- The construction pace of roads built under the flagship scheme of PMGSY has increased to 139 km per day
- "From 2011 to 2014, the roads in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) were constructed at 70-75 kilometer per day.
- 2014-16, it increased to 100 km per day.
- Today the roads are being constructed at 139 km per day
- He said while the construction speed was 139 km in the first five months, 133 km will be constructed per day under the PMGSY in 2016-17.
- Rural roads is a state subject and PMGSY is a one-time special intervention of the government to provide rural connectivity by way of single all-weather road connectivity to eligible, unconnected habitations in the core network.
- The habitations having a population of 100 and above and identified by Home Ministry as crucial, are also covered under the scheme.
- The government has also launched the second phase of PMGSY-II which envisages consolidation of the existing rural road network to improve its overall efficiency.
India and Japan today signed the civil nuclear agreement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo. A landmark deal for a cleaner, greener world! PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo witness exchange of the landmark Civil Nuclear Agreement The deal would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, making it the first non-NPT signatory to have such a deal with Tokyo Japan is a major player in the nuclear energy market and an atomic deal with it will make it easier for US-based nuclear plant makers Westinghouse Electric Corporation and GE Energy Inc to set up atomic plants in India Other nations who have signed civil nuclear deal with India include the US, Russia, South Korea, Mangolia, France, Namibia, Argentina, Canada, Kazakhstan and Australia. Source:- India becomes first non-NPT signatory to ink landmark civil nuclear deal with Japan
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