Nitin Gadkari flags off Special Kisan Rail
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- Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari flagged off a Special Kisan Rail 'Nagpur-Adarsh Nagar New Delhi' from Nagpur Railway Station through video conferencing.
- This train will carry the first consignment of 205 tonnes of ornages from citrus producing districts in Vidarbha.
- Gadkari also inaugurated the Central Railway's Santra Kisan Railway website which has booking facility for agricultural produce .
Source: AIR
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in also to increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in India.
- Founded: July 1942
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Annual budget: 91,823 crores INR (US$13 billion, 2020-21 est.)
- Officeholders: Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister)