Infrastructure

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid the foundation for national highways projects worth Rs.9,533 crore at separate events in Roing and Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh on 20 Dec 2018.

Institutional framework, road map and budgetary outlay are being finalized of the first prototype of the 14 Coastal Economic Zones (CEZs) that have been proposed under the National Perspective Plan (NPP) of Sagarmala Programme.

Bids have been invited for redevelopment of Puducherry and Tirupati railway stations while contracts have been awarded for Gomtinagar and Charbagh (Lucknow) stations.

Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have the capability to compete with global companies and become a part of the fourth industrial revolution as they build on the support of various Government schemes.

The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) has defined clear objects for 2022-23 in its comprehensive national Strategy for New India.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs construction of a 5.634 km long new 4-lane bridge across river Ganga and 14.5 km road in Bihar. It would cost Rs.2,926.42 crore and completed in three-and-a-half year by January 2023.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has inaugurated a new Airport Complex and an Integrated Command and Control Centre for the Kumbh Mela, at Prayagraj.

President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the Kevadia Railway Station in Gujarat’s Narmada district, saying it would be the first green building on the line.

More than 50 Projects with an investment of over Rs.10,000 crore, adding 90 MTPA capacity, are targeted for award during 2018-19 by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), said the Ministry of Shipping.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is confident that if the current growth rate is maintained and if India’s global position is retained, the economy will be able to get out of the range of 7-8% growth.