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Dhruvaksh Saha is a policy reporter, currently tracking developments in transport, infrastructure, and the economy, focusing chiefly on policy and sectoral movements in highways, railways, maritime economy, mass transport, and economic policy planning at NITI Aayog.
Dhruvaksh Saha is a policy reporter, currently tracking developments in transport, infrastructure, and the economy, focusing chiefly on policy and sectoral movements in highways, railways, maritime economy, mass transport, and economic policy planning at NITI Aayog.
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan among new members
Loco pilot was given incorrect authority document, finds Railway safety commissioner
Committee under RDSO prepping action plan to reduce signal failures
Ashwini Vaishnaw recently announced that the national transporter will manufacture 10,000 non-air-conditioned coaches over the next two financial years
Ministry may generate revenue by leasing out land parcels belonging to Indian Railways
Social sector push, rural economic development discussed at key meet
Road ministry officials say central bridge projects perform better than state ones due to stricter checks and balances
Accuses Rahul Gandhi of attempting to demoralise Indian Railways
Govt to come up with new shipbuilding policy as part of 100-day plan
He added that India's size gives It the resources to diversify and upgrade the economy overtime and can become a magnet for FDI
The committee was set up last week and is expected to turn its report in next week, 15 days after its formation
Freight volumes for the national transporter, Indian Railways, had contracted year-on-year for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak in June 2023
The majority opinion held that the accident may have occurred due to non-following of rules regarding passing automatic signals at danger position and possible excessive speed of the goods train
Steelmaker expects to meet 87% of orders; moves towards Vande Bharat wheels
Lack of regulatory clarity complicates matters on third-party data-sharing
National transporter is facing shipment delays of forged wheel imports
While the domestic production of coal during these summer months has grown 8-10 per cent over last year, easing of transportation bottlenecks has been the real catalyst of change
Indian Highways Management Company Ltd also floated an expression of interest for the implementation of Global Navigation Satellite System across the country earlier this month
Experts understand it as reasonable, given the high base the highway budget is operating on due to back-to-back bumper hikes in the previous two financial years
Focus will be on the quality of work done and not just the length of highways built, say senior govt officials