Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Anil Kumar Jain on Tuesday said that if the need arises, the government will spend Rs 500 billion to improve the coal evacuation infrastructure.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), on Tuesday said that priority of the government is to develop indigenous, low carbon, sustainable, economically viable, pollution-free and cost-effective transportation system, which also provides comfort to the poor.

Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on Wednesday said that the government is considering bringing natural gas under the GST to begin with as it would be difficult to bring the entire oil & gas sector immediately under it.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been making strides in addressing the acute shortage of skilled manpower, but there is still a long way to go.

If you look at the contours of the National Skill Development Policy, one of the key tenets of the policy is going to be how do you match demand and supply. And we need to understand that it´s a policy in the making, NSDC is not privy to the policy.