India working on connectivity projects worth $5bn
The Dollar Business Bureau In a bid to enhance connectivity in the South Asian region, India with the support of the Asian Development Bank is working towards development of two road corridors. The value of these projects, including the road corridors, is $5 billion. The first corridor will connect India with Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan via the ‘chicken neck’ of Northern Bengal, revealed Shaktikanta Das, Economic Affairs Secretary. While addressing at the South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation 2025 workshop, Das further revealed that the second corridor will connect India and Myanmar in Manipur. Integrated check posts at India-Myanmar border and other key border areas such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal will be established soon. The key border areas will also undergo improvisations in Land Customs ...
Govt to continue undertaking policy reforms: PM Modi
India wishes to contribute exponentially to the economic development of Asia, a continent which has been seen to lead from the front of the global economic growth during 21st century The Dollar Business Bureau Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the MOF-IMF Conference on Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future, in New Delhi on Saturday. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Christine Lagarde Managing Director, IMF and other dignitaries are also seen. Dismissing the prolonged myth that democracy and rapid economic growth cannot go together, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that even though India is currently the worlds fastest growing major economy, the government will continue to undertake policy reforms. India has dispelled the myth that democracy and rapid economic growth cannot go together, ...