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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.
Transporter asks Centre, Delhi govt to infuse equity of Rs 3,500 crore each
With the international framework broadly agreed on, talks pick up the pace
Ministry is concerned about wider repercussions of Supreme Court decision to revoke the firm's disqualification
Will provide relief to contractors, free working capital stuck in bank guarantees, says Gadkari
He said the government's Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) would be slowly enlarged to Rs 3,000-4,000 crore over a number of years, from the current Rs 500 crore per year
Flat cargo numbers since Q2 drag total FY23 growth down to 8.8%
U-turn on station development major cause behind botched FY23 monetisation
Unreserved tickets garner 422% more; bookings still 72% of pre-pandemic period
Zonal Railways asked to designate more works as special projects for quicker clearance
Officials peg FY23 freight between 1500-1550 mt
At least 4 of the five bidders have formed JVs for the Rs 26,000-crore order
These would be for immediate execution and be overseen by MoRTH
National transporter targets FY24 to close critical project pipeline
Besides cattle run-overs, fencing and track quality reasons for trains moving at an average 83 kmph
Plans are to build 1,000 km of walls across sections, no change on Vande Bharat nose panel, damage to which brought the issue of cattle hits to the fore
Dip in October has severely dented prospects of road ministry meeting its target of constructing 12,000-14,000 km of highways in 2022-23
Sources say key meeting between DMRC, central officials and Delhi govt was inconclusive on lack of consensus on modalities to infuse equity of Rs 5,000 crore into DMRC
Currently, India does not have a robust container manufacturing market, and a large portion of its containers come from China
RIL emerged as the winning bidder for the public-private-partnership (PPP) project, with its own investment pegged at Rs 783 crore
Move over 'inordinate delay' in executing crucial stretch of Western DFC