Do you think the villagers and other individuals in the surrounding areas of expressway construction were consulted during the EIA (environment impact assessment) process?
Ganga Expressway starts from near Bijauli Village in Meerut and ends near Judapur Dandu village located in Prayagraj district and around 140 streams/rivers/canals are covered under this project.
Owing to high fuel prices, many other states have done the same—Assam, Goa, Tripura, Manipur, Karnataka and Gujarat have all reduced the VAT on petrol and diesel by Rs 7. Is reducing VAT a permanent solution? What other steps can be taken?
The Chhattisgarh government has decided to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by 1% and 2% respectively. As a result, the government expects to lose 1,000 crore per year.
As a result of this achievement, Astra Space shares rose by 36% which led to Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, tweeting his congratulations. Astra Space also announced its future plan to target around 300 launches per year.
Currently, the pilot project is in progress in the following cities: Patna, Indore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Nagpur, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chennai and Mumbai. What are a few ways in which the Centre can rehabilitate beggars, homeless people and destitutes?
-The Ministry of social justice and empowerment is also working on a 10-city pilot project and calling upon the states to provide proposals for outreach on the ground level.
This move had faced resistance from the opposing parties and even though it is not officially known why the Reddy government repealed the bill, it is thought to be so that the process occurs again without facing any legal scrutiny.