Infrastructure Investment Engine

Budget 2025-26, core to the vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047, allocates INR11.21 lakh crore for the infrastructure sector. Each infrastructure-related Ministry will come up […]

Projects under PMGSY in J&K

It is reported that around 3,500 projects, including 217 bridges, have been completed under the centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana over the past […]

Providing rural road connectivity Using GPS and GIS in Gujarat

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, launched in 2000 to provide all-weather road connectivity in rural areas of the country, has got a big boost in Gujarat. GPS was used in the state to prepare a GIS database for implementing the Yojana in all its districts. Rajmohan Kurup gives a step-by-step account of how the database for roads was created.