Steps to contain Price Rise

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On the information given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan that during last six months All India Average Retail prices of Tur and Moong in pulses, Mustard, Soya and Sunflower in Edible oil and Onion in Vegetables have declined while there has been increase in the prices of Gram and Urad dal.

The Minister said that rise in the prices of essential food items are due to factors such as shortfall in production owing to adverse weather conditions, increased transportation costs, supply chain constraints like lack of storage facilities and hoarding and black marketing. Government took various corrective steps to contain price rise which includes the following:-

National Consultation Meeting of Ministers of States & UTs in charge of Food and Consumer Affairs, on prices of food items was held on 21.5.2016 at New Delhi and States/UTs were advised to take steps to keep prices of essential commodities including Pulses, Edible Oil etc. under control.

Advisory were issued to State Governments to take strict action against hoarding & black marketing and effectively enforce the Essential Commodities Act, 1955; and the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980.

State/UTs have also been advised to dispose of the seized stocks of pulses into the market after following due procedure provided in the EC Act, 1955.

He said that a Plan Scheme titled Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) is being implemented to regulate price volatility of agricultural commodities. To monitor the unscrupulous trading, black-marketing, hoarding and cartelling in essential food commodities like Pulses, Edible Oils etc. and to ensure effective and coordinated action by different enforcement agencies, a Group of Officers consisting of representative from these agencies has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary (CA). It meets regularly to review the food inflation, in consultation with States and advises to States and other agencies the course of action to keep the prices at reasonable level and share data/information to ensure coordinated action by different enforcement agencies, including intelligence under the EC Act.

Steps taken by the Government to improve the availability and to contain prices of essential food items:

Pulses

Export of all pulses is banned except kabuli channa and up to 10,000 MTs in organic pulses and lentils.
Import of pulses are allowed at zero import duty.
Stock limit on pulses extended till 30.9.2016.
MSP raised for kharif pulses of 2016-17 for Tur, Urad and Moong as well as for Rabi pulses of Gram and Masoor for season 2015-16.
Government has approved creation of buffer stock of 1.7 lakh MT of pulses for effective market intervention.
Government has released around 21,000 MT of pulses from the buffer stock (consisting of Tur and Urad) to States/UTs at subsidized rates for retailing by them at not more than Rs 120/- per kg to improve availability and stabilise prices.
Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned new contracts in Chana to dampen speculative activities in Chana and in respect of running contracts in Chana disallowed taking fresh positions to reduce speculative activities.
Strict vigilance by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to prevent importers from mis-using the facilities of Customs Bonded Warehouse facility.
Setting up of a Group of Officers for regular monitoring and exchange of information on hoarding, cartelization etc.

Edible Oils

10 Export of edible oils in bulk is prohibited except coconut oil and other edible oils in branded consumer packs of up to 5 kgs is permitted with a minimum export price of USD 900 per MT.

11 MSP (including bonus) increased for various rabi and kharif oil seeds.

Impact of Agro-Chemicals

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has started a central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National level” under which samples of food commodities are collected and analysed for the presence of pesticide residues. The detail of samples analysed during the year 2015-16 is given below.

DETAILS OF THE SAMPLES ANALYSED DURING THE YEAR 2015-16

S.No.	Commodity	Samples Analyzed	Samples found above FSSAI MRL
1.	Food Grains (Rice and Wheat )	1955	157 (8%)
2.	Vegetables	11551	339 (2.9%)
3.	Fruits	2358	30 (1.27%)

The Government is implementing “Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India” through 35 Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs) of Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage established across the country with an aim to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach . CIPMCs inter alia, produce biological agents for release in the fields, conserve natural bio-control agents, promote bio-pesticides as an alternative to chemical pesticides and advocate judicious and safe use of chemical pesticides as a last resort. These activities are implemented through Farmers Field Schools (FFSs), 2 days and 5 days training programmes and season long training program for State Agriculture Extension officers and

NGOs/Private Bodies. A ‘Grow Safe Food’ campaign has been initiated to carry the message of safe and judicious use of pesticides to farmers and other stakeholders. A simple message related to five essential principles of judicious pesticide use – application of pesticides on the right crop, against pests for which the pesticide has been approved, at the right time, in approved doses, and as per approved method of application – is sought to be disseminated in regional languages in Gram Panchayats and rural areas. Package of practices for control of pests and diseases in 79 crops have been revised to include techniques to reduce dependence on chemical pesticides and encourage use of bio-pesticides and other alternative plant protection measures.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.

Study: How can medical centers transform their patient safety culture?

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Summary:Though health care is not without risks or error, hospital employees can support a culture of patient safety by identifying, reporting, and learning from medical mistakes that have or could have harmed patients. In a new study, a training program focusing on team communication, leadership, and decision-making practices, known as Crew Resource Management, was found to improve perceptions of the safety culture by 8 percent over the course of two years.

Though healthcare is not without risks or error, hospital employees can support a culture of patient safety by identifying, reporting, and learning from medical mistakes that have or could have harmed patients. In a new study, a training program focusing on team communication, leadership, and decision-making practices, known as Crew Resource Management (CRM), was found to improve perceptions of the safety culture by 8% over the course of two years. This study, the largest of its kind, is published in the American Journal of Medical Quality from SAGE Publishing.

“Safety culture was significantly improved after CRM training, with the strongest effects in employees’ perception of teamwork and communication,” commented researchers Hefner et al. “This study was the first health-system wide CRM implementation reported in the literature; the findings show that large-scale cultural transformation is possible, even in large, multi-hospital academic medical centres.”

CRM is an approach to training teams to function effectively under demanding or unpredictable situations. The program consists of safety tools, such as checklists, standard protocols, and communication scripts, which help teams establish and follow routine procedures when responding to situations. CRM also addresses conflict management, cross-checking colleagues’ actions, and articulating concerns to others.

In the study, the CRM training took place across an academic medical center’s eight departments, which spanned three hospitals and two campuses. Staff and health practitioners took a survey measuring their perceptions of workplace patient safety culture before the training and again two years later. Comparing 784 survey responses from 2011 to 667 responses from 2013 after the employees received training and had two years to apply its principles, the employees reported:

A 9% increase in organizational learning/continuous improvement
A 9% increase in frequency of mistakes reported, enabling employees to address potential safety issues
An 8% increase in communication openness
A 6% increase in teamwork within departments
A 4% increase in teamwork across departments

For successful large-scale cultural transformations, the researchers wrote that leadership engagement and endorsement must be continuous. They also recommend putting into place a system, such as a hospital-wide steering committee, to monitor the adoption and use of CRM safety tools. This system should also monitor the occurrence of avoidable medical mistakes both in specific departments and the centre overall, and to communicate any potential improvements to employees so they can provide the best care possible for all patients.

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National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 on 30th July

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‘National Tourism Awards to various segments of the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry’ will be given away by the Speaker, Lok Sabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan at a function organized by the Ministry of Tourism here on 30^th July, 2016. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (Independent Charge) will preside over the function. Invitees at the function would include Chief Ministers and Tourism Ministers of States, Central and State Government Officials, Members from the Travel and Hospitality Industries, including leading Hoteliers, Travel Agents and Tour Operators, Travel Media and Mainstream Media.

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India annually presents National Tourism Awards to various segments of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. These awards are presented to State Governments / Union Territories, classified hotels, heritage hotels, approved travel agents, tour operators and tourist transport operators, individuals and other private organizations in recognition of their performance in their respective fields and also to encourage healthy competition with an aim to promote tourism. The National Tourism Awards have over the years emerged as a prestigious recognition of achievements in the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors.

The different categories under which awards would be given this year (2016), for excellence in performance during the financial year 2014-15 are:

States and Union Territories

(i) Best State/Union Territory : Comprehensive Development of Tourism

(ii) Most Film Promotion Friendly State/UT

(iii) Best Civic Management of a Tourist Destination in India

Travel Agents/Tour Operators/Tourist Transport Operators

(i) Best Inbound Tour Operators / Travel Agents

(ii) Best Domestic Tour Operators

(iii) Best Tourist Transport Operators

(iv) Most Innovative Tour Operator

(v) Best Adventure Tour Operator

(vi) Best MICE Operator (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions)

(vii) Tour Operator Promoting Niche Segments other than Adventure & MICE

Classified Hotels / Incredible India Bed & Breakfast Establishments

(i) Best Hotels in the different Star Categories (1 star to 5 star deluxe)

(ii) Best Heritage Hotels

(iii) Best Eco Friendly Hotel

(iv) Hotel providing Best facilities for the Differently Abled Guests

(v) Incredible India Bed & Breakfast Establishments

Tourism Promotion and Publicity

(i) Excellence in Publishing

(ii) Best Tourism Film

(iii) Best Tourism Promotion Publicity Material (produced by States / Union Territories and Private Stakeholders)

(iv) Most Innovative use of Information Technology – Social Media / Mobile App

Overseas Awards

(i) Best Foreign Journalist for India

(ii) Best Foreign Photographer for India

Other Categories

(i) Best Rural Tourism Project

(ii) Responsible Tourism Project / Initiative

(iii) Innovative/Unique Tourism Project

(iv) Best Wellness Centre

(v) Best Medical Tourism Facility

(vi) Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station

(vii) Best Airport

(viii) Best Tourism Friendly Golf Course

(ix) Best Maintained and Disabled Friendly Monument

(x) Best Chefs of India

(xi) Best Standalone Convention Centre

(xii) Best Hotel Based Meeting Venue

(xiii) Best Heritage City

(xiv) Best Heritage Walk

The achievements of organisations and individuals who have delivered quality service in the Tourism industry is important to keep the India’s Tourism Sector on an upward growth track.

The Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India during the period January- June, 2016 were 41.86 lakh with a growth of 8.9% as compared to the FTAs of 38.45 lakh with a growth of 3.7% in January- June, 2015 over January- June, 2014. The Foreign Exchange Earnings from tourism in rupee terms during January- June , 2016 were Rs. 73,065 crore with a growth of 14.1% as compared to the FEE of Rs.64,035 crore with a growth of 8.3% during January- June, 2015 over January- June, 2014.

The Government is committed to working in partnership with the Tourism sector to build on the success achieved to date and to help deliver further economic growth for tourism related businesses across the country.

Milk production and per capita Availability of Milk in the County

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Minister of State for Agriculture, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat has informed that the total quantum of milk produced in the county during 2015-16 is 155.5 million tonnes and the per-capita availability of milk is 337 grams per day. The State/UTs- wise per capita availability of milk during 2015-16 is given below.

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF) is implementing the following Dairy Development Schemes to increase the production of milk:

(i) National Dairy Plan (Phase-I): The Government of India has approved National Dairy Plan Phase- I (NDP-I) with an outlay of Rs. 2,242 Crore for implementation during 2011-12 to 2018-19 as a Central Sector Scheme in 18 major milk producing states.

(ii) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) under the Central Sector Scheme “National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development”.

(iii) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme: “Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS)” is implemented through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) across the country.

The Government does not have any special scheme for setting up of high-tech dairies to boost milk production. However, the Department is implementing “Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme” (DEDS) from 1.09.2010 through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in which back ended capital subsidy (25% of the project cost for General Category and 33.33% for SC & ST beneficiaries) is provided under bankable projects through eligible financial institutions, subject to the norms of the scheme for establishment of small dairy unit from 2 to 10 crossbred cows or indigenous cows/ buffaloes.

The mechanism for ensuring availability of quality milk in the country is governed under Food Safety & Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 which is implemented by the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India through the State/Union Territories’ Food Safety Commissioners.

State-wise Per Capita Availability of Milk During 2015-16
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Sl. No.	States/UTs	per capita availability
1	Andhra Pradesh#	475
2	Arunachal Pradesh	105
3	Assam	70
4	Bihar	219
5	Chhattisgarh	133
6	Goa	74
7	Gujarat	545
8	Haryana	877
9	Himachal Pradesh	505
10	Jammu & Kashmir	395
11	Jharkhand	152
12	Karnataka	282
13	Kerala	200
14	Madhya Pradesh	428
15	Maharashtra	239
16	Manipur	76
17	Meghalaya	83
18	Mizoram	57
19	Nagaland	89
20	Odisha	124
21	Punjab	1032
22	Rajasthan	704
23	Sikkim	282
24	Tamil Nadu	283
25	Tripura	109
26	Uttar Pradesh	335
27	Uttarakhand	434
28	West Bengal	145
29	A&N Islands	87
30	Chandigarh	93
31	Dadra & N. Haveli	72
32	Daman & Diu	10
33	Delhi	36
34	Lakshadweep	113
35	Puducherry	108
All India		337
#Included TelanganaNote: Per capita availability is calculated based on State estimates of production and projected population as on 1st March, based on Census of India 2001 of RGI

NTPC Ltd inks MoU with IIT Delhi for Research Fellows

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NTPC Ltd. through its R&D wing “NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance” (NETRA) has entered into MoU with IIT, Delhi recently to encourage IIT,Delhi Ph.D students to pursue Ph.D course under “NTPC Research Fellowship Programme” on topics relevant to NTPC Ltd.This is a step towards academia-industry partnership in the area of Research and Development.

NETRA has undertaken various research projects and innovative application of technology that requires expertise in specific field like development of specific software, design of application specific heat exchanges, specific research on renewable and new technology and advance scientific service typically for Power Stations problems. Generally such projects are of short duration and as such these initiatives has been taken primarily to attract young brain of premier institute to work on NTPC relevant topics.

The MoU was signed by Shri Sh RK Srivastava ,RED (D,B&F) & ED(NETRA) and Prof Anurag Sharma,Dean(Academics),IIT,Delhi in the presence of other senior officials of NTPC Ltd and senior Professors of IIT,Delhi.

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IRCTC & SBI sign MoU on promotion of rail ticketing activities

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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the country’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to hammer out a detailed plan for promotion of rail ticketing activities, including internet ticketing and unreserved ticketing system.

Under the MoU, signed on Monday, the signatories “will jointly explore areas of cooperation and draw up a detailed plan for promotion of rail ticketing activities.”

IRCTC, a ‘mini Ratna’ PSU of Indian Railways which handles catering, tourism and Internet ticketing activities, and the SBI will also undertake development of Unreserved Ticketing System and “such other services which can be jointly undertaken”.

In addition, both parties will offer services jointly, subject to financial viability.

“Both parties are desirous of working together to provide improved Internet ticketing services to the customers of Indian Railways in the field of Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) and Internet-based e-ticketing system,” the MoU said.

The MoU was initialled by IRCTC CMD Dr. A K Manocha and Mrs Arundhati Bhattacharya, CMD, SBI.

The MoU also entails upon the two signatories to “undertake activities which can provide value to customers and bring about synergy in working of both the organisations.”

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Steps taken for providing remunerative prices to Backward & Tribal farmers

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Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan The Central Government has taken a number steps for providing remunerative prices to farmers including backward and tribal areas for their crops. These include followings:-

• Keeping in view the procurement potential areas, procurement centres for MSP operations are opened by Government agencies, both FCI and State Government, after mutual consultations.

• Farmers are made aware of the MSP operations by way of advertisements like displaying banners, pamphlets, announcement for MSP and specification in print and electronic media.

• Payment for the wheat and paddy procured from farmers is either made directly to the farmers or through arthias/co-operative societies as per prevailing system of the State. Payment to farmers are also made through A/c payee cheque/electronic mode.

• MSP has been enhanced from time to time to encourage delivery of foodgrains into central pool purchase.

Promotion of Water Transport

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Minster of State for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping Shri Pon Radhakrishnan has informed that the Government undertakes studies on Inland/ National Waterways (NWs) from time to time. Some of the recent studies are as follows:

i) Under the Jal Marg Vikas Project for augmentation of capacity of National Waterways (NW) -1 from Allahabad to Haldia, Detailed feasibility/ detailed engineering for ancillary works; Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Study including Environment Management Plan (EMP) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP); IWT Sector Development Strategy and Market Development study.

ii) DPR for development of the National Waterways-4 & 5 were completed in 2010. The DPR for NW -5 was updated in 2014.

iii) Techno-economic feasibility studies on rivers in Goa, Narmada, Kosi, Gandak, Ghagra and Barak as part of development of 106 new NWs.

To promote water transport in the country, the following five waterways were declared as National Waterways over the period 1986 to 2014.

(i) Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (Allahabad-Haldia-1620 km) as NW-1.

(ii) River Brahmaputra (Dhubri-Sadiya – 891 km) as NW-2.

(iii) West Coast Canal (Kottapuram-Kollam) as NW-3.

(iv) Kakinada- Puducherry canals along with Godavari and Krishna rivers (1078 km) as NW-4.

(v) East Coast Canal integrated with Brahmaniriver and Mahanadi delta rivers (588 km) as NW-5.

Thereafter, 106 new NWs have been declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016.

The Government of India has launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for basic infrastructure development of 500 cities/ towns across the country. Urban Transport is eligible for coverage under the Mission. In the urban transport sector, ferry vessels for inland waterways is an eligible activity.

Proposals received for setting up Greenfield & Brownfield Fertilizer projects

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Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Sh. Mansukh L. Mandaviyahas informed that the Government had notified New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012 on 2^ndJanuary, 2013 and its amendment on 07^th October, 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in Urea sector and to reduce import dependency. Presently, Department of Fertilizers has received 6 proposals for setting up of Greenfield and Brownfield (Expansion) projects:-

S. No.	Company	Projects	Ownership	State
1.	Kanpur Fertilizers & Cement Limited	Greenfield Project at Jabalpur	Private	Madhya Pradesh
2.	Indo-Gulf Fertilizers Ltd Jagdishpur	Brownfield Expansion urea project at Jagdishpur.	Private	Uttar Pradesh
3.	Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited-Gadepan	Brownfield of Ammonia-Urea units at Gadepan-Kota.	Private	Rajasthan
4.	Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited-II, Panagarh	Brownfiled Ammonia-Urpea Fertilizers Complex at Panagarh.	Private	West Bengal
5.	Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited-Thal	Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Expansion project at Thal.	CPSU	Maharashtra
6.	Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.	Brownfield Project at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.	Private	Andhra Pradesh

The Union Government has also decided to establish following six Brownfield/Revival urea production plants:-

S. No.	Name of the fertilizer unit	Model
1.	Namrup-IV unit of the Bhramaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL)	PPP Model
2.	Ramagundam unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)	Revival through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPVs) of PSUs
3.	Talcher unit of FCIL

4.Gorakhpur unit of FCIL

5.Sindri unit of FCIL

6.Barauni unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL)

Based on the decision of the CCEA, vide notification dated 17^th June, 2015, Department of Fertilizers has allowed continuation of production of three naphtha based urea units, i.e. Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL)- Manali, Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation (SPIC) – Tuticorin and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (MCFL) with Naphtha as feedstock till these plants get assured supply of gas either by pipeline or by any other means.

Indian start-ups showcase prowess in Africa

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In an effort to boost the start-up ecosystem in Africa, a delegation of 21 Indian start-ups, which had accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kenya, have showcased their technologies and case studies there.

These start-ups were jointly led by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Technology Development Board (TDB).

The FICCI and the TDB intend to begin a programme dubbed African Development through Indian Technology and Innovation (ADITI) under the slogan ‘India Shares Because It Cares’ as envisaged in the joint statement by Modi and more than 40 heads of States of Africa during the India Africa Forum Summit III in New Delhi in October 2015.

The participating companies come from several national flagship programmes such as DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme, Millennium Alliance, and DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment and Commercialisation.

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Gadkari takes road trip from San Francisco to LA: experiences latest techniques in Highway engineering & Road safety

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Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari undertook a coastal drive by road from San Francisco to Los Angeles to gain first-hand experience of the latest techniques in road engineering, highway construction, road signage and other effective measures for road safety along this prestigious ocean route. On the last leg of his week-long official visit to the US, Shri Gadkari left San Francisco early in the morning yesterday by road and completed the journey in ten hours covering a distance of 800 Kms in the winding hilly terrain, thick forests and some desert patches along the west coast overseeing the pacific ocean.

Shri Gadkari said the idea behind undertaking this tedious journey was to understand the technology, machinery and construction material being used by the transportation department and other local agencies in the US in constructing and maintaining the amazing overhangs and cliffs along the difficult coastline and the innovative engineering involved in the improvement of projects both on and off the highway system. The Road Transport & Highways Minister is currently engaged in constructing national highways in the difficult terrains of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, the North-Eastern region and Himalayas- from Pithoragarh to Mansarovar and from Haridwar to Gangotri, Yamunotri, and Badrinath & Kedarnath.

Shri Gadkari said he was impressed by the tunneling technology and the lovely scenic spots along the curves on the highways and coastal roads which have been converted into centres of tourist attraction with road side amenities like restaurants, shops, entertainment facilities and camping sites. He was told that most of California’s highways are more than a half-century old and carry nearly half of the nation’s goods traffic. Heavy loads pound California’s highways more than any other state and sustain 190 billion vehicle kms travelled in 2015

Shri Gadkari appreciated the projects being undertaken for repairing bumpy pavements, preserving roads that are in good condition from deteriorating and upgrading bridges to make them safer and stronger. He also witnessed widening of hard shoulders and installation of drainage, relocation of utility, and realignment of local road intersections along the route he travelled along with a team of senior officials from his ministry.These highways and coastal roads are regularly maintained and upgraded with crash barriers, signage to make all weather travel safe, Shri Gadkari was told.

The Minister also witnessed improved safety measures such as metal screens and mesh along the hilly terrain to prevent landslides hitting the roads, road markings, proper signage with adequate warning signals. SOS call boxes being run with solar panels.He was informed that maintenance staff works day and night to keep the highways clear and safe for all motorists. They do patching pavement, replacing signs, striping lanes, clearing vegetation, removing trash and graffiti.

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Steps to contain Price Rise

Impact of Agro-Chemicals

Study: How can medical centers transform their patient safety culture?

National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 on 30th July

Milk production and per capita Availability of Milk in the County

NTPC Ltd inks MoU with IIT Delhi for Research Fellows

IRCTC & SBI sign MoU on promotion of rail ticketing activities

Steps taken for providing remunerative prices to Backward & Tribal farmers

Promotion of Water Transport

Proposals received for setting up Greenfield & Brownfield Fertilizer projects

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Gadkari takes road trip from San Francisco to LA: experiences latest techniques in Highway engineering & Road safety

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