New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said the Network Planning Group (NPG), set up under the PM Gatishakti initiative, has evaluated five infrastructure projects from road, rail and urban transit sectors.

These projects were evaluated for their alignment with the principles of integrated planning outlined in the PM Gatishakti National Master Plan (NMP).

The railway projects evaluated include Balaram'Tentuloi New Railway Line (MCRL Phase II) in Odisha; Buddhapank Luburi New Railway Line (MCRL Outer Corridor) in Odisha and Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase I-B East-West Corridor (Charbagh to Vasant Kunj) in Uttar Pradesh.

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IIM Nagpur and WCL sign agreement to train officers

* Indian Institute of Management Nagpur on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with public sector enterprise Western Coalfields (WCL), a Miniratna company and a subsidiary of Coal India, to train officials of WCL.

Under this MoU, IIM Nagpur will provide a comprehensive training program focusing on leadership development, strategic management and industry-specific skills to middle and senior level management executives of WCL at its campus, IIM Nagpur said in a statement. .

Jai Prakash Dwivedi, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WCL, said, “This training program by IIM Nagpur faculty will play an important role in further enhancing the skills of our executives.”