Connectivity: Why the next leap depends on platforms, not just projects — a RITES perspective

Integration is not just about connecting roads to railways or ports to freight corridors; it is also about linking the information systems that enable these networks to function, writes Rahul Mithal, Chairman and Managing Director, RITES.

Morgan Stanley gives AI agents access to wealth platforms: How it works, what changes. (Image AI generated)

For years, India's infrastructure story was told in the language of projects: a highway here, a freight corridor there, a logistics park somewhere else. In 2026, the story may no longer be just about what we are building, but how what is built is being connected, not only projects that add capacity, but platforms that multiply connectivity. And that changes the infrastructure challenge itself.

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