Street transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that 163 highway projects-about 28% of the total-are delayed as a consequence of land acquisition hurdles. Over the previous two years, acquisitions have taken one to 3 years to finish, he stated, citing disputes over alignment, land kind and possession, compensation, unrevised circle charges, evaluation of buildings, undertaking size, land quantum, and geographical location.
MPLADS: Govt Flags Delays, Low Utilisation
The statistics ministry holds quarterly and month-to-month conferences with states, Union Territories, and districts to overview implementation of the Members of Parliament Native Space Improvement Scheme (MPLADS), Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. For goal monitoring, common pendency experiences are shared with states and Union Territories, flagging works left unsanctioned for over 45 days, incomplete past one 12 months of sanction, or unpaid for greater than three months, he added. Of 538 constituencies throughout states and UTs, 61.5% had utilised lower than 60% of their allocation, in accordance with knowledge shared by the minister. Utilisation largely is determined by suggestions made by MPs and can be impacted by the mannequin code of conduct throughout central, state, UT, and native physique elections.
Capping Apprentices
The thirty eighth assembly of the Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC) mentioned a proposal to cap apprenticeship engagement at 25% of an institution's workforce, minister of state for talent growth and entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He stated the problem wants additional deliberation and was not put up for a choice.
PANEL TO REFORM AIIMS
NITI Aayog member VK Paul-led committee has been shaped to create a roadmap to rework AIIMS, New Delhi, right into a premier establishment for medical analysis and apply, Rao Inderjit Singh, minister of state (unbiased cost), for ministry of planning, stated on Wednesday in response to a query in Lok Sabha. This committee's mandate entails totally analyzing the prevailing techniques and processes at AIIMS and proposing vital reforms, he stated.
