Infrastructure Related

News The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways today released the Notification for mass emission standards for flex-fuel ethanol E85 and ED95 in vehicles. The Ministry has notified the test requirements for Type Approval and extension for two, three and four-wheeled vehicles. It has also notified the technical specifications of ...

News Job-seekers are finding jobs right in their villages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) through an innovative publicprivate-civil society partnership driven by Hindustan Unilever (HUL). It’s indeed rare for a large corporate entity to directly engage on NREGA although a few like ITC have had brushes ...

News The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that GAIL is not laying any pipeline from Kakinada to Vijaywada. However, GAIL is executing Lingala-Kaikaluru pipeline which would interconnect the Lingala-Kaikaluru isolated gas field grid with ...

News The government has approved the National Smart Grid Mission with an outlay of Rs 980 crore. The mission will serve as an institutional mechanism for planning, monitoring and implementing policies and programmes related to the smart grid. Activity Development of smart grid and micro grids, consumer engagements, training and ...

News India meets more than three fourths of its energy requirements through imports. The imports, worth around $150 billion annually, is expected to double by 2030 unless a planned strategy to reduce demand for fossil fuel is put in place at the earliest. “We are exploring the possibility of a ...

News The process of preparing a master plan to scale up LPG (gas supplied in cylinders to households and commercial establishments) coverage in the next three years  has been initiated by the centre. The proposed master plan will revolve around a marketing strategy with options of providing cylinders of different ...

News Although US was not quite happy , India went ahead with the signing of an agreement with Iran for the development of the strategically important Chabahar port. The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed after the talks between the two sides. India intends to lease two berths at Chabahar for 10 ...

News Government has closed 62 toll plazas after recovery of capital cost and in public interest. It launched a  webportal make the information about toll plazas on national highways and expressways operating under the Road Transport and Highways Ministry and National Highway Authority of India available to users. The information includes ...

A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Smart Cities Mission for development of 100 smart cities and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) of 500 cities with outlays of Rs 48,000 crore and Rs 50,000 crore respectively. The Cabinet also approved central funding under AMRUT to ...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Modi, gave its approval for extension of outstanding projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Extension for Projects running under Sub-Mission on Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP), which fall ...