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Rs.15 lakh crore
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Rs.18 lakh crore
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Rs.12 lakh crore
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Rs.10 lakh crore
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Detailed explanation-1: -The road transport and highways ministry (MoRTH) has received a push with the Union Budget raising the allocation by 36 percent to around Rs 2.7 lakh crore for 2023-24. This is nearly 10 percent jump over the Budgetary allocation of Rs 1.99 lakh crore made in the Budget for 2022-23.
Detailed explanation-2: -Road Network in the Country: India has about 63.73 lakh km of road network, which is the second largest in the world. The length of various categories of roads is as under: National Highways: 1, 44, 634 km. State Highways: 1, 86, 908 km.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 2022-23, the Ministry has allocated Rs 356 crore towards road transport and safety. This is a 56% increase over the revised expenditure on maintenance in 2021-22.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a target of constructing 12, 200 kilometres of national highways during 2022-23, against which 4, 766 kilometres have been constructed till November, 2022, Parliament was informed on Thursday.