The disclosure, spanning 55 projects across 2,269 km with a capital cost of ā¹1.19 trillion, comes in response to Union Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkariās recent call for transparency and accountability in highway construction and maintenance. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the countryās highway development and implementation agency, has published a comprehensive list of...
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Will the Road construction target be achieved in 2023-24?
The road sector is suffering from immobility! Surprised? The road sector is suffering from immobility! Surprised? Let us say that it has landed in a standstill spot. Its ability to construct beyond 40 km per day is probably 15% as the rate at which we have seen the construction get executed has always been between...
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Invest in infrastructure, Gadkari exhorts industry
As highway InvITs perform well and numerous digital and technology innovations push the infrastructure sector, Private sector participation in the PPP mode can push for fast-track growth of the Indian economy, says Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways in India. The dream of the Prime Minister is to make the Indian economy $5...
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Gadkari inaugurates 10 NH projects of 292 km in Solapur
The National Highway projects to cost over Rs 8,000 crore
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Nitin Gadkari: Indian roads to be as good as American by 2024
Minister adds that road sector lacks a dedicated NBFC
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Conditional Approval for Vaccine Delivery by Drones
The Central Government is providing an exemption for experimental drone flights for vaccine delivery to enhance the scope of their usage in the country and assist the nation in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have already granted a conditional exemption to...
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A New Chapter Begins in Infra Financing
As the country slowly emerges from a severe second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers in the Central Government have actively been implementing solutions for kickstarting the economy since the previous fiscal. More recently, the setting up of the National Bank for Infrastructure & Financing Development (NaBFID) will ensure long-term financing for major infrastructure projects...
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Minister was speaking at webinar on road development as part of NIP
Minister was speaking at webinar on road development as part of NIP
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Gadkari inaugurates Koilwar Bridge over River Sone in Bihar, announces several new projects
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the three-lane 1.5 km long Koilwar bridge over River Sone in Bihar through video conferencing on Thursday.
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Govt trying to accelerate EV uptake: Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the Central Government was aiming at creating core global competencies in India by facilitating the seamless integration of the local automotive industry with the world. In this direction, it was attempting to create an ecosystem to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in the country.