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The owner can now put the name of the nominee at the time of registration of the vehicles.
The owner of a vehicle has to submit proof of the identity of the nominee.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on November 27, 2020, had proposed to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified certain changes in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to facilitate the owner of a vehicle for nominating a person in the registration certificate, which would help the motor vehicle to be registered or transferred in the name of the nominee, in case of death of the owner.
₹1,140-cr highway projects for Arunachal; ₹1,005-cr for Telangana
April 06, 2021
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned four projects of 52.4-km worth ₹1,139.12 crore for Arunachal Pradesh during 2020-21, tweeted the Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday. Also, the Ministry has sanctioned 195.6-km of National Highways at a cost of ₹1,005.38 Crore in Telangana for 2020-21.
All the Arunachal Pradesh projects will be undertaken on engineering procurement mode, which means the projects will be done on a fully government-funded basis.
The projects include two packages relating to four-laning of Itanagar to Banderdewa stretch (with a budget ₹496.47 crore and ₹437.6 crore); widening of existing two-lane with paved shoulder from Hukanjuri to Khonsa (with a budget ₹182.55 crore), four-laning of Holongi to Itanagar section (₹22.5 crore), as per the tweet.
ITNL, a subsidiary of IL&FS, on 31 March 2021 has duly received settlement amount of Rs 673 crore for Kiratpur Ner Chowk Expressway (KNCEL) and Rs 20 crore towards claims for Chenani Nashri Tunnelway (CNTL) - from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
With these two projects, NHAI and MoRTH have settled aggregate IL&FS claims of over Rs 1,804 crore across 6 Road projects.
KNCEL project was foreclosed under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) guidelines of March 2019 for stalled and incomplete projects. CNTL is a completed project, earning annuities, and the Rs 19.6 crore is the claim amount towards change of scope.
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April 02, 2021 11:55 IST
The ministry of road transport and highways has constructed 13,394 km of highways in fiscal year 2020-21.
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Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, and BJP senior leader, Nitin Gadkari. File | Photo Credit:
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The ministry of road transport and highways has constructed 13,394 km of highways in fiscal year 2020-21. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the pace of highways construction in the country has touched a record 37 km per day in financial year 2020-21. He said the achievement was remarkable as it was achieved despite constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry of road transport and highways has constructed 13,394 km of highways in fiscal year 2020-21.
Updated Mar 17, 2021 | 18:02 IST
The new rules are part of the government’s plans to increase safety standards of vehicles in the country Govt issues rules for mandatory recall of defective vehicles, to be effective April 1 | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on March 17 issued a new set of guidelines for the recall of defective vehicles by automobile manufacturers.
Wherever a minimum number of complaints, which ranges from 100 to around 1,250 for different categories of vehicle against total sales of model is received on vehicle recall portal, mandatory recall is to be initiated, the ministry said.