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Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs meeting to review the Capital Expenditure (Capex) for Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways and Ministry of Communication, in New Delhi

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..... Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs meeting to review the Capital Expenditure (Capex) for Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways and Ministry of Communication, in New Delhi - News and Press Release Dated:- 4-9-2024 - News - Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs meeting to review the Capital Expenditure (Capex) for Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways and Mi .....

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..... nistry of Communication, in New Delhi - - - Dated:- 4-9-2024 - A series of review meetings are scheduled with Ministries/Departments with significant Capex outlays Capex plans in FY2024-25 for Bharat Net Programme, 4G mobile projects Indigenous Technology, Network for Spectrum, and 4G saturation and other mobile projects were discussed during the Ministry of Communication review During the Ministr .....

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..... y of Road, Transport and Highways Capex review, overall Capex on National Highways, targets for award and construction in coming Quarters of FY2024-25, attracting private capital through various measures and meeting asset recycling targets were discussed FM Smt. Sitharaman underlined importance of setting Quarterly targets and ensuring that they are achieved within a stipulated timeframe Union Fin .....

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..... ance Minister exhorted respective Ministries to expedite implementation and make up for the Q1 and Q2 targets in Q3 FY2024-25 itself A series of review meetings have been scheduled with Ministries/Departments with significant Capex outlays. The meetings will be chaired by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman to review the progress of Capital Expenditure (Cap .....

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..... ex) in the coming days. In the first such meeting held today, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a review meeting on the Budgeted Capital Expenditure for the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways and the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communication, in New Delhi. The review meeting was attended by the Secretaries of the Department of Economic A .....

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..... ffairs, the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways and the Department of Telecom. During the review with respect to the Ministry of Communication, the details of Capex plans in FY2024-25 for Bharat Net Programme, 4G mobile projects Indigenous Technology, Network for Spectrum, and 4G saturation and other mobile projects were discussed. The estimated Capex Budgetary allocation for the Ministry of .....

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..... Communication in FY2024-25 stands at ₹28,835 crore. Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), apprised the Union Finance Minister about the Capex plan and targets for the BharatNet project , which aims at providing affordable broadband services to citizens in rural and remote areas. He also apprised about the capital expenditure plans for the 4G saturation project and other mobile t .....

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..... ower projects, which seek to improve connectivity in uncovered villages in remote and difficult areas. Secretary, DoT, apprised the Union Finance Minister that with help of the completely indigenous 4G technology, 21,000 4G mobile towers are on air with 30 lakh consumers. Secretary DoT also apprised FM Smt. Sitharaman about the 4G Saturation drive that aims to cover aspirational districts and aspi .....

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..... rational blocks. Secretary DoT assured the Union Finance Minister that all targets are on track and will be met in time. During the review of the financial and physical progress of Capex for Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Secretary MoRTH apprised the Union Finance Minister about the remarkable growth of National Highway Network in last 10 years with almost 2.4 times increase in average .....

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..... annual construction of national highways in 2014-2024 period in comparison to 2004-2014 with a focus on the growth of 2 Lane / 2 Lane with Paved Shoulder, 4 Lane and above, and High-Speed Corridors. Secretary MoRTH, further apprised the Union Finance Minister about the Capex plans for the remaining FY 2024-25. Secretary MoRTH informed the Union Finance Minister that efforts are being made to attra .....

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..... ct private capital through various measures and efforts are underway to ensure that asset recycling targets are also met. Budgetary Capex allocation for the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways has increased by 90 per cent from ₹1.42 lakh crore in FY2019-20 to ₹2.72 lakh crore in FY2024-25. Emphasising on the meaningful creation of assets for public utility, FM Smt. Sitharaman unde .....

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..... rlined the importance of setting Quarterly targets and ensuring that they are achieved within a stipulated timeframe. FM Smt. Sitharaman exhorted the respective Ministries to expedite implementation and make up for the Q1 and Q2 target in Q3 FY2024-25 itself. - - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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