New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a sum of ₹7,798 crore for two railway connectivity projects and a venture capital (VC) fund to boost India’s space economy. One rail project runs from Narkatiaganj to Darbhanga, covering 256km, and the other from Errupalem and Namburu via Amaravati, covering 57km. The projects will be completed […]
New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved an increase in support prices of farm produce and an allowance for staff and pensioners, aimed at softening the impact of inflation ahead of Diwali. The government also cleared extra rail lines for two districts of Uttar Pradesh. The cost of the minimum support price (MSP) for […]
New Delhi: Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that India is moving towards becoming the next semiconductor hub for the world as big investment is happening in this sector in the country. Minister Viashnaw referred to a recent roundtable in New York between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top tech […]
Cabinet Approves Chandrayaan-4: In a leap towards greater space exploration, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said that India is heading towards its first manned mission to the Moon. Vaishnaw also announced that the Union Cabinet today approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission to the Moon. “Chandrayaan-4 mission has been expanded to add more elements. The next step […]
In 2017, the Niti Aayog submitted a white paper to then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. The paper titled ‘Dispensing with the Railway Budget’ made the case for scrapping a stand-alone Railway Budget. It was an unnecessary practice argued the paper, as neither the size of the Railway Budget, in the context of the full budget outlay, […]
