Prakash Javadekar, who attended the 29th BASIC ministers' meeting said the meeting worked out priorities as a group to be highlighted at the UN Climate Change Conference
The new rules will allow companies to set up electric vehicle charging stations, and sell gas, petrol and diesel at their pumps
The move comes ahead of the Assembly polls in the national capital, scheduled for early next year
He said the government has prepared a national clean air programme for 122 cities of the country under which schemes for reducing pollution will be made
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has deployed senior leader Javadekar as in-charge of the Delhi BJP for Assembly polls due early next year
The BJP is a party which works 24/7 and the moment 2019 elections ended, it started preparing for the next election, the Union minister said
The minister also took a jibe at former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh for his "saffron-clad rapists" remark
He also said sometimes a slowdown is a cyclical process, and 'such a patch' will not hurt the country's progress rate
Javadekar had earlier wondered if Gandhi's mindset had changed due to the change in his constituency
According to sources, Jaitley is on life support system. A multidisciplinary team of doctors is consistently monitoring his condition
The minister also said that under his leadership, the government has already reduced the number of days of granting environmental approvals from 640 days to 108 days
The government had earlier in 2018 introduced a bill to regulate the chit fund industry but it lapsed
Javadekar stressed on the importance of rationalising the curriculum
Javadekar, who is also the BJP's state election in-charge, said party workers were upbeat and exuded confidence
'We have to prove that we are capable of retaining our governments and we are returning to power after the Lok Sabha polls,' said Javadekar
Javadekar was quoted in various news reports as saying, "..there are some schools which keep approaching the government with a bowl seeking help."
There will be multiple rating agencies in future
Javadekar tells how the lack of innovation has bedevilled higher education in India and what it will take to rationalise the school syllabus
In granting 62 universities autonomy, the minister has demonstrated his ability to achieve policy objectives against the odds
Union minister Prakash Javadekar's attack on the Congress chief came on a day when the latter accused Modi of being an instrument of corruption