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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicDedicated Freight Corridor

Topic: Dedicated Freight Corridor

Railways’ massive Dedicated Freight Corridor nears completion 2 decades later — why it’s a big deal

80% of 2,843-km DFC was operational by August 2023. Built at a cost of Rs 1.24 lakh crore, the corridor — made up of eastern and western arms — spans 9 states & 77 districts.

Railway Budget 2021 — 57% jump in allocation, new vision for 2030, focus on freight corridor

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced Rs 1.07 lakh crore in capital expenditure for the railways for 2021-22.

Why railways’ Dedicated Freight Corridor was delayed, and how it could be a game-changer

As the total 2,843-km project is finally set to take off, here’s why it is significant for the railways and for goods movement in the country.

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The solution to deteriorating India-US relations—go nuclear

New Delhi should now speed up its legal reforms to facilitate the participation of foreign companies in its nuclear development efforts.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.