The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, (MoRTH) on March 15, 2024, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2024 to further amend the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. The following has been stated: In rule 5,- …
The City police are planning to monitor noise pollution at the traffic junctions using hand-held noise meters in order to record the decibel level and penalise the offenders. The City police are planning to monitor noise pollution at the traffic junctions using hand-held noise meters in order to record the …
C S Rajan Blasts JDA For Poorly Planning Some Top Projects Jaipur: Additional chief secretary (Infrastructure) C S Rajan on Wednesday vented ire against the officials of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and other departments for poorly planning some of the top-notch infrastructural projects in the city. Rajan sharply criticized that …
The Gujarat government is yet to initiate a probe into the violation of testing norms by American carmaker General Motors in India despite instructions from the central government in November last year to start investigations within three months into the incident that led to the recall of more than a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dileep B. Nevatia Vs Union of India & Ors dated 05/03/2014 regarding regarding noise pollution caused by vehicles. The order directed the State of Maharashtra, through the Chief Secretary to give instructions to all the Police …
Now in its 13th annual edition the Clean Energy Trends report has become a must-read in the clean-tech industry. The report includes tracking, forecasting and market sizing of the global solar, wind, and biofuels markets, analysis on solar PV pricing, public market performance, venture capital investments, and energy capacity additions, …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 52 read with section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (No. 59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. These rules may be called the Central …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the new budget proposal to cut taxes on cars with fuel-guzzling and polluting SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. In last year's budget, finance minister Chidambaram had, responding to the crippling energy crisis, hiked the excise on SUVs from 27 percent to 30 …
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased deiselisation of the car segment markets, but will adversely impact human health. Air pollution levels across cities have been rising steadily due …
Environmentalists on Monday criticized finance minister P Chidambaram for his budget proposal to cut taxes on cars — specifically the high-polluting diesel guzzler SUVs — and said the government was more concerned about the industry than human health or environment. "By making SUV cheaper in (interim) Budget, Chidambaram has proved …
Both firms to pass on benefit of excise cut in Interim Budget to consumer Auto makers Tata Motors and General Motors India today announced they will cut prices of their products after Finance Minister P Chidambaram decided to reduce excise on automobiles in the interim Budget 2014-15. "We will definitely …
Auto major Tata Motors and Canada's Westport Innovations today launched a spark-ignited natural gas engine meant for use in medium commercial vehicles. The new engine features the Westport WP580 Engine Management System (EMS) and is designed to support various configurations. The EMS is scheduled to be applied to Tata Motors' …
Additional traffic signal, two unused roads to be used for traffic diversion at Chirag Dilli Even as the fate of the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand BRT corridor hangs in balance, the operators of the corridor, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems (DIMTS) have submitted a bunch of proposals to the Delhi Transport Department …
The transport sector globally is overly dependent on liquid fossil fuels. Electric vehicles (EVs) are touted as a way of diversifying the fuel mix and helping to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. There could also be other co-benefits of EVs, such as improved energy security, decarbonising of the electricity sector, …
It is not just cars and bikes that auto enthusiasts will witness at the Auto Expo to be held next month. The twelfth edition of the expo is planned to be of much bigger scale, in terms of the size of the venue as well as launches. The event will …
An All India Study conducted by M/s Nielsen (India) Pvt Ltd for Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of Petroleum Ministry has thrown up interesting data about use of diesel and petrol sold across various states. As per the All India study report submitted to PPAC, 70% of diesel and …
Excessive Use Of Private Vehicles Creating Havoc In City, Says IISc Mobility Survey Lucknow: Lucknow urgently needs a robust public transport system to tackle the increasing urban roadways congestion, noise, air pollution, and traffic accidents, says a mobility survey conducted across five Indian cities. The survey was conducted in New …
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement. The publication provides data sets, not only on the various facets of the economy of the country, but also …
Pune BRTS is a proposed Bus Rapid Transit Project for the city and the Construction of 15.5 km pilot route comprising of stretches from 3 corridors. PMC has decided to carry out a road safety audit of the BRTS corridor before starting the BRTS system to enhance safety of vehicles …
State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs) in India provide for the mobility of people by offering passenger services. The performance review of these SRTUs is generally made by assessing their physical and financial parameters. The physical and financial performance of the reporting 38 SRTUs for the financial year 2012-13 has been …
The draft for ‘road safety policy’ conceived in early July by thee xternally aided projects department of GoUP is finally ready for cabinet approval after rounds of deliberations and suggestions from various departments concerned like home, transport, health, education and PWD etc. Madhukar Jetley, advisor, externally aided projects department, GoUP …
