Hearing NHAI's challenge to Kerala HC order last week, the top court underscored that statutory rights to collect tolls could not be divorced from performance of statutory duties.
Pulling up road ministry, parliamentary panel pushed for rationalisation of toll collection on any highway stretch, and its reduction post recovery of capital & routine maintenance costs.
In letter to BMC official, Sena (UBT)'s Aaditya Thackeray says 'highways maintained by BMC but toll goes to Maharashtra govt'. MNS has highlighted issue of toll collection across state too.
The fee collection guidelines are still based on NH Fee Rules 1997. It's time to revisit these outdated fee rules and modify them to meet the current expectations, writes V. Subramanian.
Toll charges & receipts have been used previously for many feel-good hoaxes, like the one that claimed you do not need to pay toll for a 12-hr journey.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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