
Road accidents up 12% to 4.6 lakh in 2022; deaths surge to 1.68 lakh
Road ministry says overspeeding is found to be a major killer, accounting for 71.2% of persons killed, followed by driving on the wrong side (5.4%)
Road ministry says overspeeding is found to be a major killer, accounting for 71.2% of persons killed, followed by driving on the wrong side (5.4%)
Unlike previous years, the railway ministry got a higher jump in annual outlay for infrastructure upgrade.
The capital allocation to the highway ministry for 2023-24 stands at ₹2,58,605 crore.
Railway and highway ministries have incurred capital expenditure of ₹1,94,768 crore till February, against total allocation of ₹2,38,350 crore for FY22.
The railway ministry is expected to soon float tenders for the procurement of the freight wagons.
The rail stocks likely to be in focus today include IRCTC, Titagarh Wagons, Texmaco Rail and Engineering, BEML, and Siemens.
References pertain to fiscal 2019-20 when current commerce minister Piyush Goyal was also the railways minister.
In capex utilisation to budgetary allocation, railway ministry logged a 56% achievement in April-October FY22, against 52% in the year-ago period.
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