Yoga guru Baba Ramdev celebrated the 20th foundation day of his ashram, Divya Yog Mandir Trust in Haridwar, on Monday by participating in a wrestling match against wrestler Sushil Kumar.
Contentious issues like land acquisition and sharing of toll seem to have put the approval of the new Model Concession Agreement for highway projects on hold.
With around 85,000 road accident deaths every year, the ministry for road transport and highways is considering a proposal to set up a Commissionerate for Safety.
National highways in remote areas, intermediate and single roads are all set to be two laned, with the government having identified 5,000-km of such roads for upgradation.
"The Union Budget represents the aspirations of 130 crore Indians and lays out the path towards India's development. I invite you all to share your ideas and suggestions for this year's Budget on MyGov," the PM said according to a statement posted on his official website on Thursday.
Gadkari, a senior BJP leader, insisted that Raje had done no wrong and said that such issues should not be brought into politics.
The department of investment and public asset management (Dipam) can also seek in-principle approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for strategic divestment of PSUs on a case-to-case basis considering investor appetite and sectoral trends.
These clauses deal with penalties, licences, registration and National Transport Policy, among others.
KH Muniyappa, Union minister of state for road transport and highways said once the consultancy firm, appointed to fix the value of assets of the gold mining company, submits its report on the entire stretch of 80 kilometer radii of Kolar, the tenders will be floated. This, he said, is likely to happen in the next three months.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been under attack for delays in completion of its road projects as well as for poor corridor management.
"We are the government. The Navy and the Defence Ministry are not the government," he added.
Traffic hurdles for travellers between Delhi and Agra may be a thing of past after the implementation of a proposal to construct a signal-free elevated highway on the route at a cost of Rs 267 crore (Rs 2.67 billion).
Government tenders could soon go to bidders who promise to train highest number of youth.
With only a handful of models by a few manufacturers including Tata Nexon, MG ZS, Hyundai Kona, among others, the segment has remained under tapped.
The new United Progressive Alliance government has identified infrastructure development as its top most priority for faster economic growth and equitable distribution of income.
The 43 km stretch of the expressway is a part of the ambitious National Highways Development Project.
The Indian delegation will comprise officials from the ministries of external affairs, road transport and highways and the Rajasthan government.
The Golden Quadrilateral Road Project, launched in 2000-01 by the National Democratic Alliance government, would be completed by end of December as only five per cent of the work remains to be completed.
The idea is to do away with the need for the approval of the Core Group of Secretaries on Divestment for privatisation of companies, especially in non-strategic sectors.
B C Khanduri, who was elevated to Cabinet rank in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who was given independent charge of the civil aviation ministry, were among those who joined work on Monday.
Once the scheme is implemented 70-80 per cent of the freight would move along national highways as against the current 40 per cent, says Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
About 92 per cent of the 5846-km Golden Quadrilateral project is expected to be completed by December 2005, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping T R Baalu said on Saturday.
The government has earmarked Rs 98,000 crore (Rs 980 billion) for upgradation of national highways within 5-6 years, Minister for Road Transport and Highways B C Khanduri said on Saturday.
New norms issued as per the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 have mandated a cap on surge price, preventing aggregators from charging more than 1.5 times of the base fare.
The first phase of the prime minister's ambitious Rs 58,000 crore (Rs 580 billion) National Highway Development Project, connecting four metros with four/six lane roads.
The government on Thursday postponed by one year the target date for completion of the first phase of the prime minister's ambitious Rs 58,000-crore National Highway Development Project.\n\n\n\n
The new Minister for Shipping Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu on Wednesday ruled out privatisation of the national flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India but saw no problems in giving berths on ports to private firms.
'India never tried to grab land of its neighbours like Bhutan and Bangladesh'
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