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Budget 2020: Road ministry seeks higher budget allocation for FY21
'We expect a hike in budgetary allocation by ₹8,000-10,000 crore in the upcoming financial year,' says a ministry officialFor the current financial year, the budget allocation to the ministry of road transport and highways increased by a significant 6%
1 min read15 Jan 2020Road ministry issues draft norms to set up vehicle scrapping facility
The government has sought comments from relevant stakeholders by 15 November Amid a slowdown in the automobile sector, scrapping vehicles can replace older vehicles with newer ones, thereby creating demand
1 min read16 Oct 2019National highway construction hits record 31.87 km per day in December
The road ministry had fixed a construction target of around 16,420 kilometres for 2018-19
1 min read10 Jan 2019Road ministry offers sops to bring states on board for electronic tolling
At present only 25 state toll plazas offer electronic tolling across the states highways in Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
1 min read8 Jan 2019Axle norms may put brakes on demand for trucks in short-term
The revised axle norms permits current trucks plying on the roads to carry 12-25% higher payloads
3 min read9 Aug 2018Govt may launch 7 greenfield projects under Bharatmala
According to the road ministry's estimates, the greenfield projects would cost 40-60% less than expansion of brownfield projects, given that land prices in brownfield projects are over twice the cost of land elsewhere
1 min read9 Jul 2018Sukhad Yatra app to provide real time updates on waiting time at toll plazas, toll fee payment
The app can be used to buy FASTag, to report accidents, enter road quality information and locate restaurants and petrol pumps on national highways
1 min read7 Mar 2018Logistics hub to turn Assam’s Jogighopa into India’s new gateway to South-East Asia
The road ministry project to develop a multimodal logistics park in Jogighopa is backed by the Asian Development Bank
3 min read14 Feb 2018Nitin Gadkari to meet NHAI officials, developers for expediting highway projects
Nitin Gadkari says a meeting of highway developers and officials from the NHAI and the road ministry will soon be convened for expediting highway projects
3 min read4 Nov 2017Can Bharatmala revive India’s capex cycle and boost growth?
The outlays under the Bharatmala project are not enough to provide a big boost to infrastructure construction
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