Apparently upset over not being elevated to cabinet rank, Srikant Jena on Wednesday kept everyone guessing as to whether he would assume charge as Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation with independent charge.
The government on said its ambitious Kashmir rail plan has the largest cost overrun of Rs 5,500 crore among those rail projects which have been delayed by more than a decade.
The government admitted to cost overruns to the tune of Rs 50,295 crore (Rs 502.95 billion) in 268 of 578 ongoing projects, but did not give details of the timeframe for implementation.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday, the Vatican said.
The government would use Simputers, the indigenously-developed simple computer, in surveys and data collection, Oscar Fernandes, the minister of state for statistics and programme implementation, said on Monday.
The average monthly per capita consumer expenditure in the country was Rs 554 for the rural areas, while for urban India it was Rs 1,022 according to the National Sample Survey, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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