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Union Cabinet Approves Rs 4,500 Crore High-Speed Highway To Enhance JNPA Port Connectivity

To improve connection between JNPA Port in Pagote and Chowk in Maharashtra, the Union Cabinet has sanctioned the construction of a six-lane, access-controlled greenfield high-speed National Highway. With a total expenditure of Rs 4,500.62 crore, the project, which would span 29.219 kilometres, will be developed under the build, operate, and transfer (BOT) approach. The decision, […]

CSEP report on PMAY: Insufficient funding and negligible slum rehabilitation

A recent working paper by the policy think tank Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) highlighted a number of problems with the union government’s flagship affordable urban housing scheme, including long delays, inadequate subsidies that force beneficiaries to seek out high-interest loans from non-institutional sources, and minimal slum redevelopment. PM Narendra Modi’s Union cabinet […]