Infrastructure Related

News: Running a sustained audio-visual campaign to rein in welfare costs, the three public sector oil companies have managed to convince over one million consumers across India to surrender their LPG subsidy. Around 15.3 crore consumers are registered with the three companies, Indian Oil (Indane), Bharat Petroleum (Bharat Gas) and ...

News: To promote use of solar products, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up 270 shops across the state to sell such products. Under the scheme ‘Sour Mitra Akshay Urja Yoajan,’ 10 shops will be set up in each district of the state through Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency ...

News:  Agartala to become the third international internet gateway in the country after Mumbai and Chennai. Union Telecom Minister has launch the India-Bangladesh bandwidth connectivity programme in Agartala. An optical fibre cable from Agartala will be linked to a telecom cable company at Cox’s Bazar in south Bangladesh. The connectivity ...

News: The Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the South Oil Jetty of ten million tonnes capacity, built at a cost of Rs 222 crore, for smooth movement of liquid cargo from Paradip Port. Installation of the new oil jetty would lead to enhancement of Paradip Port’s ...

News: Union Minister has declared the coastal road connecting Odissa with West Bengal as a National Highway and announced that Rs 5,000 crore would be spent for its improvement. The detailed project report (DPR) for the new National Highway from Gopalpur to Digha would be prepared before coming december. Minister also ...

News: Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has decided to allow consolidation of pension in respect of retired Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees of major Port Trusts. This decision will now be implemented by the respective major ports from their own resources and is a step toward sharing the prosperity of the Major ...

News: In India, road projects are awarded via one of the three models: Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)-Annuity, BOT-Toll, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to debut the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) for award of highway projects by November this year. The HAM is a ...

News: Highways and shipping sectors plans to create 50 laks jobs for the massive projects worth Rs 6 lakh crore. The government is working towards a Rs 22,000 crore project to provide connectivity between India and Sri Lanka for which new openings will be required soon. The proposed project will ...

News: All villages located within 10 km of the international border will be developed on a priority basis with special emphasis on promotion of sports activities and rural tourism. Priority will be given to those villages located within 0-10 km from the international border and within that the villages identified by the Border Guarding Forces ...

News: National award, with a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh, will be given to three best rag pickers and three associations involved in innovation of best practices. The Environment Minister has pitched for setting up of a credible agency like Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) that can guide municipal ...