INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: Competition in the metro rail engineering and construction sector is intense and the only way to be price competitive is to
manufacture locally but the anomalies in GST are taking that advantage away from local manufacturers, Alain Spohr, managing director of
(Rupees 26.5 billion) to supply 248 metro cars for Mumbai Metro Line 3 from Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation
As we come close to Union elections, we will enter code of conduct, then depending on the outcome of the election, it may take time to step
pushed metro rail projects and companies, both local and international have been eyeing the opportunity, making the market highly
His company would be building the metro cars in its unit near Chennai and would start delivery by 2020, and complete it by 2022.
Alstom
India would also bid for the upcoming bids, in Mumbai and other towns, Spohr said that there is a concern that in these bids foreign
We need the authorities to correct it and have spoken to the government
We get positive comment but we need to see the outcome
It may be a key element in the next rounds of bidding for Mumbai metro as foreign companies manufacturing in Korea and China will be at an
As a result, there is a surplus GST that is non-refundable and has to be factored in as cost, which accounts for 7 per cent of sales
communicationbased train control systems and signaling system for the Mumbai Metro Line 3.
Currently, 50 per cent of its business is from
urban transport and rolling stock while 25 per cent is from signaling and balance 25 per cent from infrastructure projects.
