Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
3rd High Level Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in Stockholm
The 3rd High Level Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety has been recently hosted in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. India’s Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari is to represent India. The theme of ..
Concession Agreement signed for Z-Morh tunnel
In the presence of the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME), Nitin Gadkari and other senior officers from the Ministry and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), a Concession Agreement was signed ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Nitin Gadkari calls for Roadmap on Road Safety
The 18th edition of the Meeting of National Road Safety Council along with the 39th edition of the Meeting of Transport Development Council was organized in New Delhi on Thursday, 16th January 2020 during which the Union Minister of Road ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
For outstanding performers in NH sectors ‘National Highways Excellence Awards’ presented
The National Highway Excellence Awards was instituted in 2018 for the contributions made by the stakeholder in the National Highway (NH) sector towards erecting world-class infrastructure of roads in the country. The 2019 award was presented by the Union Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Commitment by Union Minister for making Roads Safer in India
With an aim to reduce road accidents, India’s Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari, repeated his Ministry’s commitment which is making roads safer for all and this will be done by ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
FAME India Scheme
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Monday, 2nd December 2019, informed about the performance of FAME India Scheme that through demand incentives around 2.8 lakh hybrid and electric ..
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has stated that the Central Government expects a 20 per cent decline in road accidents from the current five lakh a year and Parliament’s nod to pending legislation Motor Vehicles (Amendment) ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Methanol Blending to cut Carbon-di-oxide Emissions
Biofuels are being considered an alternative to reduce the country’s crude oil imports worth Rs7 lakh crore. They can also be a potential weapon to fight increasing pollution. The findings of the research by the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of ..