“This new 6-lane bridge will also be beneficial for the Lucknow and Faizabad-bound traffic coming from Madhya Pradesh via National Highway-27 and National Highway-76 through Naini Bridge. This will give a boost to pilgrimage tourism and local economy of holy city of Prayag (the original name of Allahabad),” the government said. The government said that the revised guidelines would reduce delays in implementation of closure plans of sick or loss-making CPSEs. The cabinet also approved increasing the remuneration of gramin dak sewaks (village postal workers), the backbone for delivering postal services in the rural areas. The move will benefit 307,000 dak sewaks and will cost the exchequer ₹1,257 crore in 2018-19, the government said.

Source: Mint June 06, 2018 16:52 UTC