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October 2, 2023 9:07 AM

India to become world’s number one automobile manufacturing hub in next 3-4 years, says Nitin Gadkari

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that India has set a target to become world’s number one automobile manufacturing hub in the next 3 to 4 years. Mr Gadkari said this while interacting with the Indian Diaspora in Prague, Czech Republic yesterday. He said, that in the last nine years, the size of the Automobile Industry has increased from 4.5 lakh crore rupees to 12.5 lakh crore rupees. Mr Gadkari said this industry has given jobs to 4.5 crore youth of the country....

August 24, 2023 9:04 AM

Electric Vehicle market in India expected to grow to annual sales of ten million unit and create 50 million jobs by 2030, asserts, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has informed that by the year 2030 the country's Electric Vehicle (EV) market is expected to grow to ten million unit annual sales and create 50 million jobs. Addressing conference on the Safe, Secure, Sustainable Indian EV Standards in New Delhi, the Minister highlighted the importance of electric mobility in order to be a carbon-neutral country by 2070. He said, three million EVs have been registered in the coutry so far. During his sp...

August 22, 2023 2:03 PM

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari stressed on importance of saving lives of people in road accidents

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today stressed the importance of saving the lives of people in road accidents. Launching the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP) in New Delhi, the Minister underlined that it is essential to establish communication and cooperation among the stakeholders in order to mitigate the mistakes that the country has been repeating in road engineering and automobile engineering. During his speech, the Minister also expressed the government&#...