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Focus on infra to revive economic growth
The government’s focus on building infrastructure will create jobs and revive economic growth
Budget focuses on infra to revive economic growth
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to significantly enhance capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the next fiscal, besides creating institutional structures and giving a big thrust to monetising assets to achieve the goals of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)
GRT provides several technologies not seen before in India
The road sector in India is in desperate need of new technologies, not only to improve speed and quality, but also to introduce more environmentally friendly construction techniques and to cut down on quarrying, transportation of materials and use of water and fuel.
MSRDC withdraws toll rebate to Thane locals
In Thane area, the order on rebate on toll given to local residents by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is said to have overturned. The order had granted toll concessions to people living near toll booths. The MSRDC officials were under pressure from toll contractors, it is said. The reversal, which happened within a few weeks after an executive engineer issued the order on rebate, is a blatant violation of a government resolution (GR) issued in 2009 granting the toll c