Tamil Nadu is leading the way in combating accidents, says Highways Minister
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the government will take steps to ensure road crash fatalities and injuries are halved five years ahead of WHO’s deadline of 2030.
He said 1.5 lakh people die and more than 4.5 lakh are injured in 4.5 crore accidents every year in our country, Mr. Gadkari said.
Enumerating the steps taken by his Ministry, he said the first Chairman of the empowered Road Safety Council will be appointed in a week. He was speaking at the launch of a webinar series on safety being held by the International Road Federation.
Terming the situation as ‘alarming’, Nitin Gadkari said that India witnesses the maximum number of road accidents in the world, ahead of the US and China.He further said that improved engineering, education, enforcement, emergency care services are some of the steps taken by the government to combat the problem
Hon’ble Speaker,
I present the Budget for the year 2021-2022.
1. Honourable Speaker, the preparation of this Budget was undertaken in circumstances like never before. We knew of calamities that have affected a country or a region within a country, but what we have endured with COVID-19 through 2020 is sui generis.
2. When I presented the Budget 2020-21, we could not have imagined that the global economy, already in throes of a slowdown, would be pushed into an unprecedented contraction.
3. We could not have also imagined then that our people as those in other countries would have to endure the loss of near and dear ones and suffer hardships brought about due to a health crisis.
Budget 2021: Finance Minister allots Rs 1.10 lakh crore to Indian Railways
The Railways will also monetise dedicated freight corridor assets for operations and maintenance, after commissioning.
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Indian Railways has prepared a National Rail Plan for India - 2030 to create a future ready Railway system.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has alloted Rs 1,10,055 crore to Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2021-22. Of this, Rs 1,07,100 crore is for capital expenditure in 2021-22.
She said Indian Railways has prepared a National Rail Plan for India - 2030. The plan is to create a future ready Railway system by 2030. Bringing down the logistic costs for our industry is at the core of our strategy to enable Make in India . It is expected that Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and Eastern DFC will be commissioned by June 2022, the finance minister said.
Union Budget 2021: Here is Full Text of Nirmala Sitharaman s Address at the Parliament
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Introduction
Honourable Speaker, the preparation of this Budget was undertaken in circumstances like never before. We knew of calamities that have affected a country or a region within a country, but what we have endured with COVID-19 through 2020 is sui generis. RELATED NEWS
When I presented the Budget 2020-21, we could not have imagined that the global economy, already in throes of a slowdown, would be pushed into an unprecedented contraction.
We could not have also imagined then that our people as those in other countries would have to endure the loss of near and dear ones and suffer hardships brought about due to a health crisis.