Highlights
The public transport system in urban areas got a major boost in the Budget.
A new scheme will be launched at a cost of `18,000 crores to support augmentation of public bus transport services.
Government plans to deploy two new technologies i.e. ‘MetroLite’ and ‘MetroNeo’ to provide metro rail systems at a much lesser cost
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the year 2021-22 in the lower house of the parliament on Monday (February 1). The public transport system in urban areas got a major boost in the Budget.
While presenting the budget Finance Minister said that Government would work towards raising the share of public transport in urban areas through expansion of metro rail network and augment of city bus service. A new scheme will be launched at a cost of `18,000 crores to support augmentation of public bus transport services.
Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2021: K Palaniswami rules out chances of Sasikala rejoining AIADMK ahead of elections Palaniswami said that there is 100 percent no chance of her rejoining the party. Sasikala, who is in prison over a corruption case, is expected to be released on 27 January File image of Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami. PTI
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday wound up his two-day visit to the national capital where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he raised issues of the state and no politics was discussed with the top BJP leaders.
When the
Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (
KIADB) is swift in paying compensation to owners of land that has been acquired for public purposes, it should give us pause.
Here’s why.
A Special Land Acquisition Officer of the KIADB, assigned to acquire the land for the construction of Namma Metro Station in front of Arabic College on Nagawara Main Road, has paid off compensation of approx. Rs 60 crore to about 30 squatters living on the said land.
“This despite the original land owners filing a written statement before the land acquisition officer,’’ said Nityanand V Naik who filed a writ petition in the
India News: NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday wound up his two-day visit to the national capital where he met Prime Minister Narendra .
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday wound up his two-day visit to the national capital where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he raised issues of the state and no politics was discussed with the top BJP leaders.