Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that a target has been set to lay new railway tracks for a distance of 7,000 kilometres in the financial year 2023-24.
Ashwini Vaishnaw also spoke about the competitive talent pool in India that is working on the leading technology. Another factor that minster noted was the significant number of engineers being produced by India every year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off the latest Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam. This is the eighth such train to be launched by the Indian Railways.
Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes in the development of the east.
Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha said that about 80 per cent of reserved tickets are booked online.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that as many as Rs 26 lakh crore have been directly transferred to the bank accounts of people under various schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Family of each deceased will get Rs 5 lakhs, those who sustained grievous injuries will get Rs 1 lakh, and those with nonserious injuries will get Rs 25,000," said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu on Sunday wrote to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw requesting him to sanction a new railway line between Bargarh and Nuapada, via Padampur.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday reviewed nine new railway line projects which have been taken up on 50:50 ratios with the Government of India.