Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) & Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Friday today said that the government was likely to set up a multi-purpose R&D centre to reduce import dependence and promote the Make in India and Made in India initiatives.

In a major boost to encourage the adoption of electric mobility, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has allowed registration of electric vehicles (EVs) without pre-fitted batteries.

Work has commenced on the first-of-its-kind Katra (Jammu & Kashmir)-Delhi Express Road Corridor, which will be ready by 2023.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Nitin Gadkari has called for greater investments by international institutions and bodies India’s highways and MSME sectors.

Social distancing in public transport is among the keys to preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies are playing a vital role in addressing this. User-friendliness and ease of adaptability, along with having a variety of options are going to be extremely important for consumers. By CHITRAJIT CHAKRABARTI

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for use of artificial intelligence (AI) in data-driven decision making and advance data management system for highways.

Investment information and credit rating agency, ICRA has revised the outlook on the logistics sector from ‘Stable’ to ‘Negative’ given the prevailing circumstances and its near impact on the industry metrics.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways & Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMEs), Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the upstream carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge over River Ganga through video conference in Bihar on Friday.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has notified a draft notification seeking comments and suggestions from the public and all stakeholders for an amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1979 through GSR 461(E) dated July 22, 2020, for the inclusion of hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (CNG) as an automotive fuel.