16th Annual Conference on Road Development in India

Current Context: The 16th edition of the Annual Conference on 'Road Development in India' was held recently.

• Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari participated in the conference via video conference.
• It was held by India Infrastructure Publishing, which is a provider of information about the infrastructure sector.
• The conference was held to discuss rising trends in roadways, with the major focus on import substitution, cost-effectiveness, pollution-free alternative fuel.
• While addressing the conference, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that he has set a goal to construct 60,000 km of the world-class national highway by 2024, at the rate of 40 km per day.
• He also mentioned that India has about 63 lakh kilometres of the road network, which is the second-largest in the world.
• He highlighted that GOI has decided to invest 1.4 trillion dollars in infrastructure development through National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP).

Question: 

Q.1 Who participated in the 16th Annual Conference on 'Road Development in India'?
a. Piyush Goyal
b. Dharmendra Pradhan
c. Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviy
d. Nitin Gadkari