Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways said that the government will set up a separate Transport Department comprising experts from automobile sector, alternative fuel, emission, etc. ´
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Happy New Infrastructure!
Clearly, the government had saved the best for the last, with a flurry of policy decisions at the year end. Infrastructure is clearly in for better times in 2016. The year 2015 was generally a positive one for the economy, although bumpy.
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2016 – An Infrastructure Leap Year
United Nations General Assembly has declared 2016 to be the year of ¨pulses¨. With pulse prices going sky-high in 2015, another source of protein for the poor people has well-nigh gone out of reach in our country.
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LED plan pares Delhi power demand by 145MW
The Narendra Modi Government´s programme to get consumers to replace less efficient CFL or incandescent lights with LED bulbs
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High Court sets aside Dharmshala smart city
The Himachal Pradesh High Court verdict to set aside state and Centre´s recommendations to allot multi-billion smart city project
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Modi launches Neev Fund in UK
India´s first low-income state infrastructure equity partnership (the Neev Fund) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in UK in the presence of David Cameron, Prime Minister, United Kingdom.
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PM Narendra Modi invites China to join solar alliance
Ahead of the crucial Paris climate talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited China to join the International Solar Alliance proposed by India. Modi extended the invitation to China during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Summit.
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Cabinet approves Rs.8,349-cr investment on rail freight lines
The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an investment of Rs.8,349 crore for laying down multiple freight-specific rail lines in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
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Keen to scale up investments: PM
PM Narendra Modi said rupee bonds to fund infrastructure projects will be launched in countries like Singapore. ´We are keen to scale up investments in next generation infrastructure including digital networks and clean energy,´ he said.
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Revised cost estimate for Rail-cum-Road Bridge across river Ganga at Munger
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for revised cost estimate amounting to Rs.2774 crore with Railway share as Rs.1247 crore and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways share as Rs.1527 crore for construction of Rail-cum-Road Bridge across River Ganga (14 kms) at Munger with a provision that the cost of land for road approaches may increase in future.