Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Jaykumar Gore on Wednesday assured the Legislative Assembly that there is no shortage of funds for the Gharkul (Housing) Scheme and that disbursement of instalments to beneficiaries will not be stopped under any circumstances. He announced that the government has set a target to build 15 lakh houses in the state within the next year.Responding to a question raised by member Sameer Kunawar and supplementary queries from Nilesh Rane, Ra…
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Chennai, June 23 (IANS) Vehicle owners in Tamil Nadu seeking fancy or preferred registration numbers may soon have to pay substantially higher fees, with the State government proposing a major revision of charges and introducing a new premium category costing up to ₹8 lakh for numbers in future registration series.The proposal forms part of a draft amendment to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, published in the Extraordinary Gazette on June 19.The move marks the first major revision o…
Ahmedabad, May 17 (IANS) Ahmedabad is set to receive a new advanced Regional Transport Office (RTO) complex near Subhash Bridge, with the Gujarat government completing a high-tech facility designed to improve citizen services and reduce processing time for applicants.Built at an estimated cost of Rs 62.26 crore under the directions of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the new office has been constructed in place of the old RTO office and is equipped with digital and AI-based infrastructure aimed a…
Bhopal, April 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Transport Minister, Rao Uday Pratap Singh, on Monday said the state government will challenge the High Court’s directive to reopen all Regional Transport Office (RTO) check posts, adding that legal opinion is being sought before moving a Division Bench.“We have sought guidance from the Law Department and the Advocate General. The government will present its stance in court,” Singh told reporters at the state Assembly, indicating that an appeal against…
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Minister of Transport Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday announced that from May 1, Maharashtra Day, it will be mandatory for licensed rickshaw and taxi drivers to know Marathi. A licence inspection campaign will be conducted through 59 regional and sub-regional offices of the Motor Transport Department, and it will be verified whether the concerned drivers can read and write Marathi. The licences of drivers who do not know Marathi will be cancelled, he added.Minister Sar…
Rajkot, March 28 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday inaugurated and laid the foundation for around 45 development projects worth Rs 751.20 crore across Rajkot, including the completion of 1,010 newly constructed housing units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.The EWS-II type housing units, built at a cost of Rs 119.05 crore, provide modern facilities for families, while a Regional Transport Office and a new vehicle test track were also inaugurated at a cost of Rs 9.78 c…