Only individual road corridors will be approved by Modi govt in 3rd term, it is learnt. Cabinet’s nod to 8 high-speed roads spanning 936 km is part of this new strategy.
Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture has also said it is ‘distressed’ to note NHAI’s Rs 97,000-crore debt servicing liability in the coming years.
Rating agency India Ratings and Research has painted a bleak picture of India’s road sector, revising the outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘stable-to-negative’.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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