MoRTH Current Affairs, GK & News

MoRTH allows Registration of electric vehicles without pre-fitted batteries

August 13, 2020

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced that it will allow the sale and registration of electric vehicles without pre-filled batteries. The Ministry has clarified and notified this to all the States and UTs. Details of the Order The registrations will depend on the type of approval certificates issued by the Test Agency, ..

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Vehicle Registration Falls by More than 40% in June: MoRTH Report

July 17, 2020

The retail registration figures data available with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways VAHAN portal has indicated that there is a decline of around 43% in the new registration of vehicles for the month of June as compared to the same time last month. The figures for new vehicle registration stood at 9.67 lakhs ..

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Centre to remove Minimum Education requirement for Transport Drivers

June 19, 2019

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has decided to remove requirement of minimum educational qualification (class 8th pass) for transport vehicle drivers in country. Key Highlights Background: Currently, as per the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, a transport vehicle driver must need to have passed Class VIII. Initially, Haryana state government had ..

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Cabinet approves MoU between India and UK in transport

January 4, 2018

The Union Cabinet has approved signing and implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) and ‘Transport for London’. Transport for London is a statutory body established under the Greater London Authority Act, 1999 (UK) to improve Public Transport in India. Key Facts The MoU will help to improve ..

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