Speaking at a session on Opportunity in Infrastructure, Logistics Technology and Equipment in New Delhi this November, the Federal Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari, said that the federal government is committed to providing transport and logistics infrastructure in the country. Gadkari noted that the...
India Pushes Auto Industry to Make Electric Vehicles
India's is pushing auto part and car makers to draw up plans to electrify all new vehicles by 2030. India's minister for road transport, Nitin Gadkari, asked companies to start building electric and alternative fuel vehicles or risk being overtaken by policy changes. Maker of engines, Cummins India, is investing...
India and U.K. to Cooperate in Urban Transport
During the three-day visit of India's Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari to Britain, India and the United Kingdom signed an understanding on bilateral cooperation in urban transport policy planning, technology transfer, and institutional organization of transport. The Press Information Bureau of India reports that Transport...
India Resets Logistics Sector to "Hub-and-Spoke" Model
Introducing a multi-modal program to reduce logistics costs and make the economy competitive, India has abandoned its previous "point-to-point" logistics model in favor of a "hub-and-spoke" one, where railways, highways, inland waterways and airports will in tandem to form an effective transportation grid. Nitin Gadkari, minister for road transport and...
U.S. and India Collaborate on Urban Transportation
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Transportation with India’s Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari. Minister Gadkari signed the MOC on behalf of the Indian Government, which will establish a Transportation Partnership among the U.S. Department of Transportation and...