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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its Digital India Vision plans and implements its capacity building initiatives in Digital Governance. As part of the same, a 5-day training programme on ‘Managing Large Digital Transformative Projects’ has been organized at the Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam from July 22 – …
Read More »PM addresses media before the Parliament session
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave a statement to the media before the start of the Budget Session. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister reiterated the pride in the fact that after a gap of 60 years a government has come for the third consecutive year. Placing of …
Read More »Prime Minister’s Rs. 2 Lakh Crore Package: Employment, Skilling and Opportunities for 4.1 Crore Youth Over 5 Years
“In this Budget, we particularly focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs and the middle class”, stated Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today. Taking forward the theme of the first full-year Budget of the newly elected government, the Finance Minister announced …
Read More »GOVERNMENT MAKES NEW TAX REGIME MORE ATTRACTIVE
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 …
Read More »LAUNCH OF ‘TRIPUT’
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 …
Read More »23.05 Lakh New Workers Enrolled under ESI Scheme in May 2024
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, …
Read More »ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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 …
Read More »ROAD CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES
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 …
Read More »NEW TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM
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 …
Read More »COMPLETION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECTS
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 …
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