Modi Cabinet Approves New Highway; DA Decision Awaited
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India's government made big decisions this week. The cabinet is a group of top ministers. Prime Minister Modi leads this group.
The cabinet said yes to a new road. It is a four-lane road. This kind of road is called a highway. The road will go from Muzaffarpur to Sitamarhi to Sonbarsa. This is in Bihar state.
The road is 82 kilometers long. It will cost 3,590 crore rupees to build. A crore is a big number. It means ten million.
This road will help people travel to Nepal. Nepal is a country near India. The trip will become easier and faster.
The road will also help business. New roads can bring more jobs too.
People also asked about DA. DA means dearness allowance. It is extra money for government workers. This money helps with rising prices. Workers want to know if DA will go up.
Vocabulary15 words
- cabinet
- a group of top government leaders
- highway
- a big road for fast travel
- crore
- a number equal to ten million
- DA
- extra money given to workers for high prices
- approve
- to say yes to something
- border
- the line between two countries
- employee
- a person who works for pay
- decision
- a choice made after thinking
- project
- planned work to build something
- fund
- money set aside for a purpose
- trade
- buying and selling goods
- allowance
- money given regularly for a need
- route
- the path from one place to another
- construction
- the act of building something
- minister
- a person who leads a government department
Quiz
Answer key
1. Prime Minister Modi 2. 82 kilometers 3. Dearness allowance