Metro Financial News

₹1 lakh crore at an event in Gurugram on Monday. As per an official announcement, the prime minister is set to inaugurate the Haryana segment of the significant Dwarka Expressway. This development aims to enhance traffic flow and alleviate congestion between Delhi and Gurugram along National Highway-48.

₹60,000 crore to expand the seven existing airports in its portfolio over the next 5-10 years, Karan Adani, MD of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, said. About half of the investment would be pumped into terminal and runway capacity over five years, and the rest would be invested in city-side development of the airports over a period of 10 years, Adani said on the sidelines of an event. These investments will be in addition to the ₹18,000 crore that the group plans to invest in Navi Mumbai airport.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday unveiled the body structure of Vande Bharat's sleeper coaches at a Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) facility here. BEML comes under the Ministry of Defence and manufactures products for various sectors such as defence, aerospace, mining, construction, rail and metro among others. It has also got orders to make 10 trainsets of (160 coaches) Vande Bharat Sleeper. Vaishnaw said Vande Bharat train has three versions — chair car, sleeper and metro. While the chair car version has already been launched and is very popular, the first carbody of Vande sleeper is ready. «Now, its furnishing work will happen. Manufacturing carbody is the most difficult work. Today, we will discuss how to scale it up further,» Vaishnaw told mediapersons.

Delhi Police have suspended a sub-inspector for assaulting people offering Namaz on a road in north Delhi's Inderlok area. The incident, captured on video, shows the sub-inspector kicking and hitting individuals who were praying on the roadside during the 'Asar ki Namaz.' The video went viral, sparking outrage among locals who blocked the road and demanded action. The suspended sub-inspector was the police post in-charge seen in the video. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) M K Meena stated, «In the incident which happened today, the police post in-charge who was seen in the video has been suspended with immediate effect. Necessary disciplinary action is also being taken.»

Opportunity in the U.S. has a new address. Four years ago, the West led other regions in terms of jobs growth, and salaries in major cities commanded a hefty premium over their smaller counterparts.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday launched an indigenously developed software to streamline and smoothen its customer grievance management mechanism to increase the speed, accuracy and accessibility of the complaints. “The software ‘Public Complaints Management System’ (PGMS) will make the entire process simple and will help in real-time monitoring of complaints, tracking and categorizing of the feedback and allotting them to the right officials for quick redressal," Delhi Metro said in a statement.

₹5,000 crore worth of projects and programme in today's event in Jammu & Kashmir. With Lok Sabha elections nearing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is constantly travelling to different states and launching several projects to strengthen his Bharatiya Janata Party's voter base.

Canada’s biggest pension funds have largely rebuffed recent pressure to pour more of their billions of investment dollars into their home market, but a new campaign backed by 90 business leaders including chief executives of some of the country’s biggest companies appears set to escalate the debate.

Agra Metro was inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other leaders took the inaugural train ride from the Taj Mahal station to Taj Mahal East station here. Metro services on the 6-km corridor will be available to commuters from Thursday onwards, with stops at Taj Mahal East station, Captain Shubham Gupta station, Fatehabad Road station, Taj Mahal station and Mankameshwar Temple station. The priority corridor inaugurated remotely by the prime minister from Kolkata will have three elevated and three underground stations, according to an official statement. Speaking at the flagging off ceremony at the Taj Mahal station, Adityanath said Agra Metro would provide world-class public transport to locals and tourists visiting the city.

₹750 per month. Earlier, the ASHA and Anganwadi workers used to get ₹8,250 per month, and with this hike, it will be ₹9,000. The remuneration of Anganwadi helpers will be hiked by ₹500 per month, Banerjee added.

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) for their commendable work in completing the Agra Metro project expeditiously. This comes after UPMRC's success with the Kanpur Metro.

Cost of Living LIVE Updates March 06: The cost of living is the amount of money one needs to survive in a given place – and one's most essential needs such as food, water, housing, taxes, cost of commute, healthcare, etc. The high rate of inflation has pushed up the cost of living across the globe, burning a hole in the common man's pocket.

All you need to know about India's 1st under-river metro section in Kolkata The Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section passes under the River Hooghly, on the east and west banks of which are situated Kolkata and Howrah City. The 4.8 km stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade is the second section of the East-West Metro corridor between Howrah Maidan and the IT hub Salt Lake Sector V.

Ritesh Jain, Global Macro Trader, says India had leapfrogged manufacturing and directly went into services because of digital infra and English-speaking population. Data show services create 20% of the jobs created by manufacturing. That is why we have a jobless recovery and wealth concentrated in metros. Now, India is going back to the drawing board and manufacturing will start pulling its weight because of government focus, PLI schemes, China plus one, etc. This will lead to broad-based prosperity due to job creation and real estate prices in tier II, tier III cities will outpace those of metros. What kind of structural changes are you witnessing in the Indian economy right now? Ritesh Jain: I believe the structure of the Indian economy is changing.

India's first under-river metro tunnel built in Kolkata on Wednesday. In a monumental development set to transform urban transportation, PM Modi is slated to inaugurate several key metro and rapid transit projects across countries, marking a significant stride towards enhancing urban mobility and connectivity. The Kolkata Metro extension, featuring the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade Metro section, includes the first transportation tunnel in India to pass under a major river, representing a critical milestone in the country's infrastructure development.

₹4,000 crore will open on March 6 and close on March 13. The buyback entitlement for the reserved category is set at 7 shares for every 27 shares held on the record date.

Gurugram, renowned as the Millennium City, has long dominated NCR’s office and residential landscape, where modern India works and lives. However, suburban regions like Manesar, Bhiwadi and Sohna Road are now offering serious competition driven by affordable housing and buoyant commercial activity. For real estate investors in 2024, weighing rental yields across zones is key to identifying assets with maximum appreciation potential.

₹10; ₹15 for up to 1-2 kilometers and ₹20 for up to 2-6 kilometers. -Once the commuters have bought the tickets, they will be allowed to stay on the metro premises for 20 minutes. -To avoid standing in the queue, the commuters can also download an app and book metro tickets to their destinations.

working women are keen to become entrepreneurs and start their own businesses, finds a survey. A survey among more than 10,000 working women aged 24-55 across the metros, tier 1 and 2 cities has found that as many as 76 per cent of them expressed a desire to start their own businesses, according to Indialends, which is an online marketplace to provide data on personal loans and credit cards. As much as 86 per cent of the working women surveyed expressed a desire to learn and upskill themselves in areas like budgeting, investing, saving and other financial instruments. The survey also reveals stories of women entrepreneurs taking charge and 68 per cent of the women entrepreneurs surveyed said they manage their company accounts independently, and only 32 per cent of them are dependent on their professionals/ husbands/family members for this.

ONDC) completed more than 7.1 million cumulative orders in February since its inception in January last year. Here’s a look at all the key facts and numbers of the platform that promises to democratise ecommerce.