RAS question
What is the estimated cost of the Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Expressway in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (B) ₹18,332.43 crore.
The Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Expressway in Rajasthan has an estimated cost of ₹18,332.43 crore.
Explanation
The Rajasthan Economic Review 2024-25 places the Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Expressway under NHAI's 2024-25 work progress and records it as under development in Rajasthan at an estimated cost of ₹18,332.43 crore. That is option B. Eleven packages of this expressway have been completed and the remaining two are under progress, so the figure applies to this specific expressway project rather than to a broad highway programme. The Economic Review separately lists ₹15,920 crore for 16 NHDP and Bharatmala Pariyojana works covering 845.32 km, so that amount cannot be substituted for the Delhi-Vadodara project cost.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) ₹15,920 crore is listed in the Economic Review for 16 NHDP and Bharatmala Pariyojana works, not for the Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Expressway.
- (C) ₹25,000 crore is not the estimated cost of this expressway; the Economic Review gives ₹18,332.43 crore.
- (D) ₹12,000 crore is below the Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Expressway cost of ₹18,332.43 crore recorded in the Economic Review.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy through transport infrastructure, especially large road and expressway projects reported in the Economic Review. Such figures recur in RAS because they connect public investment, connectivity and state development priorities.