Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 7 National Highway projects worth Rs 2,444 crore and Madhya Pradesh’s first Rs 1600 crore 6-lane twin tunnel of 2.28 km length in Rewa

Dec 10, 2022 | Business

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated 7 National Highway projects worth Rs 2,444 crore with total length of 204 km in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, senior minister of the state Mr. Gopal Bhargava, MP from Rewa Mr. Janardan Mishra, MP from Sidhi Mrs. Reeti Pathak, MP Ganesh Singh, other ministers of Madhya Pradesh and all MPs-MLAs, officers were present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering Shri Gadkari said with the construction of Churhat tunnel and bypass, the length between Rewa to Sidhi has decreased by 7 km. Now instead of two and a half hours, we will be able to cover this distance in 45 minutes. Also, it will take only 4 minutes to cross Mohania Ghat instead of 45 minutes, he said.

The Minister said movement of vehicles in the Rewa-Sidhi section will be facilitated by the construction of the tunnel and white tigers, other wild animals and the entire forest ecosystem will be protected. With the construction of Devtalab-Naigarhi road, the connectivity of Rewa district with Prayagraj and Varanasi will be easy.

Shri Gadkari said with the construction of the Satna-Bela four-lane road, connectivity will become easier for the coal, cement and diamond industries in the region. He said with the construction of this route, the journey from Satna to Rewa can be completed in 40 minutes. Access to famous tourist places like Jhansi, Orchha, Khajuraho, Panna, Satna  will be easy. Farmers and other small entrepreneurs will have easy access to the market saving time and fuel, he added.

On this occasion Shri Gadkari announced the widening of the Rewa-Sidhi road, approving the demand to make it four-lane. He also announced 19 km long 2-lane bypass of Rewa to 4-lane. With the widening of this bypass, the connectivity of Prayagraj-Varanasi via Chorhat from Satna will be good , he said.

Shri Nitin Gadkari also inaugurated Madhya Pradesh’s first Rs 1600 crore 6-lane twin tunnel of 2.28 km length and 13 km 4-lane bypass in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh today.

This twin tunnel made of NATM method meets each other in 300 meters, due to which there will be no hindrance in traffic. Due to the curved turn in the Mohania valley, there was a possibility of accident with long time taken by vehicles, which has ended with the construction of this tunnel. State-of-the-art facilities like exhaust fan, Optical Fiber Linear IT Detection System, fire system, control room, cameras, phone facility at 200 meters have been provided in the tunnel.

This is India’s first Aqueduct, which has tunnel below and Bansagar Canal above and the earlier road above it is also built. A big and a small bridge, a ROB, an overpass, an underpass, 4 canal crossings, 11 box culverts and 20 culverts have been constructed in this tunnel.

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152.5 crore Aadhaar authentications done in July 2022

Sep 2, 2022 | Business


Aadhaar registration, usage and adoption is progressing well across India, and by the end of July 2022, more than 134.11 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far for the residents.


Residents successfully updated 1.47 crore Aadhaars in the month of July, and till date (end of July) 63.55 crore Aadhaar numbers have been successfully updated following requests from the residents. These updation requests are related to demographic as well as biometric updates done at both physical Aadhaar centres, and by using the online Aadhaar platform.


In July, 152.5 crore authentication transactions were carried out via Aadhaar. A majority of these monthly transaction numbers were done by using fingerprint biometric authentication (122.57 crore), followed by demographic authentications.


As of end July 2022, a cumulative number of 7855.24 crore Aadhaar authentications have been carried out so far, as against 7702.74 crore such authentications by the end of June.


During July, more than 53 lakh Aadhaars were generated, of these, a majority were of children below the age of 18 years (0-18 age group). Aadhaar saturation level among adult residents is now near universal, and the overall saturation level is 93.41%. At least 26 states and UTs have now a saturation of over 90%.


Aadhaar, a digital infrastructure of good governance, is a catalyst of both ease of living and ease of doing business. The digital ID is helping various ministries and departments in the centre and at states in improving efficiency, transparency and delivery of welfare services to the targeted beneficiaries. Around 900 social welfare schemes in the country run by both centre and states have been notified to use Aadhaar till date.


Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) has been playing a key role in delivering benefits via welfare schemes including direct benefit transfer for LPG, MGNREGA, and national social assistance program or NASP. All the APB transactions during the month of July involved an amount of Rs. 12511 crore.


Whether it is e-KYC, Aadhaar enabled payment system (AEPS) for last mile banking, or Aadhaar enabled DBT, Aadhaar has been playing a stellar role in supporting Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India.


In July, the number of e-KYC transactions executed via Aadhaar was 22.84 crore. The cumulative number of e-KYC transactions so far increased from 1226.39 crore in June to 1249.23 crore in July. An e-KYC transaction is done following consent from the Aadhaar holder, and eliminates physical paperwork, and in-person verification often required for KYC registrations.


More than 1507 crores of last mile banking transactions have been made possible through the use of Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) and the network of micro ATMs. It has enabled financial inclusion at the bottom of the pyramid. In July alone, 22.37 crore number of AEPS transactions were carried out across India.


Note: UIDAI is starting a monthly bulletin underlining achievements and progress of Aadhaar. Media is requested to note that some of the data points may undergo minor updates subsequently.


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SAI sanctions Rs 1.28 Crore for participation of 30 Wrestlers at Sr. Asian Championship in Mongolia

Apr 19, 2022 | Business


Tokyo Olympian Anshu Malik is looking forward to the Senior Asian Championships in Mongolia, starting April 19, as a much-needed exposure competition ahead of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. A total of 20 wrestlers from the men’s team across the Freestyle and Greco-Roman categories and ten from the women’s team will compete at the event.


The tour has been sanctioned at cost to the Government to the of an overall of Rs 1.28 Crore for both teams. The competition in Mongolia is seen as a good exposure competition ahead of the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, scheduled later this year. Tokyo 2020 medalists Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia, among others, will also be competing in Mongolia.


“I have been a part of various international camps and I’m happy to get all these world-class facilities at the SAI national centre of excellence on Lucknow,” said Anshu. “I thank the Wrestling Federation of India too for setting up the camp here ahead of the Sr. Asian Championship and the CWG and Asian Games this year.


“Me and my teammates are looking forward to the best of performance from the upcoming tournaments,” added Anshu.


While the women’s team has been a part of the SAI Lucknow training centre, the men’s wrestlers have been a part of the SAI regional centre Sonepat ahead of the Sr Asian Championship.


List of participants:


Men’s team: Freestyle – Ravi Dahiya, Mangal Kadiyan, Bajrang Punia, Naveen, Yash, Gourav Baliyan, Deepak Punia, Viky, Satyawart Kadiyan, Anirudh Kumar; Greco-Roman – Arjun Halakurki, Gyanender, Neeraj, Sachin Sehrawat, Vikas, Sajan, Harpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar, Ravi, Prem.


Women’s team: Manisha, Swati Shinde, Sushma Shokeen, Anshu Malik, Sarita Mor, Manisha, Radhika, Sonika Hooda, Nikki, Sudesh.


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Rs. 21,741 Crore Tied Grants For Drinking Water & Sanitation Sector Under 15th Finance Commission Released To States In 2021-22

Apr 5, 2022 | Business


The 15th Finance Commission (FC) has recommended a total of Rs. 2,36,805 Crore for duly constituted Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in 28 States for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. The commission has recommended a total of Rs. 1,42,083 Crore as tied grant for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26, for maintenance of ODF status, supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling. For FY 2020-21, 15th FC had recommended Rs. 30,375 Crore as Tied Grant to RLBs of 28 States and for FY 2021-22, Rs. 26,941 Crore was recommended.


During 2021-22 out of total Rs. 26,941 Crore, Rs. 21,741.03 Crore has been released as tied grants till 31st March 2022, out of which Rs. 13,429.70 Crore has been released as 1st installment to 27 States and Rs. 8,311.33 Crore as 2nd installment to 13 States.


Out of the total grant earmarked for Panchayati Raj institutions, 60 percent is earmarked for drinking water & sanitation sector as tied grant and 40 percent as untied grant and is to be utilized at the discretion of the Panchayati Raj institutions for improving basic services in the panchayats.


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In 2020-21 (Dec-Nov), 302.30 crore litres of ethanol was supplied to OMCs thereby achieving 8.1% blending levels, which is historically the highest

Mar 26, 2022 | Business


The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed about the State-wise list of supplied quantities of ethanol which were produced by distilleries in the country and supplied to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for blending with petrol along with the blending percentage achieved under Ethanol Blended with Petrol (EBP) Programme during  last three Ethanol Supply Years (ESY) (Dec-Nov) 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current ESY 2021-22.


            Supply of ethanol to OMCs was only 38 crore litres with blending levels of only 1.53 % in ESY 2013-14. Production of fuel grade ethanol and its supply to OMCs has increased by 8 times from 2013-14 to 2020-21.  In ESY 2020-21 (Dec-Nov), 302.30 crore litres of ethanol has been supplied to OMCs thereby achieving 8.1% blending levels, which is historically highest. In the current ESY 2021-22, about 113 crore litres ethanol have been blended with petrol till 13.03.2022 thereby achieving 9.45% blending. In current ESY 2021-22,10% blending target is likely to be achieved. The Government has fixed 20% blending target for year 2025 which is also likely to be achieved.


            The Central Government has taken various measures in past 3 years to increase the production of ethanol to meet the blending target which are enumerated as under:


  1. Extending financial assistance in the form of interest subvention @ 6% per annum or 50% of rate of interest charged by banks/financial institutions whichever is lower for five years including one year moratorium;

  2. The Government has been fixing remunerative prices of ethanol produced from different feed-stocks for supply of ethanol to OMCs for every Ethanol Supply Year;

  3. Amended the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951 to ensure free movement of ethanol in the country;

  4. Reduced Goods & Service Tax (GST) on ethanol meant for Ethanol Blended with Petrol (EBP) Programme from 18% to 5%;

  5. FCI Rice & maize also allowed as feedstock;

  6. Interest subvention scheme extended to grain based distilleries;


  • vii. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by banks for faster loans sanctioning;


  1. Environmental Clearance procedures simplified by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change;

  2. Enhancement of storage capacities to store ethanol started by Oil Marketing Companies;

  3. Notification for 20% blending from April, 2023 issued;

  4. Use of automotive fuel E12 (12% ethanol with 88% petrol) & E15 notified;


  • xii. Notification for direct sale of E100 by OMCs issued;


  1. E20 material compatible vehicles being launched from April, 2023 and E20 engine compatible vehicles being launched from April, 2025;

  2. Flexi-fuel engine & components (capable of running up to E85 fuel) included under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme.


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Sl. No.

States/UTs

ESY-wise Quantity of ethanol supplied/blended along with blending percentage achieved under EBP Programme

2018-19

 2019-20

2020-21

2021-22(upto 13.3.2022)

Quantity Supplied (in Crore Litres)

Blending Percentage

Quantity Supplied (in Crore Litres)

Blending Percentage

Quantity Supplied  (in Crore Litres)

Blending Percentage

Quantity Supplied   (in Crore Litres)

Blending Percentage

1

Andaman & Nicobar







2

Andhra Pradesh

10.2

6.1

5.3

3.36

15.4

8.5

5.6

10.3

3

Bihar

6.8

6.6

8.4

8.19

10

8

5.3

9.11

4

Chandigarh

6.7

8.87

1.3

8.9

9.93

5

Chhattisgarh

3.3

3.8

4.7

6.22

7.5

8.4

2.4

9.26

6

Daman & Diu & Nagar Haveli

7.15

4.15

0.4

8.9

10.16

7

Delhi

8.4

6.6

6.7

7.28

9

9.4

3.4

9.65

8

Goa

1.2

4.6

0.8

4.83

2.1

9

0.7

9.74

9

Gujarat

13.4

6

12.4

6.35

20.8

9.5

5.9

10.02

10

Haryana

12.4

8.4

13.1

9.53

14

9.7

5.1

10.06

11

Himachal Pradesh

0.1

4.8

1.6

7.86

3.4

9.4

0.7

10.03

12

Jammu & Kashmir





1.6

7

0.1

8.85

13

Jharkhand

0.1

0.1

2.4

3.77

4.6

6.1

1.3

7.28

14

Karnataka

19.4

7

18.8

7.26

24.4

9

8.9

10.37

15

Kerala

0.2

0.05

8.6

4.4

6.9

10.07

16

Ladakh




4.1

1.44


























17

Madhya Pradesh

9.3

5.1

10.2

6.32

16.3

8.6

5.1

9.7

18

Maharashtra

29.8

6.6

21.9

5.67

38.5

9

13.5

10.12

19

Odisha

0.1

0.4

0.37

4.4

4

2.8

7.87

20

Pondicherry

1

0.41

0.7

4.4

9.52

21

Punjab

10.4

7.4

11.5

9.14

12.5

9.9

4.6

10.07

22

Rajasthan

4.1

2

2.7

1.41

13.2

6.7

5.5

9.74

23

Tamil Nadu

7.5

2.1

3.5

1.05

26.6

7.7

10.4

9.49

24

Telangana

8.9

5.4

4.7

3.14

14.2

8.2

5.3

10.57

25

Uttar Pradesh

38.7

9

40.2

9.48

45.3

9.8

15.3

10.26

26

Uttarakhand

2.5

8.3

2.4

9.69

4

9.3

0.8

9.59

27

West Bengal

2.3

1.8

1.4

1.14

3.5

2.4

2.7

6.32

28

Arunachal Pradesh






0.06

29

Assam





0.9

2.21

30

Manipur








2.28

31

Meghalaya






3.54

32

Mizoram






2.14

33

Nagaland






0.43

34

Sikkim






2.05

35

Tripura






2.47

Total

188.8

5%

173.1

5%

302.3

8.10%

113.2

9.45%




Note:     Against some states mentioned above, the quantity of ethanol supplied/blended has been indicated as Nil whereas blending percentage has been indicated . This is due to the fact that in such states, instead of supplying ethanol for blending, directly blended fuel was supplied.


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