India on the move

We have to move on, we cannot be held back by civil strife, natural calamities and economic failures. We must make infrastructures to make way for development. Firstly we must improve transportation and communications and bring India to the 21st century. Projects have started for making of big infrastructures in India: civil aviation sector and shipping sector and railways sector.  Two ports in Andra Pradesh state and West Bengal, with the state governments giving 24% and the Central Government providing 74% of the costs will be made now. Three airports at Mumbai, Goa and at Kerala state will be made soon. High Speed Trains will be run between the cities of Mumbai and Ahmadabad. Five Railway stations will be modernized. New methods to speed up implementation of projects have been proposed for clearances in 70 oil blocks under NELP. And Prime Minister’s office will review status of clearances of Oil and Gas blocks given under NELP. For petroleum and natural gas, special clearances will be made by DGH(Directorate General of Hydrocarbons). For clearing foreign investment promotion, a board will meet in the department of economic affairs. Cabinet Secretariat will make sure these clearances are transparent. Department of Environment, department of commerce will meet regularly to make clearances for energy and infrastructure projects. Collaborations will be made among department.For e-procurement, department of expenditures is coordinating for implementing projects quickly,and transparently;this will be for government organisations. In most infrastructure development projects,the PPP (public private partnership) model has been adopted. Thus India is moving ahead despite hurdles.