The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced its support for Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the press release said on Wednesday.
Vaishnaw commenced his address by highlighting the remarkable progress achieved in railway infrastructure development. He revealed staggering statistics, stating, "Ten years back, the rate of track construction was about 4 km a day; today, it is 15 km a day."
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao has written to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw appealing to reconsider the decision to extend the Bengaluru-Kannur express train service up to Kozhikode in Kerala
In a significant development, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that there has been a substantial decrease in consequential train accidents over the years. The average number of such accidents has dropped from 171 per annum during 2004-14 to 71 per annum between 2014-23.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said an unprecedented budget allocation has been made towards the railway sector in the Interim Budget for the financial year 2024-25, which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Stating that the railway plans to create more employment opportunities, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the employment process for 1.5 lakh posts is complete.
"We have recently completed the employment process for one lakh fifty-thousand employees and immediately after con
"That thought, that penance, that welfare work is achieved today through the worship of Lord Shri Ram. This is a very proud moment. This is the beginning of a new era. In this era, India will find its place in the world through penance (tapasya)," said Vaishnaw.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday asserted that every major industry in India got boosted because of the massive physical infrastructure push that the current government in New Delhi is particularly focused on.
India is looking to attract annual foreign direct investment (FDI) to the tune of USD 100 billion "in the next few years", Union Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Reuters on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum.
The entire world has developed a "very big" amount of trust in India in the way the country has conducted its foreign policy, its economic policy, and also the way it has conducted itself, said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw conducted an inspection of the redevelopment work at Bhubaneswar railway station on Sunday, emphasizing Prime Minister Modi's initiative to transform railway stations across the country into world-class facilities.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off and dedicated to the nation the Gopinathpur Nilgiri-Balasore passenger railway line. He also flagged off a newly introduced MEMU train service, an official statement said.