Infrastructure Related

News: National Highways Building Project (NHDP) is government’s flagship road building programme which envisages development of existing National Highways (NHs) into world-class roads in different phases. India has the world’s second-largest road network at 4.80 million kms and NHs comprise 2 per cent of total road network bearing 40 per ...

News: The government has approved Rs 40,885 crore revival package for 46 ailing PSU’s Including HMT Ltd, Cement Corporation of India, Konkan Railway Corporation, ITI Ltd and Bharat Coking Coal. The government has approved revival of 46 CPSEs (central public sector enterprises) envisaging a total assistance of Rs 40,885 crore (cash ...

News: India will allow 100% bio diesel for vehicles. The decision will pave way for manufacture of new engines that can use this fuel. The compatibility of vehicle to level of bio-diesel blend will be defined by the vehicle manufacturer and the same will also be displayed on the vehicle. ...

News: The average annual water availability for the country has been assessed by the Central Water Commission to be at 1,869-billion cubic metres. Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar Lal Jat said that that India’s demand for water is expected to exceed all current sources of supply and the ...

News: States and Union Territories will be penalised for any delay in transfer of funds to urban local bodies (ULBs) under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. States and UTs shall release the central assistance, along with the State/UT share, to the ULBs within seven working days of ...

News: “In the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, pending in Lok Sabha and being examined by a joint parliamentary panel, these benefits of compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement including mandatory employment are extended to 13 Central Acts mentioned in the 4th schedule of the 2013 Act,” said Rural Development ...

News: The Attorney General of India has given the go ahead to the Telecom Department for framing of rules under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 to prescribe principles for granting Right of Way by state governments and local bodies and for levy of charges for the establishment of telecom infrastructure. ...

News: After implementing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) on Delhi-Mumbai corridor of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), the system was today launched on the Chennai – Bengaluru corridor aiming to help road-users save time and money. The Centre had introduced ETC for payment of user fee on National Highways through inter-operable system with the ...

News: As per the government’s order, PWD have taken up cleaning of a 400-metre stretch of Cauvery river and its banks to ensure hastle-free celebration of August 3 Aadi Perukku festival, at a cost of Rs five lakh from Mela Cauvery to Old Palakkarai. The steps in the banks would be renovated and ...

News: Guwahati and five other cities in the northeast will be developed as solar cities to reduce dependency on conventional energy. The six cities – Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam, Kohima and Dimapur in Nagaland, Itanagar n Arunachal Pradesh and Agartala in Tripura – will be developed under the Development of ...