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1. Transport Corporation of India (TCI), a logistics solutions provider firm embraces the philosophy of making life better for all. In a CSR initiative to seek the arrest of spread of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in the Indian trucking community, TCI Foundation, the social arm of TCI is implementing a comprehensive nationwide HIV/AIDS prevention program for long distance truck drivers, called “Project Kavach”. This project is part of the ‘Avahan India’ a nationwide HIV/AIDS Prevention initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
2. Project Kaisei ("ocean planet" in Japanese) is a scientific and commercial mission to study and cleanup the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large body of floating debris trapped in the Pacific Ocean by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.First discovered by Charles J. Moore in 1997, the patch is estimated to contain 20 times the density of floating debris compared to the global average.
3. The National Highways Development Project is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was implemented in 1998. "National Highways" account for only about 2% of the total length of roads, but carry about 40% of the total traffic across the length and breadth of the country. This project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. The NHAI has implemented US$ 71 billion for this project, as of 2006.
4. The objective of the Fifth Power System Development Project for India is to strengthen India's electricity transmission system in order to increase reliable power exchange between regions and states. The project will consist of one component, namely regional transmission schemes for strengthening of Western, Northern and Southern region transmission systems, and the interregional power exchange for the national grid. Indeed, the first three schemes are being constructed to meet the demand in the..
5. The India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited is an apex organization established on 5th January, 2006 under the Companies Act 1956, with the objective of financing major infrastructural projects of India that require huge investments. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), is a public limited company, owned and controlled by the government of India.