Page 4 - Transport Sector

Lockdown 2.0: Our targets for project award won't decline, says Gadkari

In an interview to Megha Manchanda, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says he is optimistic about the sector meeting its project execution target in a time-bound manner

Transporters demand reduction in fuel prices amid Covid-19 lockdown

AIMTC said Covid-19 and the lockdown have hit the transport sector adversely, and exerting acute pressure on the sector.

Idling trucks, staff shortage: Bottlenecks for industries amid lockdown

Close to 3.5 million trucks (along with their drivers and assistants) are off the road - some because of manpower shortage, and some because they are stuck in various parts of the country.

Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The sectors that have been most impacted are transport, hospitality, and real estate

Essential supplies face disruption as Covid-19 cripples road transport

The possibility of harassment by cops and fear of the unknown have forced a large number of truck drivers to abandon vehicles at the transport centres and flee home.

Fuel sales tax hike double whammy for struggling road transporters

The only reprieve for transporters in the near to medium term is a bumper rabi crop, the harvesting of which has begun.

Adani Enterprises wins Rs 1,546-cr NHAI project under Bharatmala Pariyojana

Bharatmala Pariyojana is a government-sponsored and funded road and highways project

Too early to turn positive on M&M Finance, Chola, Shriram Transport stocks

Uptick in used CV sales helped in Q3, but new vehicle sales remain weak and operational challenges haven't eased

Budget booster for transport, but no new idea for infrastructure

On Dec 31, the govt had unveiled an NIP worth Rs 1.03 trillion, listing around 6,500 projects across sectors

Water transport: Still missing the link

It holds out great promise for improving India's logistics and therefore needs to be pushed aggressively

A penny in time

Use the money saved post Air India's sale to set up two credible safety organisations in India

2 transport groups say will not buy new trucks; blame govt policies

Stating that high GST rate, Rs 2 cess on diesel announced in Budget, hike in presumptive tax and increase in insurance have hurt transporters severely

Aviation to roads: Here're the key transport challenges for the next govt

Two of the country's biggest airlines - Jet Airways and Air India - are facing financial stress

A sense of deja vu

In 1927-28, the Indian Road Development Committee, chaired by M R Jayakar, had implicitly thought of a multi-layered network of roads, main roads and feeder roads

Cargo supremacy: Jury still out on roads vs railways

Over the past fifteen years, the share of freight on railways compared with roads has declined in every key rail network of the world