Allaying fears of the automobile industry, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said there is no need to ban petrol and diesel vehicles as electric mobility has picked up momentum on its own and all buses would be electric in two years.
The Vahan and Sarathi ministry maintains the Centralized National Registry through the National Informatics Centre and it contains approximately 25 crore vehicle registration records and 15 crore driving licence records.
Pune police on Wednesday filed an FIR against a PUC centre here for issuing the pollution check tag for a car which was shown as being owned by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari on the new Motor Vehicles Act: We are implementing this to create fear & respect for the law. It is not a revenue making proposal but a proposal to save lives of the people.
The Road Transport and Highways Minister also said a scrappage policy, which also includes two-wheelers, is in the works and will be launched soon.
According to the Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the higher fines are meant to save lives rather than augment revenue.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday warned usage charges of the Metro lines will go up if the civil society keeps on protesting against the project for cutting trees in suburban Aarey Milk Colony.
The official, who posted a PMO letter on social media, which resulted in the spread of fake news of financial troubles of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been suspended, the Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari informed media in Mumbai.
Amid concern over the hefty fines for traffic violations, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said even he has been fined for speeding on the Bandra-Worli sealink in Mumbai.
Speaking during a programme in Nagpur, Gadkari tried to address the criticism of the high penalties under the new law, saying only those who were breaking the law were paying fines. "If one does not break the law, why will he need to pay a fine?"
Gadkari's remark come in the wake of reports from different parts of the country in which traffic police has been even levying fines above Rs. 50,000 for traffic rules violations in the aftermath of recent amendments to the motor vehicles law.
Auto Sector Crisis: The auto sector, which is reeling from a slowing demand, has got a much-needed voice of support from Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
He also said the history will not be written by such opportunists but by those who stuck to their ideologies despite facing hardships.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has appointed Jitendra Asati, a 2009-batch IES officer, as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Pradhan for a period up to October 20, 2021.
The Shiv Sena, an ally of the BJP, controls the BMC, known to be the country's richest civic body. Gadkari made the remarks after performing `bhumi pujan' (ground breaking) for a mangroves park in Gorai area.
Breaking news: An IndiGo flight on Tuesday aborted its take-off in Nagpur after detection of a "serious error". The IndiGo flight, 6E 636, also had Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari onboard. All the passengers were de-boarded.
The incident happened at a function on the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University campus this afternoon where Gadkari was the guest of honour.
As part of innovative modes of financing to meet India's huge infrastructure appetite, insurance giant LIC has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 lakh crore line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari Tuesday said people have to pay toll if they want good roads, making it clear that the toll system would stay as the government does not have enough funds. Replying to a discussion on demands for grants for the Road Transport and Highways ministry in the Lok Sabha, he said the government built 40,000 kilometres of highway in the last five years.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tables Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill In Parliament
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