Infrastructure Related

Three key roads in Ladakh which give access to security forces to several strategic locations, including Siachen, will soon be constructed, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The roads connecting Leh-Demchok, Chuchul-Luma and Durbuk-Trijunction, which leads to the Siachen base camp has the inhospitable terrain in the icy heights of Himalayas ...

Government has exempted use of wireless requencies from licensing requirement for short-range microphones like cordless phones, radars, contact less cards and similar products. The Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing, in its latest notification exempted very low power equipment for wireless microphones, that can be used in the frequency band of 36 to ...

To transform India’s 96,000-km network of National Highways into green corridors, a Green Highways Project is likely to be launched by Union Transport Minister. Under the policy, it will be mandatory to set aside 1 per cent of the total project cost for plantation. Keen on transforming the NHs network into ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a Renewable Energy Roundtable with the US department of commerce and Stanford University on 26 September. Solar electricity can only be generated during daytime, and to use it at night, an effective storage solution is required. India is fit for solar power generation given ...

Modi plans to link the rivers and get companies to move cargo from foodgrains, cement and fertilizer to cars using waterways. India has failed to develop 14,500 kilometers (9,000 miles) of its inland waterways as a viable alternative to move cargo and ease congestion on land. The development of the ...

Gearing up for its ambitious plan to provide 24×7 power to all, the government has started the process of drafting National Electricity Plan for next five years which will outline sector’s projections, including generation. The committee which has been entrusted to chalk out National Electricity Plan, has decided to constitute ...

Telecom minister has said that, call drop issue would be resolved within a month, even as he termed the protest against tower radiation a ‘sinister’ campaign hampering network functioning. The call drop problem during peak hours in one year has almost doubled, as per a report of telecom regulator Trai. ...

Seeking to bridge the rural-urban divide, government will set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country as the Union Cabinet approved Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission with an outlay of Rs 5142.08 crore. The mission aims to spur economic, social and infrastructure development in rural areas. The preferred ...

Indian Oil Corporation will be investing Rs 1.75 trillion over the next seven years to expand output by 54 per cent to around 100 million tonnes per annum. It has a capex plan of Rs 1.75 trillion over the next seven years. And out of this, Rs 50,000 crore will ...

To create three waterways between landlocked Tripura and Bangladesh, two major rivers of the state would be linked with the river Meghna of the neighboring country. The Ministry of Water Transport and Shipping has asked the state government to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to connect state’s two major ...