Under the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF), the Central Government has sanctioned projects covering almost 1,000 kilometers of road length across the state. The projects include 31 major district roads, eight state highways, and one more district road. The projects will address existing road conditions by upgrading key routes that serve both passenger and freight traffic. The focus will be ...
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Green Wheels: Transforming India’s Public Transport with Electric Buses
Electrifying fleets of buses catering to the bustling and rapidly urbanising Indian cities is critical to addressing mass transport in a greener manner. Continuing his series of articles on EV ecosystem, Preetesh Singh, Specialist, CASE and Alternate Powertrains, NRI Consulting and Solutions India Pvt Ltd looks at how unlocking the innovative features in e-buses can lead to improved EV penetration. ...
E Sreedharan to be part of Railways expert team
The Central Government has decided to induct into the Railway Board E Sreedharan, former Managing Director, Delhi Metro and Principal Advisor, Kochi Metro Rail & Chief Advisor, proposed Lucknow Metro. Sreedharan will assist the Railways in its quest to become accident-free and increase the speed of trains.
Tax benefits for road safety donations
The Central government has introduced a 50% tax exemption for contributions made by companies towards road safety causes and projects. This is expected to encourage increased contributions from firms towards road safety projects and events as a part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drive.
Urban transport tax in the offing
The central government is planning to introduce a one-time urban transport tax on private vehicles in an effort to encourage use of public transport and discourage the use of private vehicles. According to urban transport experts mega cities have 10% of total vehicles in the country, of which 90% are private vehicles. For existing vehicles the urban transport tax will ...