\"We want to give the highest priority to shipping sector. We have already taken a decision to increase the capacity of our ports\",  said Nitin Gadkari.

\"The original cost of the 295 delayed projects is Rs 5,48,838 crore and anticipated cost is Rs 6,50,274 crore, thus leading to a total cost overrun of Rs 1,01,436 crore,\" Parliament was informed.

\"Netherlands has expertise in this in the world. I had a talk with the Netherlands Ambassador,\" Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started his innings on an upbeat note and has been able to impress with some deft diplomatic moves.

This is a cooperative project for improving transport facilities in 32 Asian nations and providing road links to Europe, Punj Lloyd said in a statement.

The big changes in the Cabinet were defence to former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, and railways to former Sena leaderturned-BJP member Suresh Prabhu.

\"We have to do reforms. Economic reforms are not against the common man. You can keep people happy and do reforms. Economic reforms and social benefits can be integrated for economic growth,\"Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said at an India Economic Summit session on governance in states.

The list of 72 most powerful people in the world also included the names of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at 36th position.

The BJP-led NDA government has awarded road projects for 3,419 km since it came to power in May and aims to award a total of 8,500 km in the current financial year.

\"In Shipping we are very much backward. We need all kinds of infrastructure. All laws are old. It should be thrown out\", said Union Transport Minister.

For this, a detailed Request for Qualification (RFQ) tender will soon be issued to private players who are ready to manage and successfully run the system.

With 47 of Haryana's 90 Assembly seats in the BJP kitty and 122 of Maharashtra's 288, the party is poised to form governments in both states.

With these infrastructure investments, the government seeks to upgrade the country's creaking roads, railways and ports.

There are 70 sick PSUs and 43 out of these can be revived, the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Anant Geete said in SIAM conference in New Delhi.

Government has scarce resources and also the customer is not going to pay higher prices for a product which is not economical, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.

Domestic power firms have been lobbying against the imposition of the duty as the move would have led to rise in equipment cost.

Voicing concern at a large number of stalled SEZ projects across the country, the Prime Minister said a high-level team has been constituted to review the problems and resolve them at the earliest.

The Centre would invest over 15,000 crore for construction of roads in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. 5,000 crore would be alloted for road projects in Uttar Pradesh whereas Haryana would get 10,000 crore, said Gadkari at the foundation stone laying ceremony of a flyover to be built over Yamuna river in Faridabad.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power after cutting the number of approvals needed for road projects in Gujarat, making it easier for investors to build dozens of new highways. He also restructured utilities to help Gujarat get almost 24 hour electricity.