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Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is on the path to becoming a "trillion-dollar economy", Union Minister of State V K Singh said on Wednesday. He was addressing a gathering at JNU here on the launch of a book titled "Yogi@Trillion Drive: Accelerating to a Trillion $ Economy". "The Uttar Pradesh chief minister has set a target of making the state a trillion-dollar economy. For this, the state government has implemented strict law and order along with structural reforms and innovations in communication and transport," Singh said. The book, available in both Hindi and English, is essentially a research document on Chief Minister Adityanath's ambitious plans of making Uttar Pradesh a trillion-dollar economy. It is edited by JNU Professor Punam Kumari. On the occasion, Dean of Colleges at the University of Delhi Balaram Pani said Adityanath by following the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has showed his determination towards improving the qualit

Updated On: 17 Aug 2023 | 7:37 AM IST

AAI and other Airport Operators have targeted a capital outlay of approximately Rs 98,000 crore in the airport sector across India by 2025 for the construction of Greenfield Airports and new terminals

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 7:12 AM IST

India needs to get out of lithium-ion battery technology for electric vehicles at the earliest, as the country has no control over the commodity, union minister V K Singh said on Wednesday. In future, the country could also graduate to hydrogen fuel cells in its journey of green mobility and players in the sector need to work simultaneously on these technologies from now onwards, the minister of state for road transport and highways, Singh said here at the inauguration of EV India 2022, an electric vehicle motor show. There is a lot of work happening in the battery segment in India on how to reduce dependency on lithium-ion batteries, he said. Different researches are going on regarding the usage of sodium-ion and zinc-ion "because we would like to get away from lithium-ion", he added. India neither produces lithium nor does it have control over it and the country has to import it, the minister said. "There is a problem where lithium is concerned and the earlier we get out of it,

Updated On: 07 Sep 2022 | 3:04 PM IST

DGCA on June 14 said it imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Air India for denying boarding to passengers holding valid tickets and thereafter not providing mandatory compensation to them

Updated On: 19 Jul 2022 | 10:02 PM IST

Former army chief General V K Singh said the Indian Army doesn't conscript soldiers and that aspirants can join of their own volition

Updated On: 19 Jun 2022 | 10:17 PM IST

The Union government is brining major changes in the transport sector and their effects will soon be visible on the ground, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways V K Singh said on Saturday

Updated On: 07 May 2022 | 9:34 PM IST

A total of 19.96 crore passengers travelled through the airports in the country during 2021-22, the minister said in his reply to a written question in Rajya Sabha

Updated On: 29 Mar 2022 | 1:25 AM IST

As on March 31, 2020, the number of employees working with Indian airport operators was 73,400, which reduced to 65,700 by December 31, 2021, Singh said

Updated On: 29 Mar 2022 | 1:12 AM IST

Scindia to go to Romania, Rijiju to Slovakia for evacuation of Indians, Puri to Hungary

Updated On: 28 Feb 2022 | 2:57 PM IST

Singh is also a former Indian Army chief

Updated On: 29 Jan 2022 | 5:02 PM IST

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, scheduled domestic flights were suspended in India from March 25, 2020 to May 24, 2020

Updated On: 06 Dec 2021 | 4:20 PM IST

The continued stir by farmers despite the withdrawal of the three central farm laws by Prime Minister Narendra Modi defies one's comprehension, Union Minister General (Retd) V K Singh said on Tuesday. The minister of state for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation made the observation here while taking stock of the construction of an elevated highway from the Akshardham temple in Delhi to Baghpat. The prime minister announced the repeal of the law during the upcoming parliament session, considering the honour of the farmers, said Singh, while also making an appeal to farmers to consider saving their shakh' (prestige). "The continuation of the protests by the farmers is beyond one's comprehension. The farmers must think of saving their 'saakh' (goodwill), said Singh, during an interaction with reporters here. Broaching upon the issue of development under Prime Minister Modi's rule, he said, The amount of developmental work done in the BJP regime was never done earlier." "The

Updated On: 24 Nov 2021 | 1:57 AM IST

The aviation ministry is talking to different states urging them to reduce VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF), Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Road Transport and Highways Gen V K Singh said

Updated On: 09 Sep 2021 | 7:50 PM IST

The Centre is currently in the process of selling Air India.

Updated On: 29 Jul 2021 | 4:11 PM IST

He sought to allay fears on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other issues, saying MSP will carry on while contract farming will only benefit the farmers

Updated On: 20 Dec 2020 | 4:24 PM IST

Union Minister VK Singh has said that India put diplomatic pressure on China over the Galwan Valley standoff, forcing it to retreat from the region

Updated On: 09 Jul 2020 | 7:19 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reacted to the remarks of former army chief V K Singh who claimed over 40 Chinese were killed during the clash

Updated On: 23 Jun 2020 | 11:17 PM IST

Commenting on the India-China border standoff, VK Singh on Saturday told a news channel that If we lost 20 soldiers, more than double the number were killed on Chinese side

Updated On: 22 Jun 2020 | 3:07 PM IST

However, such things are not discussed in public, Gen Singh said

Updated On: 05 Dec 2019 | 12:13 PM IST

Singh said that amid talks of slowing global economy, highways sector has the potential to revive growth citing how the US survived economic depression

Updated On: 30 Oct 2019 | 8:21 PM IST