Read more about Govt eases curbs on steel for highway construction to reduce cost on Business Standard. Doing away with restrictive conditions for use of steel in highways construction, the government on Sunday announced that all kinds of steel will be allowed for highways
India, which has one per cent of the world s vehicles, accounts for 10 per cent of all road crash victims, the latest World Bank report on road safety said on Saturday. Hartwig Schafer, World Bank s Vice President for South Asia, said the Indian government in recent years has taken significant steps to address the issues related to road safety. For India, it s one per cent of the world s vehicles and 10 per cent of the crash victims. This is something where, in particular in India, we have to pay attention, Schafer told PTI in an interview on the occasion of the release of the report on road safety in New Delhi on Saturday.
Congress confusing people, India will get world-class roads: Gadkari
Mon, Feb 01 2021 09:07:56 PM
By Navneet Mishra
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday termed this year s Budget as revolutionary and historic. Gadkari said it is a step towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and infrastructure development worth Rs 111 lakh crore. It will help realise Prime Minister Modi s dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-dependent India). The Budget will take the country further on the development path. India will get world-class roads within the next five years, said Gadkari, one of the senior-most ministers in the Modi government.
Cong confusing people, India will get world-class roads: Gadkari
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Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday termed this year s Budget as revolutionary and historic. Gadkari said it is a step towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and infrastructure development worth Rs 111 lakh crore. It will help realise Prime Minister Modi s dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-dependent India). The Budget will take the country further on the development path. India will get world-class roads within the next five years, said Gadkari, one of the senior-most ministers in the Modi government.
Rajeev Ranjan named Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary
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He also belongs to the 1985 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and has held various positions in his 35-year-long service.
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Rajeev Ranjan. Photo: Twitter/@DrRajeev Ranjan
He also belongs to the 1985 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and has held various positions in his 35-year-long service. The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday named senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan as Chief Secretary. The Centre had last week approved the repatriation of Mr. Ranjan to his parent cadre (Tamil Nadu) “on the request” of the State government.
Just as his predecessor K. Shanmugam, Mr. Ranjan also belongs to the 1985 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).