2016
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6, 000
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10, 000
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65, 000
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5, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -Out of the total Rs 2.7 lakh crore, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been allocated around Rs 1.62 lakh crore as part of MoRTH’s capital expenditure plan for 2023-24, a 21 percent increase compared to 2022-2023, when it was allocated Rs 1.34 lakh crore.
Detailed explanation-2: -The total expenditure on the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 1, 99, 108 crore. This is 52% higher than the revised estimates for 2021-22.
Detailed explanation-3: -The largest highway project in India, the Golden Quadrilateral project was launched in 2001 as part of National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Detailed explanation-4: -As per the report, India’s road network as on 31.3. 2017 was 58.98 lakh kms of which National Highways constituted 1.94%, State Highways constituted 2.97%, District Roads constituted 9.94%, Rural Roads (including JRY) constituted 70.65%, Urban roads constituted 9.27% and Project Roads constituted 5.58%.