New Delhi, Nov 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday at 1 pm.

“The development of the airport is in line with the vision of the Prime Minister towards boosting connectivity and creating a future-ready aviation sector,” the official statement said.

“This airport will be the second international airport to come up in Delhi NCR and will help de-congest the IGI Airport,” it added.

Once this airport becomes functional, Uttar Pradesh will become the only state in India to have five international airports.

It is strategically located and will serve the people of cities including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighbouring areas, it will bring new opportunities for numerous enterprises, besides creating tremendous employment opportunities.

The statement said the airport will be the logistics gateway of northern India and due to its scale and capacity, the airport will be a game changer for UP.

For the first time, an airport in India has been conceptualised with an integrated multi modal cargo hub, with a focus on reducing the total cost and time for logistics.

The dedicated cargo terminal will have a capacity of 20 lakh metric tonnes, which will be expanded to 80 lakh metric tonnes in the future.

“Through facilitating seamless movement of industrial products, the airport will play a crucial role in helping the region attract huge investments, boost rapid industrial growth, and enable reach of local products to national and international markets,” the statement said.

“All major nearby roads and highways like the Yamuna Expressway, Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and others will be connected to the airport. The airport will also be linked to the planned Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail, enabling the journey between Delhi and airport in only 21 minutes,” it said.

The development of the first phase of the airport is being done with a cost of over Rs 10,050 crores.

“Spread over more than 1300 hectares of land, the completed first phase of the airport will have a capacity to serve around 1.2 crore passengers a year and work on it is scheduled to be completed by 2024,” the official statement said.

Sitapur, Nov 25 : In view of the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will address booth presidents in Sitapur on Thursday so as to impart election management skills to the BJP workers.

According to the information given by the state BJP unit, Rajnath Singh will reach Sitapur at 1.30 pm to participate in the booth convention of the Awadh region.

The Booth convention is starting from Sitapur in the Avadh region. According to Singh’s schedule, he will reach Sitapur during the afternoon. He will also be present in the booth presidents’ conference for about one and a half hours and will interact with the party workers.

The party’s State President Swatantra Dev Singh and Deputy Chief Minister of the State Dr. Dinesh Sharma, and other party leaders too will be present on the occasion.

New Delhi, Nov 24: The prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged for the 20th day in a row on Wednesday.

The fuel prices had come down sharply on November 4, 2021, after the Centre announced reduction in excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs five and Rs ten respectively.

In the national capital a litre of petrol costs Rs 103.97, Rs 104.67 in Kolkata, Rs 109.98 in Mumbai and Rs 101.40 in Chennai.

Similarly, a litre of diesel is available at Rs 86.67 in New Delhi, Rs 89.79 in Kolkata, Rs 94.14 in Mumbai and Rs 91.43 in Chennai.

After the Centre cut the excise duties, most state governments and union territories too reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, providing much relief to the common man.

Some states, mostly non BJP- ruled, are yet to undertake any reduction in VAT on motor fuels.

However, Punjab and Rajasthan have reduced the taxes from their side.

Prices of diesel and petrol were rising for the last few days across the country, breaching all previous records but the Centre’s announcement to cut the excise duties gave relief to people using the two motor fuels. The rise in the fuel prices in the domestic market was mainly attributed to global upsurge in crude oil prices

New Delhi, Nov 17 : The prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged for the 13th day in a row on Wednesday.

The fuel prices had come down sharply on November 4 after the Centre announced reduction in excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs five and Rs ten respectively.

In the national capital a litre of petrol costs Rs 103.97, Rs 104.67 in Kolkata, Rs 109.98 in Mumbai and Rs 101.40 in Chennai.Similarly, a litre of diesel is available at Rs 86.67 in New Delhi, Rs 89.79 in Kolkata, Rs 94.14 in Mumbai and Rs 91.43 in Chennai.

After the Centre cut the excise duties, most state governments and union territories too reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, providing much relief to the common man.

Some states, mostly non BJP- ruled, however, are yet to undertake any reduction in VAT on motor fuels.

Prices of diesel and petrol were rising for the last few days across the country, breaching all previous records but the Centre’s announcement to cut the excise duties gave relief to people using the two motor fuels. The rise in the fuel prices in the domestic market was mainly attributed to global upsurge in crude oil prices.