Page 3 - Transport Sector

Fuel sales tax hike double whammy for struggling road transporters

The only reprieve for transporters in the near to medium term is a bumper rabi crop, the harvesting of which has begun.

Adani Enterprises wins Rs 1,546-cr NHAI project under Bharatmala Pariyojana

Bharatmala Pariyojana is a government-sponsored and funded road and highways project

Too early to turn positive on M&M Finance, Chola, Shriram Transport stocks

Uptick in used CV sales helped in Q3, but new vehicle sales remain weak and operational challenges haven't eased

Budget booster for transport, but no new idea for infrastructure

On Dec 31, the govt had unveiled an NIP worth Rs 1.03 trillion, listing around 6,500 projects across sectors

Water transport: Still missing the link

It holds out great promise for improving India's logistics and therefore needs to be pushed aggressively

A penny in time

Use the money saved post Air India's sale to set up two credible safety organisations in India

2 transport groups say will not buy new trucks; blame govt policies

Stating that high GST rate, Rs 2 cess on diesel announced in Budget, hike in presumptive tax and increase in insurance have hurt transporters severely

Aviation to roads: Here're the key transport challenges for the next govt

Two of the country's biggest airlines - Jet Airways and Air India - are facing financial stress

A sense of deja vu

In 1927-28, the Indian Road Development Committee, chaired by M R Jayakar, had implicitly thought of a multi-layered network of roads, main roads and feeder roads

Cargo supremacy: Jury still out on roads vs railways

Over the past fifteen years, the share of freight on railways compared with roads has declined in every key rail network of the world