Infrastructure major L&T on Tuesday said its construction arm has bagged the contract for construction of the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The company did not provide value of the contracts but said the orders fall under “major” category which ranges between Rs 5,000 crore and Rs 7,000 crore as per its classification of contracts.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s largest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) player, along with its joint venture partner Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems has secured a large steam generator and associated packages contract for 2×660 (1320) MW thermal power project of UP government in Bulandshahar district. The order comes at a time when thermal power sector is undergoing severe stress and overall boiler, turbine, generator (BTG) orders have depleted consistently over the last four years.

Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its power business has bagged a “significant” order from NTPC to set up flue gas desulphurisation system at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh. L&T has received engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order to set up flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) system at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station at stage-I & II (6×210 mega watt (MW) & 2×500 MW, the company said in a BSE filing.

Mumbai: The government’s Make in India initiative has failed to create enough jobs as companies across sectors still prefer to import goods instead of manufacturing locally, said Larsen and Toubro Ltd chairman A.M. Naik.

“The Prime Minister’s Make In India programme, which is spoken about a lot, has to do a lot more.

Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it plans to raise up to Rs 1,400 crore through issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement basis.

The company, however, did not elaborate on the reasons for raising funds.

Top officials of Larsen and Toubro Ltd, HDFC Bank and Paytm have donated about Rs 15 crore to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund in Bihar.

A cheque of Rs 10 crore was presented to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by the CEO and MD of Larsen and Toubro Shailesh Roy in presence of assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Thursday, a release said.

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth will be 6.5 per cent this year, and accelerated spending is unlikely to happen in the next 18 months, according to A M Naik, chairman of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the country’s largest engineering conglomerate.

“Growth is going to be not more than 6.5 per cent this year.

A part of Larsen and Toubro’s ₹9,000 crore worth of projects in Andhra Pradesh is at stake as the new government headed by Jaganmohan Reddy has decided to review all projects where less than 25% of the work has been completed.

Asked for comments, L&T MD & CEO S.N. Subrahmanyan said, “This initial way of looking over the previous regime slows down the progress.

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday reported a decent set of numbers for the three months to June but indicated that a revival in private sector capex was a good 12-18 months away.

The engineering firm reported a smart 21% year-on-year jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,473 crore, though revenues grew at a sedate 10% y-o-y to Rs 29,636 crore. Moreover, fresh orders during the quarter were up a modest 11% y-o-y to Rs 38,700 crore.

Infrastructure company Larsen & Toubro Friday said its power business has bagged “significant” orders from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to set up flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems in three of its power plants.

DVC’s three plants where FGD systems will be set up are Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (2×500 MW), Mejia Thermal Power Station (2×500 MW) and Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station (2×600 MW) – in West Bengal, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said in a regulatory filing.

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