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NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has replaced Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary in the department of economic affairs, on the board of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The reorganisation of the NHAI board was made as part of the Cabinet approval for the ambitious Bharatmala programme.
The government last month empowered the NHAI to appraise projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore. Earlier, government-funded infrastructure projects were appraised by the Public Investment Board, which had representation from the NITI Aayog. “After doing away with PIB and power being vested with the NHAI, NITI Aayog also needed representation on the board,” said an
