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As per the Unlock 3 guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, no separate travel e-pass or permission is required for movement of persons and goods across states.
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Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said that automobile manufacturers are also encouraged to use coastal shipping for transportation of vehicles.
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The ministry was receiving requests from various industries and sectors requesting for changes in GST slabs, which were done depending on merits, the minister of state for finance told reporters here.
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Road ministry holding regular “review meetings” to speed up project completion and ease procedural bottlenecks
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The government was working on developing inland water transportation across the country, the Minister said.
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"The situation in the whole country has to be taken into account by the Central government before deciding on writing off farm loans," he told reporters at the airport here.
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A day after CBI chargesheeted former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran for alleged misuse of high speed data lines, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan today said the case was not a new one or filed during the BJP regime, and insisted that it was the DMK leader's duty to prove his innocence.
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Flanked by Governor Vidyasagar Rao, Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Pon Radhakrishnan and others, Modi placed a wreath on the body which was lying in state at Rajaji Hall.
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Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of Jayalalithaa and trying their "very best", the hospital said early today, hours after she suffered the cardiac arrest.
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The step is part of the Green Port Initiative launched by the Ministry of Shipping, Radhakrishnan informed the Lok Sabha.
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A proposal for monetisation of completed public-funded national highway projects is under consideration, Parliament was informed today.
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"NHAI plans to raise Rs 5,000 crore through capital gains bonds and Rs 50,000 crore through taxable bonds or other similar instruments," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
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The Chief Minister recalled that automobile giants like Hyundai and Ford had set up manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu availing of the industry friendly policies of the state. The participants at the meet were treated to a glitzy cultural extravaganza including a programme by eminent dancer Urmila Sathyanarayana and her troupe.
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Projecting the country's highways sector as a "unique opportunity" for investments, government has already rolled out projects worth USD 93 billion, including the USD 45 billion flagship road building programme NHDP.
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It is targeted to award 273 road projects covering a length of 12,900 km (approx) amounting to about Rs 1,26,700 crore during 2015-16 under various schemes of the Ministry.
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The MoS alleged that the previous UPA government had extended compensation only where crop loss was 50 per cent and more and had insisted that the loss should be in an entire area. Individual farmers' woes were not recognised.
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Addressing a seminar here last weekend, he stressed the importance of involving rural people in this movement as it will facilitate their joining the mainstream of development.
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"The government is planning to mandate the offset frontal crash test and side impact crash test norms for passenger cars," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan informed the Rajya Sabha today.
