According to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the government may not provide a comprehensive relief package to the telecom sector as there is no common view taken by all operators. While Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited […]
NHAI has extended the bid submission date for the second tranche of toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects from December 5, 2018 to December 19, 2018. It had earlier extended the last date for submission of bids from […]
The foundation stone for the Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib corridor was laid by the central government on November 26, 2018. The Indian side of the corridor starts from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and […]
The central government has inaugurated the Western Peripheral Expressway. The 135 km expressway has been constructed at a cost of Rs 64 billion. Around 3,846 acres of land was acquired for the project at a […]
The MoRTH has inaugurated two national highway projects in Varanasi. The first project is the 16.55 km Phase I of the Varanasi Ring Road constructed at a cost of Rs 7.59 billion. Two road overbridges […]
The MoRTH has laid the foundation stone for four national highway projects worth Rs 18.65 billion in Karnataka. The first project involves the widening of the 48.2 km Banavara-Huliyar stretch of National Highway (NH)-234 to […]
The MoRTH has notified dual-fuel usage for agricultural and construction equipment vehicles. These include tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters which have originally been manufactured as dual-fuel with diesel as the primary fuel […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has mandated the sale of all new vehicles with pre-fitted high security registration plates (HSRPs), with effect from April 1, 2019. The MoRTH has notified amendments in the […]
The Ministry of Railways has decided to earmark reservation accommodation for female passengers on trains. Accordingly, a reservation quota of six berths in 3 AC class of all Rajdhani, Duronto, fully airconditioned trains (that have […]
IR will now address complaints regarding the quality of food served on trains through a real-time monitoring system. This facility will be provided via a software (eDrishti) which has been developed by the Centre for […]
IR is planning to make use of its vacant land by installing solar power plants with a total capacity of 30 GW. Under the first phase of this initiative, the target is to set up […]
IR’s research and development wing, the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), is taking steps to increase the speed of trains on the Kalka-Shimla narrow gauge route from the current 25 km per hour to […]
As a part of its plan to upgrade premium trains, IR is undertaking the replacement of old couplers in these trains with new ones. So far, all the Shatabdi trains under Northern Railway have undergone […]
In line with IR’s decision to convert its diesel locomotives into electric ones, Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi has converted a WDG3-class 2,600 HP diesel locomotive to an electric one, which delivers 5,000 HP. In […]
IR is expected to launch the country’s fastest train, Train 18, on December 25, 2018. To be launched between New Delhi and Varanasi, it is India’s first engine-less train and has been completely developed domestically […]
Indian Railways (IR) has flagged off a pair of 63229/63230 Buxar-Varanasi mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) trains. With 16 coaches, each train has a capacity to carry 1,500 people. It will cover a distance of 111 […]
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the selection of Adani Transmission Limited and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) for setting up transmission networks for evacuation of power from two TPPs – Obra C […]
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued a notice to Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) seeking an explanation on inflated bills received by consumers. The MERC had approved an average tariff of 0.24 per […]
The Gujarat government has issued an order to the state discoms to raise tariffs of the three imported coal-based power plants owned by Tata Power, Adani Power and Essar Power in Gujarat in line with […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified the Deviation Settlement Mechanism [DSM] and Related Matters (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018. The regulations will come into force from January 1, 2019. The commission has revised the charges […]
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