Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/05/2011 -- Bank credit to the infrastructure sector shot up by over 45% in the years 2008-09 and 2009-10. That's the biggest takeaway from the details of the sectoral distribution of credit that the central bank made public recently.

The RBI's revelations indicate that from November 2008 to November 2010, credit to the infrastructure sector grew by 110% from Rs 2.2 lakh crore to Rs 4.82 lakh crore. Overall credit in the same period however grew only by 9% and 22%, a total of around 31%, and this amounted to Rs 8 lakh crore.

Of the total Rs 8 lakh crore of extra loans given by banks in two years, over Rs 2.5 lakh crore was taken away by infrastructure itself.

India's annual industrial output growth accelerated to 10.8% in October from 4.4% a month ago.

India expects to invest about USD 500 bn in infrastructure, mainly in power, telecommunications, roads, railways and oil pipelines in five years to end-March 2012.

The Indian government plans to double spending on infrastructure to USD 1 trillion in its next five-year plan, which runs from April 2012.

Recognizing these issues the Bharat Chamber of Commerce and IPF have come together in the quest to bring the best and most influential minds together for a conference to discuss the issues that concern the sector, the policy approach, project analysis, supply outlook and the multiplier effect of investment on aggregate demand.

The idea is to glean learning points from Infrastructure growth stories from neighboring China to overseas UK and apply the best practices in the India Development Story to which the whole world looks up nowadays.

The confirmed speakers and the topics that they will be speaking on include:

R V Verma, CMD, National Housing Bank on "Housing Policy"
Aditya Aggarwal, MD, IDFC Project Equity on "Equity Funding of Infrastructure"
S P Gon Chaudhuri, MD, West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation on "Renewable Energy in India – Living up to the potential"
Jaydip Sinha, MD, Madison Capital LLC on "Investment in Health Sector and Role of Investment Bankers
Dr Sudip Kr Roy, Professor, Bengal Engineering & Science University on "Urban & Rural Ttransport – Finding the optimal modal mix"
B K Makhija, MD & CEO, RITES on "Mass Rapid Transport Systems"
R D Mundhra, Director, Simplex Projects Limited on "Urban Transport Solutions"

For the detailed agenda and list of speakers, click here. http://infrastructure.ipfedge.com/agenda/

Seats are limited and available on a first come first served basis. To download a registration form click here. http://infrastructure.ipfedge.com/IC_RegdForm.pdf, http://infrastructure.ipfedge.com/agenda/

For speaking and sponsorship opportunities call Mr. Rajarshi on 098306 74645 or write to him at rajarshi@ipfonline.com

IPF is committed to create world class knowledge sharing platforms.

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Infrastructure : The Global Driver Conference

Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/05/2011 -- India's infrastructure sector output grew 2.3% in November from a year earlier, slower than an upwardly revised annual growth of 8.6% in October, government data showed on Thursday.

In the first eight months of the current financial year to end-March 2011, output rose 5% compared with 4.5% growth in the year-ago period.

The infrastructure sector accounts for 26.7% of India's industrial output.

India's annual industrial output growth accelerated to 10.8% in October from 4.4% a month ago.

India expects to invest about USD 500 bn in infrastructure, mainly in power, telecommunications, roads, railways and oil pipelines in five years to end-March 2012.

The Indian government plans to double spending on infrastructure to USD 1 trillion in its next five-year plan, which runs from April 2012.

Recognizing these issues the Bharat Chamber of Commerce and IPF have come together in the quest to bring the best and most influential minds together for a conference to discuss the issues that concern the sector, the policy approach, project analysis, supply outlook and the multiplier effect of investment on aggregate demand. The idea is to glean learning points from Infrastructure growth stories from neighboring China to overseas UK and apply the best practices in the India Development Story to which the whole world looks up nowadays.

For the detailed agenda and list of speakers, click here. http://infrastructure.ipfedge.com/agenda/

Seats are limited and available on a first come first served basis. To download a registration form click here.
http://infrastructure.ipfedge.com/IC_RegdForm.pdf

For speaking and sponsorship opportunities call Mr. Rajashri on 098306 74645 or write to him at rajarshi@ipfonline.com

IPF is committed to create world class knowledge sharing platforms.

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Organized by IPFonline Limited in association with The Bengal Chamber of Commerce, the two- day conference saw industry leaders discuss on the challenges faced by the Indian Steel Sector ~

Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/15/2010 -- IPFonline Limited (IPF), one of India's most acclaimed trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Products in association with The Bengal Chamber of Commerce is hosting 'Steel Raw Materials Outlook', a two day conference (13th December to 14th December' 2010) at The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata, which focuses on assessing the challenges faced by the Indian steel industry primarily rising out of inflated prices of steel making raw materials.

The conference aimed at discussing the role of excess liquidity in the market which also touched upon the commodity space and has raised concerns over the spiraling volatility in prices of steel raw materials. The Conference also has a definitive scope to analyse the prospective opportunities that can equip the steel industry to face the challenges which is deeply affecting the growth of the steel industry. The first day of the conference witnessed prominent industry experts and influential figures like Mr. Sandipan Chakravortty, MD, Tata Steel Processing & Distribution, Mr. Gerard McCloskey, Founder Chairman, Mccloskey Group, Mr. D V Pichamuthu, Director, Southern Region, FIMI, Mr. Ashwani Sondhi, Director, Indian Commodity Exchange, Mr. M K Sampath, CEO, Pellet Projects (India), Essar Steel and others deliberate on the predicaments staggering the growth of the industry, analyse policy approach and the demand and supply balance, thus providing an outlook for prices of steel making raw materials.

Mr. Linus Lobo, COO, IPFonline limited commented, "The Indian steel industry has immense potential for growth but the key challenge lies in dealing with the volatility in prices for the steel raw materials effectively. Through this forum, we hope to evaluate the impeding factors and arrive at inferences which can help steel makers and the industry at large to negate the detrimental effect of price volatility and augment the growth of the steel sector."

Steel Raw Materials Outlook is being organised by IPFEdge, the conference division of IPFonline limited. IPFonline forayed into the world of conferences and trade fairs with an objective to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers, bringing them together on a single platform, and providing several opportunities for interaction and business development.

About IPFonline Limited
IPFonline Limited is a trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Product reviews. IPFonline Ltd is a corporation owned by IL&FS, HDFC, and R V Pandit, Founder & Publisher of Industrial Products Finder, India's most widely read trade journal on industrial and engineering products. With a bank of 38 product categories, 38,953 product profiles and a comprehensive list of 16,169 company profiles, the fundamental focus of IPFonline Ltd is to offer industry information about various engineering products, related categories and their manufacturers, as well as services and their suppliers. Head quartered in Chennai with network offices in 13 cities across India, IPFonline Ltd was launched in the year of 1999 and has lived up to its name as an online platform to provide a complete showcase of industrial products and thereby empower the SME Engineering industry in India. It has also forayed into industrial trade fairs across the country and organizes leading industry centric conferences on resources and renewable energy and on Engineering, Industrial Products and Machinery, in some of India's key business hubs. It has recently launched http://www.ipftradefairs.com for its trade fairs and http://www.ipfedge.com for its event management and conference business division.

For further information please contact Perfect Relations:
Arnab Sinha Roy @ 098315 69558/ Ria Chakravorty @ 09874897589 / Dip Banerjee @ 098308 55580

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To be hosted by IPFonline Ltd, ENGEETECH and BACE are two expositions (18th November, 2010 to 21st November, 2010 at the Science City grounds, Kolkata) which will cater to Eastern India’s growing requirement of advanced technology in engineering and construction segment to accelerate infrastructure growth The twin expositions will see manufacturers from 32 Indian cities exhibiting various unique products for the engineering and industrial equipment sectors

Kolkata, West Bengal -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/18/2010 -- IPFonline Limited (IPF), one of India's most acclaimed trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Products to host two simultaneous industrial expositions 'ENGEETECH 2010' and 'BACE EXPO 2010' targeting the engineering, building & construction industry in the Eastern region of India respectively. Beginning from 18th November, 2010 to 21st November, 2010 at the Science City grounds, Kolkata is slated to witness about 169 national and international industrial trade exhibitors, organizations and associations across, showcasing advanced industrial products and deliberating on the potential business to business opportunities present in the rapidly expanding engineering and construction industry in this part of the country.

The country is currently experiencing rapid urbanization which assures a phenomenal prospect for engineering and construction industry to grow along in the process. Like many other parts of the country Eastern India is also on the high growth curve in terms with infrastructure development. However, the real challenge lies in promoting awareness on innovative processes and adopting technological advancements present in engineering and construction industry which is a critical factor in determining the progress rate of economic development in the region. Thus these expositions will help to meet the growing requirement of developed technology in this part of the country and also play a key role in unearthing business opportunities for companies across India and abroad.

Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Linus Lobo, CEO, IPFonline Limited said, "We are presently witnessing a major growth in terms of infrastructure development in Eastern India and Kolkata as a gateway to the North-East serves as a key point for all retail and commercial activities. The major objective behind organising ENGEETECH and BACE is to promote the potential opportunities present in East India in engineering and construction sector and encourage participation of companies from across India and abroad to explore business opportunities in the Eastern market. Moreover the expositions will also unleash the best of technological innovation which the engineering and construction eastern market can use much to its advantage."

BACE EXPO 2010 (Building, Architectural, Construction & Engineering Expo) aims to explore the potential of the construction industry in the Eastern India, providing a common platform for international products and technology suppliers to interact with prospective consumers and enhance business opportunities. The central highlight of BACE 2010 will be Building and Construction Materials used for developing eco-friendly 'GREEN BUILDINGS'. The tradeshow will also have on display latest technological advancements of equipments, materials, services and techniques in the related fields. The event is supported by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC), and the Oriental Chamber of Commerce.

ENGEETECH 2010 is the first Engineering, Industrial Products and Machinery Expo & Symposium organized by IPFonline Limited in collaboration with ASK Trade & Exhibitions which will showcase industrial products catering to the complete engineering and manufacturing sector. The exhibition will also witness participation of players from neighbouring country Bangladesh for the "Buyer –Seller "meet where potential buyers affiliated to the Bangladesh Engineering Industry Owners Association (BEIOA) and Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise Manufacturers Association (BEMMA) will attend.

ENGEETECH 2010 and BACE EXPO 2010 is being organised by IPFtradefairs, the conference and international trade shows division of IPFonline limited. IPFonline forayed into the world of trade fairs with an objective to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers, bringing them together on a single platform, and providing several opportunities for interaction and business development. Through the Engeetech series of expositions and symposiums in some of India's key business hubs such as Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore, IPFonline Limited aims to create an interactive forum to explore businesses in the areas of engineering, industrial products and machinery. Moreover, the host international seminars that the Engeetech series promise will feature thought leaders sharing their views on several topics, techniques and processes of contemporary industrial trends.

More information is available at:

ENGEETECH : http://engeetechkolkata.ipftradefairs.com/

BACE: http://bace.ipftradefairs.com/

About IPF Online Limited
IPFonline Limited is a trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Product reviews. IPFonline Ltd is a corporation owned by IL&FS, HDFC, and R V Pandit, Founder & Publisher of Industrial Products Finder, India's most widely read trade journal on industrial and engineering products. With a bank of 38 product categories, 38,953 product profiles and a comprehensive list of 16,169 company profiles, the fundamental focus of IPFonline Ltd is to offer industry information about various engineering products, related categories and their manufacturers, as well as services and their suppliers. Head quartered in Chennai with network offices in 13 cities across India, IPFonline Ltd was launched in the year of 1999 and has lived up to its name as an online platform to provide a complete showcase of industrial products and thereby empower the SME Engineering industry in India. It has also forayed into industrial trade fairs across the country and organizes leading industry centric conferences on resources and renewable energy and on Engineering, Industrial Products and Machinery, in some of India's key business hubs. It has recently launched http://www.ipftradefairs.com for its trade fairs and http://www.ipfedge.com for its event management and conference business division.

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Hosts 'SOLAR 2010' - the first conference under the Forum to delve on the opportunities of solar energy to meet the expanding energy requirement.

New Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/26/2010 -- IPFonline Limited (IPF), one of India's most acclaimed trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Products today announced the launch of Renewable Energy India Forum (REIF). The vision behind REIF is to provide a platform for showcasing the promotion of renewable energy in India and elsewhere, by showcasing the latest products (and processes) in renewable energy, thus developing the biggest online cluster for the sector in the world.

Marking the beginning of this pioneering effort, Renewable Energy India Forum hosted their first conference today devoted to 'Solar Energy' at The LaLit in New Delhi and will continue till 22nd September, 2010. This event will be followed by similar conventions on Wind, Bio-Energy and Hydropower respectively, spanned across FY 10-11.

The objective of the 'Solar 2010' conference & exhibition organised under the Renewable Energy India Forum was to focus on the challenging issues and opportunities available in the country for Solar Energy. The first day of the conference witnessed leading Solar Energy Experts, Industry Leaders, Private & Govt. Financial Institutions, Technology Experts and Nodal Agencies like Shri. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor & Head, Solar Energy Centre, MNRE; Shri N. Bangara Raju, VC & MD, NEDCAP; Mr. Jason Donovan, First Secretary, Energy, US Embassy; Mr. Busso von Alvensleben, Indo-German Development Cooperation in the Energy Sector; Mr. Rajnish Sapra, CFO, Acciona Energy India; Shri N Balasuramanian, CMD, SIDBI; Mr. S K Hazra, M.D, NVD Solar Limited; Dr. Debajit Palit - TERI exchange their views, knowledge and expertise in the solar energy sector. Issues like financial feasibility and technical gullibility's of solar power production, analysis of the of the Solar Equipment Manufacturing in India aligned to its global counterparts, and evaluation of required level of skilled manpower development to support the process was discussed

IPFonline since its inception has been working closely with small and medium enterprises across the manufacturing sector. With the development of renewable energy sector, there have been many innovative inventions on energy efficient and environmental friendly products. IPFonline's vision for the introduction of the Renewable Energy India Forum is to create awareness and drive demand by supporting the product innovations in this segment. To cite a few examples solar air conditioners, are some of the products with low awareness but high potential.

Commenting on the initiative Mr. Linus Lobo, COO, IPFonline limited said, "A parallel utilization of renewable resources like solar, wind, bio-mass along with conventional energy is necessary to meet the current need- gap for energy. At the same time there is a huge untapped market for products harnessing renewable energy which is silently growing in our own backyard. The objective for creation of Renewable Energy India Forum Energy is to bring forth and support ideas and innovations in a focussed manner and thereby ultimately contribute to catalysing the shift to clean green living. Solar 2010 marks our first step towards this progressive effort and we hope to achieve successful results in the coming years."

Some facts
With the alarming rise in the consumption of energy in the country, India is increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal and oil & gas. But with the global rising prices of oil and gas and potential shortages in future lead to concerns about the security of energy supply, which is critical for sustainable economic growth.

Simultaneously, deploying natural resources like fossil fuels are a major concern for environmental issues universally. Thus it is critical at this juncture to explore new avenues of energy production and promote the distinct advantages of renewable energy. Certain key factors indicating vast opportunity for exploitation of renewable energy sources for power generation in India are:

* As against the estimated 80000 MW renewable energy based grid connected power generation potential in the country, the realized installed capacity is only about 6000 MW.

* The renewable energy based power generation capacity presently constitutes only 5% of the total installed capacity in the country.

*The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources is aiming to achieve up to 10% of additional installed capacity to be set up till 2012 to come from renewable energy sources.

* India is endowed with enormous solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India's land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per sq. m per day. Hence both technology routes for conversion of solar radiation into heat and electricity, namely, solar thermal and solar photovoltaics, can effectively be harnessed providing huge scalability for solar in India.

The Renewable Energy India Forum (REIF) aspire to be an enabler for proactive dialogue to build up national cooperation and encourage innovative stakeholder partnerships aimed at investments in renewable energy for productive uses. It will also help in identifying policy issues, institutional frameworks and successful initiatives and promote projects aimed at increasing usage of modern and sustainable energy services based on renewable energy in the country and later, across the world.

Renewable Energy India Forum has slated four key conferences on SOLAR, WIND, BIO-ENERGY and HYDROPOWER for the calendar year 2010-2011.

For further enquiries please contact Perfect Relations: Mokshi John@123456789/Dhirendra Negi@123456789

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/26/2010 -- IPFonline.com, one of India's most acclaimed trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Products, announced today that its popularity has soared to such a great extent, in a very short period of time since its launch in November 2009, that its Ranking is now in the top 50,000 globally and around the top 3000 in India. (Source: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ipfonline.com#)

This has been achieved in 10 short months since the relaunch of the website http://www.ipfonline.com .

In November 2009, in response to its customers needs, IPFonline relaunched its website to make it more user friendly and Search driven. It completely revamped the User Interface of http://www.ipfonline.com and powered it with a brand new Content Management system which was extremely robust and easy to use and further develop.

In a short span of 4 months Google accorded a Page Rank of 5 and the traffic to the site has steadily increased week on week leading to the steady rise in its rankings.

Today about 80% of http://www.ipfonline.com traffic is driven by Search Engines and the balance 20% is through Referring Sites and Directly driven. All three drivers are steadily growing.

IPFonline aspires to take its ranking in the Top 1000 websites globally and the top 100 in India and has set itself the target to achieve this goal by end of 2011.

About IPF Online Limited
IPFonline Limited is a trade information and service provider of Industrial and Engineering Product reviews. IPFonline Ltd is a corporation owned by IL&FS, HDFC, and R V Pandit, Founder & Publisher of Industrial Products Finder, India's most widely read trade journal on industrial and engineering products. With a bank of 38 product categories, 38,953 product profiles and a comprehensive list of 16,169 company profiles, the fundamental focus of IPFonline Ltd is to offer industry information about various engineering products, related categories and their manufacturers, as well as services and their suppliers. Head quartered in Chennai with network offices in 13 cities across India, IPFonline Ltd was launched in the year of 1999 and has lived up to its name as an online platform to provide a complete showcase of industrial products and thereby empower the SME Engineering industry in India.

It has also forayed into industrial trade fairs across the country and organizes leading industry centric conferences on resources and renewable energy and on Engineering, Industrial Products and Machinery, in some of India's key business hubs. It has recently launched http://www.ipftradefairs.com for its trade fairs and http://www.ipfedge.com for its event management and conference business division .

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