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Railway asset monetisation through Rs 18,000 cr InvIT unlikely in FY23

Both the finance ministry and Union cabinet have recently come down heavily on railways and asked it to expedite its monetisation efforts

Railways stakes claim for coal transport planning, fix 'big mismatch'

Coal freight is railways' biggest source of revenue, earning it Rs 67,000 crore in 2021-22

Car crash test rating not essential: Transport secy Giridhar Aramane

'Compliance with the central motor vehicle rules will suffice,' he clarified

Rlys freight grows 11% on year in June at 125 MT, gains from loading coal

There has also been an increase of 7 per cent in freight leads, or the distance travelled for transportation of goods, which is a source of higher revenue for the railways

Railway officials to be rated on freight volumes, train movement efficiency

The Railways' overall freight growth against the ministry's internal target was 0.94 per cent in FY22

Shipping Ministry looks to make govt ports competitive against pvt peers

Minister asks for plan to build mega ports by 2047, develop new technologies

Nitin Gadkari approves draft of Bharat-NCAP car safety rating system

Bharat NCAP's testing protocol to be aligned with global crash-test protocols keeping in mind the Indian regulations

Maharashtra WDFC stretch delayed as centre, state squabble over green norms

State govt yet to give its go-ahead for project's continuation

Railways gets $245-mn World Bank loan to cut logistics project's emissions

Bid to help India reduce emissions through logistics project

Coal shortage hurting non-power sectors still year after supply shift

In the past one year, the non-power sector has seen coal dispatch fall by 33 per cent

NHAI pays Rs 308 cr arbitral award to IRB Infra SPV in payments dispute

Amount is 75% of total award for Pathankot-Amritsar told road project, matches union cabinet guideline.

How have ex-servicemen fared in finding government jobs so far?

The govt has defended Agnipath' saying ex-soldiers will get govt jobs. A Business Standard analysis suggests only 2.4% of ex-servicemen landed a govt job were unable to recruit against reserved quota

Agnipath: Data shows veterans fail to find govt jobs after retirement

A spokesperson for the Indian Railways said recruitment for around 24,242 vacancies of ex-servicemen was underway

21st century India is for wealth creators, says PM Narendra Modi

Inaugurates Rs 27,000-cr infrastructure projects in Bengaluru

Rs 920-cr transit corridor at Delhi's Pragati Maidan opens after 3-yr delay

The Pragati Maidan transit corridor project is designed to speed up travel, provide direct connectivity to Pragati Maidan; relief for commuters stuck in traffic jams in areas such as ITO

Agnipath protests: Arson in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh; 340 trains affected

While 94 mail or express trains and 140 passenger trains were cancelled, as many as 95 trains were partially cancelled and 11 were diverted

Project reports for new freight corridors to be ready by Dec: R K Jain

In a Q&A, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India MD R. K. Jain speaks about the timeline of the projects and the larger plan to build a countrywide freight corridor network

Will finish 90% of work on dedicated freight corridors by Jun 2023: RK Jain

DFCCI Managing Director R K Jain says that despite the disruptions from two Covid waves, the Easter dedicated freight corridors (DFC) will be completed soon

Can Indian power sector afford coal imports to meet spike in demand?

State discoms remain financially stressed and are against imports, while domestic coal availability is under pressure

Why is Ludhiana's apparel industry staring at losses?

Ludhiana's apparel industry, which churns out most of the country's readymade garments, is losing revenue. Two months of lockdown in China's Shanghai has brought the industry on its knees.