Infrastructure Related

News: The government proposes to return a substantial proportion of developed land along proposed expressways and city bypass projects to owners for commercial development. The move will help acquire space to build roads, offering a possible way out for a seemingly intractable obstacle in the way of all infrastructure development ...

News: To boost waterways, the government has prepared a Rs 400 crore project under which the centre will provide subsidy of 50 per cent to states to build floating jetties. Also, the government has decided to open up seven new major ports in the country, Gadkari said after chairing the ...

News: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved a proposed master plan to develop 50 solar cities, including three in the national capital region. Eight cities are to be developed as ‘Model Solar Cities and fifteen cities will be developed as ‘Pilot Solar Cities’, said Official. Source: ET

News: International Crude Oil prices slid towards the $40 barrel mark, amid growing worries about the health of the Chinese economy, and raised the prospects of a fresh round of cuts in kitchen and auto fuel prices in India in the coming weeks. Although US oil prices headed towards the eighth ...

News: The government is considering linking Sarada river, originating from Nepal, with Gujarat after it traverses through six states, will benefit north and northwestern states of the country, including Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inked three agreements, including one on the 5,600 MW Pancheshwar multipurpose project that will pave the way to start the stalled project. ...

News: The Centre is planning to give the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) expressway the status of a national highway and extend it till Sohna. The FNG expressway is 56km long with 19.9km in Noida-Greater Noida, 8km in Ghaziabad and the remaining 28.1km in Faridabad. If it is extended till Sohna, its length ...

News: In view of the high costs involved in cleaning up and inter-linking of rivers, the government is considering levying a charge on river water users and those polluting them. The cost of inter-linking of rivers has risen from Rs 5 lakh crore to Rs 11 lakh crore. The cost ...

News: With India renovating Jewish heritage sites in the country, India’s envoy to Israel has appealed to young Jews of Indian origin to utilise the ease of travelling to the land of their forefathers and to contribute in strengthening bilateral ties by connecting to their roots. Earlier this year, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ...

News: Fuel retailers review petrol and diesel prices every fortnight and make adjustments based on the global rates of the products. Since last price change, there has been a decrease in international prices of both petrol and diesel, exchange rate depreciated. “Combined impact of these factors warrants a downward revision ...

News: Government will spend Rs 14,000 crore to promote hybrid and electric vehicles in the country. A scheme has been formulated by the ministry to promote hybrid and electric vehicles. Centre is going to spend about Rs 14,000 crore on this scheme. Under the scheme, public transport system in metropolitan cities ...