of Central Government entities which should be sourced from local or domestic suppliers only. These include metro companies and smart cities.//
22 Jun 2020
//Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is expected to finance $800 million for the 4th corridor of phase-II of Chennai Metro, the govt should add the ‘Make in India’ clause in the tender report, officials urged.
As Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (STEC) appeared as the lowest bidder for the New Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor construction having a distance of 5.6 km underground section. According to the sources, it is just to understand the ‘Make in India’ if included in the tender report will require limitations on Chinese bidders.//
News: https://www.metrorailnews.in/aiib-is-likely-to-fund-800-million-for-the-4th-corridor-of-chennai-metro-phase-ii/
03 Jul 2020
//Following the instructions, the western state of Maharashtra has put on hold three deals worth over Rs5,000 crore ($670 million) that were signed with Chinese companies at a recently held investor meet.
Similarly, the future of the semi-high speed rail corridor, Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), is in limbo because China’s Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (STEC) had emerged as the lowest bidder for an underground stretch of the project.
03 Jul 2020
//Following the instructions, the western state of Maharashtra has put on hold three deals worth over Rs5,000 crore ($670 million) that were signed with Chinese companies at a recently held investor meet.
Similarly, the future of the semi-high speed rail corridor, Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), is in limbo because China’s Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (STEC) had emerged as the lowest bidder for an underground stretch of the project.
Between 2014 and 2018, India ranked 31st in the list of countries where China invested. Infrastructure has been a sweet spot for China in India, as per policy think tank Brookings India.
Report: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Inc%E2%80%99s-growing-stake-in-India-China-relations_F.pdf
Report: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Inc%E2%80%99s-growing-stake-in-India-China-relations_F.pdf
The only dependence on Chinese players would be to the extent of construction equipment supply or the rolling stock for which there are other alternatives available across the globe, though, at a higher cost, Burla said. ”India awarded some rolling stock supply contracts to Beijing-based China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation. It should explore options from South Korea and Europe,” he added.//
07 Jul 2020
// The National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) has today opened financial bids of contract package 4 of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor. A total of five national and multinational bidders participated in the tender process. As per the results of financial bids disclosed by NCRTC, the position of all bidders are as under:
L-1: Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd (STEC) - Rs.1126 crore.
L-2: Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) - Rs.1170 crore.
L-3: Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut A.S(Gulermak) - Rs. 1,326 crore.
L-4: Tata Projects Ltd. -SKEC JV: Rs.1,346 crore.
L-5: Afcons Infrastrcture Ltd: Rs.1,400 crore
NCRTC has invited global bids for the first underground civil construciton package in Novermber last year (2019) and the Technical bids for this contract package were opened on 16 March 2020.//
News: https://www.urbantransportnews.com/stec-bags-rs-1126-crore-civil-contract-package-4-of-delhi-meerut-rrts-line/
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