Of the Rs 1.10 lakh crore investment required for the project, Japan is providing Rs 88,000 crore as a soft loan at 0.01 per cent interest.
Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved
Global crude oil prices have slumped by 49 per cent during the same period
The upcoming Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is set to use toilets of the Indian Railways
Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner
Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas
India is the third largest consumer of petroleum products, after the US and China.
The Manduadih-Rameswaram Weekly Express tops the list of latecomer trains, with the highest average delay time of 11.5 hours!
As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?
Since May 1, the dynamic fuel pricing model has been applied on a pilot basis in 5 cities
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is targeting the commissioning of the project by 2023-24
NDA's energy plan powered UP win, but it's not a winner yet. Centre has claimed to have saved money by targeted coverage but critics say the system is not yet foolproof.
'You can never bring about a change if you only bring in outsiders. Consultants will never feel what changes are necessary and where,' says Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
This comes as IR posted its worst operating ratio (money spent to earn every Rs 100) in 16 years, at 96.9 in 2016-17.
Sarod brothers Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash are waiting to take their creation, the Erod, to the world.
The Cabinet has approved a framework of understanding on cooperation in hydrocarbons with Bangladesh recently.
Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
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The development comes after the National Democratic Alliance government this year broke a 92-year-old tradition of presenting a separate Railway Budget, according to suggestions made by the Debroy committee.
JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India, Bhushan Steel, Essar Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam are among the top producers of the alloy in the domestic market
An increasing number of young classical musicians are dabbling in fusion music, discovers Aditi Divekar.
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