After rear seat belt alarm, 6 airbags now must in cars from Oct 2023
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari says the safety of all passengers travelling in motor vehicles irrespective of their cost and variants is the foremost priority.
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Rear seat belt alarm: Govt issues draft rules
The Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway has come up with draft rules to make it mandatory for carmakers to install alarms for rear seat belts.
Penalty soon for not wearing seat belt in backseat: Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari says the Centre will issue a notification on penalty for not wearing a seat belt in the backseat in the next three days.
4 highway InvITs to list soon, BoT revival on the anvil: Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari says the Centre will list four infrastructure investment trusts in the highways sector soon, with majority exposure to the retail investors offering an assured return of 7-8%
Investment in Bharatmala to go up to ₹20 lakh cr, says Gadkari
Before the end of 2024, India will increase the national highway network to 2 lakh km, says Gadkari
Highway construction slips to 20 km/day in April-July
It is almost half of the best ever performance displayed by the ministry in FY21 when the govt constructed a record 13,327 km at a rate of 37 km per day
No dearth of finance, will tap capital market to fund roads: Nitin Gadkari
"I am now going to the capital markets. I do not have any problem with financial resources," exclaims transport minister Nitin Gadkari.
The Missing Milestone
Highway construction dipped in FY22 despite higher utilisation of budgetary allocation. The ambitious 25,000 km target for FY23 gets that much harder to achieve.
Six airbags to be mandatory for cars: Nitin Gadkari
Cars sold by some companies in India are not up to the standard but they are making same brand cars with international standards for overseas market, says Gadkari.
Want to make India top auto hub, double industry to ₹15 lakh cr: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari wants to make India's auto industry the number one automobile hub in the world.
