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Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2019. He is also serving as the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2014), Shipping (2014 to 2019), Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (2017 to 2019) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2019 to 2021) in the successive Narendra Modi governments. Gadkari was the president of the BJP from 2009 to 2013. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Nagpur constituency of Maharashtra for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Gadkari won the Nagpur seat by defeating Congress candidate Vilas Muttemwar with a margin of 2,84,848 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Gadkari retained the Nagpur constituency by defeating Congress candidate Nana Patole with a margin of 2,16,009 votes. Gadkari was the Public Works minister in Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and also the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1999 to 2005. Nitin Gadkari is again contesting from the Nagpur constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Nitin Gadkari

10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Economic Corridor to reduce travel time by half, Gadkari shares images
India | Aug 13, 2021, 08:36 PM IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the economic corridor will reduce the travel time between the two cities by half from current 3 hours to only 90 minutes.
Nitin Gadkari asks car manufacturers to provide six airbags as standard
Auto | Aug 03, 2021, 10:45 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari gave the call at a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation of CEOs from the Society of India Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) comprising of private, commercial and two-wheeler automobile Manufacturers.
Meerut Expressway update: Gadkari shares photos of under-construction Chipyana Rail-Overbridge
India | Jul 30, 2021, 07:08 PM IST
To decongest Delhi-NCR and with the continuous increase in high-speed traffic along with problems of traffic jams and rising levels of pollution, the project of Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been constructed at a cost of Rs 8,346 crore in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

Mamata Banerjee meets Nitin Gadkari to push for road, infra projects in West Bengal
News | Jul 29, 2021, 03:48 PM IST
As the spectre of Nandigram and Singur protests continues to haunt West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee this time is pushing hard to bring the state on the global investors’ map by starting off with a focus on road and infrastructure projects for which she met Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway construction underway at 'record speed': Nitin Gadkari shares photos
India | Jul 20, 2021, 05:02 PM IST
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said, out of total length of the project, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress.
Road infrastructure plays critical role in growth of Indian economy: Gadkari
News | Jul 10, 2021, 02:31 PM IST
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on July 09 addressed the 16th annual conference on 'Road Development in India', via video conferencing.

PM Narendra Modi extends birthday wishes to Rajnath Singh
India | Jul 10, 2021, 09:53 AM IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also greeted Rajnath Singh on his birthday.
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Oxygen Plant in Nagpur
News | Jul 04, 2021, 08:40 PM IST
In a shocking incident, an elderly woman's bag was snatched by miscreant outside her house in Delhi's CR Park.
Committed to empowering our traders: PM Modi
India | Jul 03, 2021, 11:12 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described as "landmark" the decision to include retail and wholesale trade as MSMEs.

Modi government accords MSME status to retailers and wholesale traders
Business | Jul 02, 2021, 02:44 PM IST
Minister of MSME Nitin Gadkari informed that the government will now accord MSME status to retailers and wholesale traders.
Decision over flex-fuel engines in 8-10 days, says Gadkari
India | Jun 20, 2021, 09:36 PM IST
The government will take a decision over flex-fuel engines in the next 8-10 days as it is considering making these engines mandatory for the automobile industry, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday while asserting that the move will help farmers and boost the Indian economy.
Top 9 News: PM Narendra Modi holds meeting with Union ministers and BJP president JP Nadda
News | Jun 15, 2021, 10:11 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, along with BJP president JP Nadda. PM Modi holds meeting

Modi govt anniversary: Congress leader Ashok Chavan attacks Centre, praises Gadkari
India | May 31, 2021, 10:40 AM IST
, Chavan said "good words" could be spoken about Union Minister and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari who despite ideological differences, maintains "dialogue with other parties"
Vaccine production: Gadkari clarifies his remark; 'is his boss listening?' Congress takes a dig
India | May 19, 2021, 03:41 PM IST
In a series of tweets today, the Union Road Transport minister said that he was 'unaware' of the steps taken by the concerned ministry.
More pharma firms should be allowed to make Covid vaccine: Gadkari
India | May 19, 2021, 12:31 PM IST
There are two vaccine makers in the country currently -- Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India -- which are manufacturing Covaxin and Covishield, respectively. Only three vaccines have so far been approved to be sold in India --- Covaxin, Coveshield and Sputnik V.

Should be prepared for third wave: Nitin Gadkari amid devastating Covid situation
India | Apr 28, 2021, 12:17 PM IST
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days.
COVID: Remdesivir production expected to start in Wardha from Wednesday, says Nitin Gadkari
Good News | Apr 27, 2021, 05:06 PM IST
Remdesivir is approved in India for restricted emergency use for treatment of suspected or laboratory confirmed COVID in adults and children hospitalised with severe disease.
India will be on faster growth path fuelled by infra: Nitin Gadkari
India | Apr 23, 2021, 10:23 PM IST
Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body ASSOCHAM, Gadkari further said to achieve the GDP of USD 5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion over these years on infrastructure.
Remdesivir shortage in Nagpur; Gadkari dials Sun Pharma chief
India | Apr 11, 2021, 11:49 AM IST
Union minister Nitin Gadkari has called up Sun Pharma's chief to arrange for 10,000 injections of Remdesivir in Nagpur in view of a shortage of the medicine here in Maharashtra.
India's infrastructure to be no less than US, Europe in 5 years: Nitin Gadkari
India | Mar 25, 2021, 10:17 PM IST
A new India is in the making with infrastructure which will be no less than that in the US and Europe in five years, and a solid foundation has already been laid with over Rs 17 lakh crore worth of projects in the last five-year period, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.