AIDS TO NAVIGATION BILL 2020
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? Ministry of Shipping has issued the draft of Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020 for suggestions from the stakeholders and general public. Aids to Navigation Bill 2020 The draft bill Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020, is proposed to replace the almost nine decades old Lighthouse Act, 1927, to […]
SIX STRATEGIC BRIDGES IN JAMMU & KASHMIR
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? The Defence Minister dedicated six major bridges, in sensitive border areas close to the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, to the nation through video conferencing, Details Two bridges on the Tarnah Nallah in Kathua District and four bridges located on […]
NHAI to Rank Roads
Focus: GS 3: Infrastructure Why in news? National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of the highways in the country. More about news? The criteria for the assessment have been broadly categorised in three main heads: Highway Efficiency (45%) Highway […]
REPLACE MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS ACT
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? The Commerce Ministry is considering replacing the Multi-Modal Transportation of Goods Act (MMTG) with a full-fledged national logistics law with a view to promote growth of the sector. National Logistics Efficiency and Advancement Predictability and Safety Act (NLEAPS) is under consideration and this law tends to define […]
CHAMBAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME reviewed the proposed Chambal Express Project. Highlights Land acquisition should cater to the development of way side amenities besides industrial and commercial clusters with potential for having smart cities, mandis, humar haats etc on both sides. Apart from […]
LONG-AWAITED DSDBO ROAD NOW UPSETS CHINA
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure, GS-II International Relations Why in news? Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) road joining Leh to the Karakoram Pass has been in the making for around two decades and is expected to be completed by 2020. Details The road from Darbuk traverses at an altitude of 14,000 feet and reaches Shyok, the […]
GREENFIELD EXPRESSWAY TO AMRITSAR DEMAND
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure, Prelims Why in news? Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari announced the development of a new Greenfield connectivity to Amritsar City from Nakodar on 2nd June, as part of Delhi-Amritsar Expressway. Significance of this Delhi-Amritsar Expressway This greenfield alignment will not only provide shortest […]
INDIAN RAILWAYS PRODUCES HIGH HORSE POWER LOCOMOTIVE
Why in news? The First 12000 HP made in India Locomotive, manufactured by Madhepura Electric Loco Factory situated in Bihar, was put into operation by Indian Railways. Significance! It is the first time, high horse power locomotive has been operationalised on broad gauge track in the world. Proud moment for Indian Railways, as it became 6th country […]
ELECTRIC VEHICLE ECOSYSTEM’S TAKING SOLID SHAPE IN INDIA
The number of electric cars grew by about 300% in the last decade The absolute number is only around 4,000 electric cars on Indian roads, which is just about 0.1% of close to 3.5 million cars sold in the last year India is a market that provides a tremendous opportunity in the EV space Government […]
A JOLT TO NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Why in news? The Finance Minister announced the reform of power tariff policy — announced as part of the stimulus package following the pandemic. DISCOM troubles These proposals have to be seen in the context of a continuing centralisation of control over the sector whose main impact in the last 25 years has been to […]