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Modi govt's transport plan for India: From 'hawai chappal' to 'hawai jahaj'

"Hawai chappal wale ko hawai jahaj main bithana hain (those wearing bathroom slippers have to be taken in an aeroplane)"< says Jayant Sinha, minister of state for civil aviation, on the government's intent to make flying affordable. Investment revival, especially in the highway and port sectors, is another plank of the Narendra Modi government's transport policy, the overall theme being improving of connectivity through better infrastructure. Enabling policies in aviation, along with a window provided by cheaper fuel prices, has allowed India to become the third largest market for domestic passengers, behind America and China. However, infrastructure bottlenecks are an issue.The government's Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) in aviation, to put previously unconnected cities on the map, is finally shiwing signs of picking up. Through viability gap funding, financed from a levy on trunk routes, the government aims to entice airline operators to start operations on routes considered

3 years of Modi govt: Congress on offensive against 'Rs 2,000-cr MODI fest'

Cong says NDA govt's focus is only on publicity and 'they don't have any concrete policy for India

PM Modi inaugurates India's longest bridge in Assam as his govt turns 3

The project costs around Rs 1000 crores and has taken about six years to complete

3 yrs of Modi govt: 73% of targeted villages electrified, but only 8% fully

In Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Jharkhand and Bihar, fewer than 50% of rural households have electricity

3 years of Modi govt: India Inc wants focus on jobs, labour reforms, NPAs

GST, key initiatives like 'Make in India', and infrastructure development earned a thumbs up

Three years of Modi govt: PM credits concrete steps for transforming lives

He also invited the public to participate in a survey on his NarendraModi App

3 years of Modi govt: Many achievements, but Hindutva bodies a worry

Questions remain over stridency shown over cow protection, love jihad and socially volatile issues

3 years of Modi govt: Rural roads take 124 days to build from UPA's 474

However, the pace of rural road construction has slackened in FY17

We are trying to give structure to govt inputs to RBI: Arvind Subramanian

Interview with chief economic adviser

NHAI to have new wings for global projects, e-ways: Nitin Gadkari

'We're making good progress on all fronts'NITIN GADKARI, the Union minister of road transport & highways and shipping, says he aims to speed the pace of work in the government. So, while he talks to Megha Manchanda & Jyoti Mukul for an interview, he keeps a meeting of officials going simultaneously. What he shares is a lunch and the news that his ministry is set to enter the Guinness Book of Records for awarding 16,800 km of projects in a year. Edited excerpts:Has there been enough investment pick-up in the highways sector? What would be the focus?This is a record in itself, that we awarded 16,800 km of highway contracts till March. Second, road construction that was in the range of two km a day has been increased to 23 km a day. Currently, the total length of roads in the country is 52 lakh kilometres. Of this, 96,000 km are highways or two per cent of the total; 40 per cent of the country's traffic is on this two per cent. We plan to take this 96,000 km to 200,000 km; of ...

You can never bring about change if you get in outsiders: Suresh Prabhu

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu talks about its restructuring plans and corporatisation dreams

BJP plans to extol PM as 'innovator' to mark three years of Modi govt

A team led by Vinay Sahasrabuddhe is putting together innovative steps taken to improve governance

3 years of BJP govt: Unemployment rate in 2015-16 up marginally to 5%

The rate was 4.9% in 2013-14, the year before the BJP assumed power

3 years of Modi govt: Markets give a thumbs up to NDA

Sensex, Nifty at record highs, total market cap around $2 trillion

Three years of Modi govt: Possibility of 2nd innings looms large

It was BJP's overwhelming success in Uttar Pradesh which reinforced Modi's larger-than-life image

How three years of Modi have taken us back to the 1940s

We're being forced to debate the Idea of India in the streets, our kitchens, on restaurant menus...

T N Ninan: Good, but not enough

If Mr Modi wants to be a man of history, he must make hard choices that will pay off down the road

3 years of Modi govt: Financial inclusion a show-stopper for NDA

The Jan Dhan Yojana has been the most successful of the govt's financial inclusion initiatives

Three years of Modi govt: Banking transformation still in the works

Govt has given a major push to digital payments but not much has been achieved on the NPA front

Govt committed to 'reform to transform' approach to build new India: Modi

The PM responds to wishes tweeted by his followers on the 3rd anniversary of the BJP's victory