Gadkari takes charge of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
New Delhi:Holding his previous portfolio, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday took charge of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Gadkari is credited with reviving the languishing road projects from the UPA era and putting highway development on fast track.
Delhi: Nitin Gadkari takes charge as the Union Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Pratap Chandra Sarangi takes charge as the Minister of State (MoS) for MSME. pic.twitter.com/KCva0lEUuf
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While road building momentum continues, he will now have to further raise the scale of construction to create more jobs and bolster private investment.
In his previous term, Gadkari was considered a star performer working on multiple fronts to bid out new projects on innovative Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM).