Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal spoke with the media about his privatisation plan, safety road map and innovation strategy.
Indian Railways to bring on board ready-to-eat food companies
Fifteen stations might be taken up in the first stage with an investment of Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
The tankers carrying fuel from terminals to dealer outlets would not just have global positioning system (GPS) tracking but also an electronic key (e-key).
The government had also appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as consultant to come up with a road map to upgrade base kitchens and service on trains.
Mumbai-based BabyChakra is among the four start-ups Google has shortlisted from India for the fifth batch of its mentorship programme
The kerosene subsidy is expected to decline by 40 per cent from Rs 7,595 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 4,500 crore this financial year.
Around 30-50 million passengers in the reserved category have switched over to digital payments.
The government had last year excluded those with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG subsidy
Piyush Goyal has begun his term as railway minister with characteristic energy, but not all his new initiatives are being praised
Indian Railways under Piyush Goyal has chalked out a new plan for station redevelopment. Railway stations in 15 cities may soon offer residential apartments.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
Indian companies place orders worth $600 million for US crude, which is likely to increase by nearly $2 billion in the near future.
The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT plan and the transformation cell
The company had assets in countries like Yemen, Peru, Oman, Myanmar, Columbia, East Timor, Kurdistan and Australia, but it exited almost all these blocks later as part of its portfolio rationalisation
German aid likely for Bengaluru-Chennai bullet train
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.
Enguru app's 40-hour programme teaches general spoken English & employability-focused English.
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
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