Claude AI SaaS is influencing infrastructure project delivery, EPC workflows, compliance automation, digital twins and AI-driven governance across India’s infra sector

India’s infrastructure story is evolving into a multi-asset, multi-decade investment opportunity extending far beyond roads. Backed by reforms such as NIP, PM Gati Shakti, PPPs, and InvITs, private and global capital is flowing into digital infrastructure, renewable energy, ports, logistics, and urban utilities — positioning infrastructure as India’s new, compounding asset class.

With record allocations for MoRTH and NHAI, the Budget combines sustained capex, execution discipline, asset monetisation, and policy continuity—positioning highway development as a catalyst for mobility, logistics efficiency, and regional integration.

India’s Union Budget 2026–27 doubles down on infrastructure-led growth, raising public capex to ₹12.2 lakh crore and reinforcing the Centre’s belief in roads, rail, and logistics as engines of competitiveness. Yet the real test lies beyond allocation—execution capacity, state-level absorption, and risk-sharing mechanisms will determine whether this ambitious outlay delivers credible, on-ground transformation

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Yet beyond the headline numbers lies a sharper message for the industry: execution discipline, working-capital strength and corridor-led productivity will define winners. This piece examines how the budget reshapes opportunity, competition and accountability for India’s infrastructure and EPC ecosystem

by Tejasvi Sharma, Editor-in-Chief, EPC World India’s contemporary infrastructure discourse is no longer defined merely… Read more: Policy Shifts & Budget Priorities: Re-Engineering India’s Infrastructure Statecraft

The metro is no longer a project typology; it is an urban operating system. Cities are being reorganised around Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), station-area densification, multimodal integration, and last-mile ecosystems

How Budget 2026 will rewrite India’s economic architecture through infrastructure, capital, and civilisational ambition

by Tejasvi Sharma, Editor-in-Chief, EPC World In a recent analytical classification that has stirred both… Read more: Why the IMF Rated India’s GDP as ‘C’: Signals, Subtexts, and the Future of Infrastructure Finance

This article explores whether Venezuela was targeted for challenging the petrodollar by seeking alternatives to dollar-based oil trade, and how the resulting sanctions reshaped global alliances. Crucially, it examines what this episode signals for India’s energy security, currency exposure, and infrastructure-driven growth ambitions.

Retrofitting is not a cosmetic exercise but a comprehensive intervention strategy that extends the lifespan of aging assets while embedding contemporary standards of safety, sustainability, and efficiency