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Road Transport Ministry has taken initiative for alternative fuels: Gadkari

The ministry taken the initiative to explore alternative fuels like lithium ion batteries and hydrogen cells for electric vehicles, Gadkari said

Immediately adopt FASTag now, won't extend deadline, says Nitin Gadkari

The FASTag registration has gone up to 90 per cent on some routes and only 10 per cent people are left.

No FASTag? Pay twice the amount on highway toll plazas after Feb 15

The ministry has decided that all lanes in the toll plazas on national highways shall be declared as "FASTag lane of the fee plaza" with effect from midnight of February 15-16

Delhi-Mumbai expressway will ease traffic load: Nitin Gadkari

Once completed, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will ease the current traffic load on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday

Will support 62,000 e-cars, buses, e-bikes through subsidies: Gadkari

To boost electric mobility, the government aims to support through subsidies about 62,000 electric passenger cars and buses, besides 15 lakh electric three- and two-wheelers, Parliament was informed on Thursday. The focus is also on creating electric charging infrastructure, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. Phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme is being implemented with a total budgetary support of Rs 10,000 crore, he added. "This phase focusses on supporting electrification of public & shared transportation and aims to support, through subsidies, approx. 7000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers. "In addition, creation of charging infrastructure is also supported to address range anxiety among users of electric vehicles," the minister said. Stressing that all vehicles will continue to be registered as .

Average pace of NH construction in Apr-Dec was 28 km/day: Gadkari

The pace of highway construction during April-December 2020, on average, was 28 km a day amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was informed

Vehicle scrapping plan will create jobs, lower costs: Nitin Gadkari

The move will lower the price of auto components by as much as 40 per cent, Gadkari said

After 'green tax' approval, govt may put vehicle scrap policy on hold

"The announcement of green tax is a step towards the scrappage policy," an official told Business Standard

Gadkari asks EV makers to shift towards indigenous battery technology

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked the EV industry to shift towards indigenous battery technologies. With electric vehicles (EVs) fast becoming the new reality, Road Transport & Highways Minister Gadkari has stressed on the need to emerge as pioneers in developing leading battery and power-train technologies, as per a statement from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the ministry said in a statement. "Noting that the challenge we presently face is the control on strategic reserves of Lithium, which is used to manufacture Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used in vehicles, the minister has called upon the EV sector to shift towards a completely indigenous battery technology in the coming years," the statement said. This could be metal-air, metal-ion and other potential technologies in the R&D pipeline. Pointing out the need to achieve Atmanirbhar Bharat's goal in transport sector, Gadkari said it is necessary to dedicate the coming years to rigorous ...

Transport ministry okays green tax on vehicles over 8 years old: Gadkari

Proposal to go to states before notification; lower rate for public transport, EVs exempt

Gadkari calls for research to explore cheaper options to cement, steel

This comes amid rising steel prices in the country

Centre plans e-portal to sell MSME products: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

The Centre is working with State Bank of India to launch an E-portal on the lines of Amazon to facilitate Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises to sell their products, Transport & MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Wednesday.

Gadkari stresses upon making public transport safe, pollution-free

Gadkari has stressed upon the need for making the public transport people friendly, safe, affordable, accessible, cost-effective and pollution-free

Accord top priority to road safety: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked state governments to accord top priority to road safety, according to an official statement on Wednesday. The Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs also asked the state governments to motivate people for safer movement on road, with the involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), using social media on major basis for awareness and education about road safety measures. He was addressing 19th meeting of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) on Tuesday here. The meeting of NRSC takes place even as the country is marking its first-ever road safety month, which began on Monday. Gadkari gave the example of Sweden where zero tolerance towards road accident reduction is adopted, the road transport and highways ministry said in the statement. He suggested that there should be a three-day mandatory training of engineers of the ministry, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Public Works Department (PWD) and various ...

Draft scheme to give jobs to youth in tribal villages: Gadkari to officials

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asked the Tribal Affairs Ministry to coordinate with the MSME Ministry and come up with a scheme to provide employment to 25 people in every tribal village in India. The minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport & Highways said five crore jobs should be created by the MSME sector this year. He observed that there are 6.5 crore MSME units in the country and 11 crore jobs have been created through the sector till now. Gadkari said the turnover of village industries at present is Rs 80,000 crore, which needs to be increased to Rs 5 lakh crore. "I request you to draft a scheme in coordination with us to provide jobs to 25 people in every tribal village in the country, which we will finance," Gadkari told the Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The minister said he has heard that his effigies were burnt in some parts of China to express displeasure after imposition of heavy import duty on bamboo sticks by

Gadkari hopes reduction in road accidents, deaths by 50% by 2025

Gadkari said there should be no compromise on saving the lives of the persons involved in road accidents

13 highways to be built at cost of Rs 21k cr in North Karnataka: Gadkari

He assured that the ongoing projects in the North Karnataka region including Hubballi - Hospete Highway will be completed shortly

Centre nod to vehicle scrappage policy likely soon: Nitin Gadkari

On July 26, 2019, the government proposed amendments to motor vehicle norms to allow scrapping of vehicles older than 15 years in a bid to spur adoption of electrical vehicles

Tesla marks India entry with new office in Bengaluru, names three directors

Welcoming the move, Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary at the government of Karnataka, said the state had been in regular touch with Tesla for a few months

New regulators: Careful what you wish for

If past experience is anything to go by, creating a new sectoral regulator for a specific industry is more likely to undermine the objective of combating anti-competitive conduct