

He added, that this would expedite the implementation of the Mission and they should work to use technology for enhancing ‘ease of living of the common man. States and Agencies were asked to leverage the centralised Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal to ensure timely disposal of Right of Way (RoW) applications. During the interaction, Prime Minister Modi also reviewed the ‘National Broadband Mission’ Programme.These states are Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. These eight projects have a cumulative cost of over 59 thousand 900 crore rupees concerning the 14 States. In the meeting, nine agenda items were taken for review including eight projects and one Programme. The Prime Minister chaired the meeting of the 40th edition of PRAGATI, which is the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre and State governments.Mr Modi said, this would be a win-win situation as the material dugout for the Amrit Sarovars can be utilised for civil works by the agencies.

Prime Minister has asked the agencies working in the infrastructure sector to map their projects with water bodies being developed under Amrit Sarovar.Despite the fact that Britain has a very long relationship with the Indian subcontinent, very few books are translated from Indian languages, from Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Bengali, said officials from Booker and hoped that Geetanjali’s success will inspire other authors from around the world to enter the competition.Rockwell is a painter, writer and translator living in Vermont, US, who has translated a number of works from Hindi and Urdu literature.

