Several attractive benefits to provide tax relief to salaried individuals and pensioners opting for the new tax regime were announced by the Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Parliament today. Finance Minister proposed to increase the standard deduction for …

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has sanctioned 82 Research & Development (R&D) projects to faculty members of various prominent technical institutes, including IITs, NITs, and other experts, to expand further, diversify, and accelerate research and development activity. These projects, each with a budget of up to ten lakh rupees …

The first of two Advanced Frigates under construction by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the Indian Navy, was launched on 23 Jul 24 at GSL, Goa. In keeping with maritime tradition, the ship was launched by Smt Rita Sreedharan to the invocation from Atharva Veda, in the presence of Shri P S Sreedharan Pillai, Hon’ble Governor of …

The provisional payroll data of ESIC reveals that 23.05 lakh new employees have been added in the month of May, 2024. 20,110 new establishments have been brought under the social security ambit of the ESI Scheme in the month of May, 2024 thus ensuring social security to more workers. Further, …

In a significant step towards developing Indigenous technology, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), a premier Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (IIT Mandi), for …

The State-wise details of 5293 Electric Vehicle charging stations established along National Highways is given at Annexure -A. This includes 4729 EV Charging Stations set up under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at an expenditure of Rs. 178 Crore. In addition, Ministry of Heavy Industries has set up a …

At the beginning of the current financial year 2024-25, under ongoing/awarded projects, the Ministry had about 20,000 km balance length of National Highways (NHs) for construction. Moreover, the Ministry has a shelf of projects under DPR and tendering process, to further augment the construction progress during the current and next …

The Pilot study with regard to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based user fee collection system has been done on the following two Highway stretches:- Bengaluru-Mysore section of NH-275 in the State of Karnataka. Panipat- Hisar section of NH-709 (old NH-71A) in the State of Haryana. A stake holder consultation …

From amongst all the National Highway projects started since 1st April 2014, there are  697 ongoing projects that have spilled beyond their original completion schedule, without attaining any of the various stages of project completion. The State/Union Territory-wise details are annexed. The primary reasons for delay in NH projects are issues …

As per information available with this Ministry, some fire incidents have been reported in battery operated vehicles and one in sleeper coach bus. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had constituted a Committee of experts to suggest formulation of safety standards for the battery and its components, BMS (battery management …