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The total length of the Ganga Expressway will be 1,020 km. The expressway will be built in two phases. In phase one, 596 km road stretch from Meerut to Prayagraj will be built.
The foreign minister, who was part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s delegation here, said his country looked at India as a rising economic power and was very bullish about its potential to grow further.
The Afghan government announced on Saturday that the first shipment of the Afghan goods will head to India through Chabahar Port on Sunday.
NEW DELHI: The railways has lined up a mega expansion plan, including more than doubling
Not wanting to give up on their tradition, the vast knowledge and expertise that each weaver brought to the loom, Sekhar tried to find ways to help handlooms make a comeback.
Structural reforms have played a significant role such as Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 and demonetisation of high value currencies, along with Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016 and Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS), the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), a scheme that aims to ensure 20 million affordable homes by 2022 have helped the sector.
According to the note, in 2018-19, against India’s likely growth of 7.2 per cent, the world GDP growth would be 3.7 per cent and median of seven emerging market economies (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Russia, South Africa and Turkey) is 3.5 per cent.
‘Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
The first is a bridge over the Feni River near Sabroom. That bridge – expected to be completed by December 2019 — is to lead to a new road headed to Chittagong, which could shorten the existing 300 km winding road between Agartala and Chittagong.
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