law: The Central Road Fund Act, 2000
  Chapter III
  
  Management of Central Road Fund
  9. Powers of Central
  
  Government to administer the Fund.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  Central Government shall have the power to administer the Fund and shall-
  a.   take such decisions
  
  regarding investment on projects of national highways and expressways as it
  
  considers necessary;
  b.   take such measures as
  
  may be necessary to raise funds for the development and maintenance of the
  
  national highways;
  c.   allocate and disburse
  
  such sums as are considered necessary, to the concerned departments responsible
  
  for the development and maintenance of-
   
  
   i.  
  
    national
  
  highways;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    rural
  
  roads;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    State
  
  roads; and
   
  
   iv.  
  
    construction
  
  of roads either under or over the railways by means of a bridge and erect
  
  suitable safety works at unmanned rail-road level crossings.