Road infra will be on par with US, UK in two years: Gadkari
reforms, including the increase in public spending. The recent regulatory developments mark a major shift in higher education and will enable accelerated growth in online higher education. The top 100 universities are permitted to offer online degree courses and ed-tech platforms can now partner with universities to offer online degrees against diplomas earlier. Top Indian institutes are encouraged to build/advance their global presence and vice versa. Better exposure to foreign universities will be enabled by integration with online platforms.
"The new education policy is creating a system of knowledge that is wellrounded and versatile. Students who learn under this new pedagogy will be ready to face the challenges presented by an increasingly complex world. Technology will play a very important role in this new phase of Indian education," said Vipul Sobti, business head, Unthinkable Solutions.
Focus on critical infrastructure building through an integrated approach, right from a number of strategic tunnels and bridges to 22 green expressways, is bound to place India in the league of advanced nations like the US, UK and Australia in the coming two years, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said.
Apart from a number of strategic tunnels and bridges being built across the length and breadth of the country, 22 green expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 3.10 lakh crore comprising 7,500 km are planned to be executed in the next couple of years, the road transport minister said.
He said talks are in advanced stage for building Rs 8,250 crore Chambal Expressway in Madhya Pradesh, a first of its kind in collaboration of the state government.
"To take India's infrastructure to the next level it has been decided to work on it in an integrated manner as per Prime Minister Narendera Modi's vision. Plans are afoot to tap full potential while building newer highways by laying optic fibre, transmission line and gas pipe lines," Gadkari told PTI in an interview.
The power ministry will come up with plans for transmission line while the IT ministry will give nod for optical fibre cable network, the minister said adding that similarly gas pipeline can be laid along the big roads being built.
"Given the pace of work on critical infrastructure including strategic tunnels, bridges and highways, I am confident that whatever work we are doing... (in) coming next two years you will see a changed India. Roads, tunnel and bridges which we see in in the US, UK, Germany and Australia, the same kind of work will be seen in our country," the senior minister said.