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Union budget aims to strengthen health sector, infrastructure, medical edu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has termed the Union budget a pragmatic, holistic and people's budget with special focus on health, medical infrastructure, and medical education.
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CDRI will enhance Climate change adaptation with focus on Disaster Resilie
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled various proposals in Union Budget 2020-21 related to the Environmental sector, emphasising on the government's aim to enhance climate change adaptation with a focus on Di
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Sitharaman proposes measures to improve Railways infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Enlisting the achievements of Railways within 100 days of assumption of the current government, Finance Minister Sitharaman has proposed five measures for optimisation of costs including setting up a large solar power capacity alongside the rail tracks, on the
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Will make efforts to raise more money for Delhi-Mumbai highway: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari expressed happiness over the Centre's announcement that the ambitious infrastructure project of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be completed within a span of three years and said that the government will make eff
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FM Sitharaman proposes Rs 2,500 crore for tourism in 2020-21, eight new mu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Saturday proposed to allocate Rs 2,500 crore in 2020-21 for the tourism sector and construction of eight new museums, which includes building infrastructure around 5 iconic sites.
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100 more airports by 2024, Rs 1.7 lakh cr allocated for transport infrastr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said Rs 1.7 lakh crore have been allocated for transport infrastructure in Union Budget 2020-21 and added that 100 more airports will be developed by 2024 to support the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme.
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One lakh gram panchayts to be linked through BharatNet: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Fibre-to-home through BharatNet will link one lakh gram panchayats in the financial year 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget.
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Expenditure on infrastructure may go up in Union Budget: SBI Chairman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar on Friday said that expenditure on infrastructure might go up in Budget 2020 to revive economic growth.
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Economic Survey lays stress on investment in social infrastructure, mecha
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Investment in social infrastructure is a pre-requisite for inclusive growth and employment and expenditure on social services by the Centre and States increased from 7.68 lakh crore in 2014-15 to 15.79 lakh crore in 2019-20 (Budget Estimate), says Economic S
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Govt outlays infrastructure investments of Rs 102 lakh crore in FY 2020-25
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): India needs to invest more than 1.4 trillion dollars (Rs 100 lakh) crore in infrastructure to achieve the goal of becoming a five trillion dollar economy by 2024-25, according to the Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled in Parliament on Friday.
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Andhra villagers carry ailing youth for 12 km to reach ambulance
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): In a case highlighting lack of adequate infrastructure and connectivity, locals of Daraparti Panchayat of Vizianagaram district carried a sick youth for about 12 kilometres in a makeshift stretcher to take him to an ambulance.
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IndiGrid proposes to acquire ENICL for Rs 1,020 crore
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai, (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): IndiGrid, India's first power sector infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), has approved the acquisition of East North Interconnection Company Ltd (ENICL) transmission company at a value of Rs 1,020 crore.
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