Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly asked the ministries of coal, railways, shipping and power to work out a plan for better movement of coal though coastal and inland waterways and present the policy on the same to the cabinet.
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Special provision for environment
Giving top priority for clean environment, Indian Railways has decided to earmark 1 per cent of estimated cost of any project for environment works.
We don´t have a benchmark. The government will have to start setting it
It seems the government has a few mega projects in hand. These really need to stand the test of time, and how the rollout is going to happen is going to be the single biggest challenge. The numbers are too big. They should get real in terms of achieving these numbers.
Government aims to reduce logistic costs under Sagarmala Project
High logistical cost prevailing in India is the biggest hindrance for Indian businesses on the global level and the Ministry of Shipping will aim to reduce the cost under the Sagarmala Project, said Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, on the second day of the Maritime India Summit 2016.
Engineers’ edge
He pointed to the church he probably attended every Sunday as a boy, growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania in the US. His fingers moved across the screen of his mobile phone, as he flicked over the live images one after the other, pointing out a few more landmarks from his home-town.
Railways to unlock ad revenue potential
Running 12,000 passenger trains every day and ferrying some eight billion passengers every year, the Railways is an ad man's delight, and the country's largest transporter is on track to leveraging its reach and size.
Implications on infrastructure
The amount of Rs.800 cr budgeted for ports and inland waterways appears to be below the potential of these sectors. The Union Budget 2016-17 lists infrastructure among one of the four priority areas.
On the road to growth
The Budget has tried to address infrastructure financing issues by announcing deepening of the corporate bond market and allocation of Rs.25,000 crore towards recapitalization of public sector banks.
In a 100m-dash, roads and rail are about 40m ahead and you are still putting more into them.
Amitabh Verma, Chairman, Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), tells Rouhan Sharma India has no option but to develop its waterways infrastructure to keep pace with the needs of a growing population and a developing economy.
At last, a Budget for the villager?
quite like the manufacturing and services sectors depend on quality of infrastructure for their competitiveness, our agriculture also will be able to make a difference







