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Practices of Developed Countries Will Be Adopted In Indian Motor Vehicles Act:Gadakari

,Best Practices of Developed Countries Will Be Adopted In Motor Vehicles Act :Nitin Gadakari
The government Of India today, Declared that it will introduce Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill in the next session of Parliament .
This is to end malpractices in Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across the country.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the Amendment Bill is being made, based on the best practices of developed countries like USA+Canada+Singapore+Japan+Germany + UK.
He said, the Motor Vehicles Act has become obsolete and it needs to be changed for ending corruption in RTO offices.
He said, the transport department will be linked to e-governance for bringing total transparency and easy and hassle-free services to the people.
Addressing the Indian Road Congress meeting, Shri Gadkari said that he had committed to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi that Road Transport, Shipping and Inland Waterways will yield 2% extra to the GDP of the country
. He said that the Highways sector is passing through a bad phase and 19 out of 51 road projects had to be dropped for different reasons. He also lamented that not a single kilometre of highway network could be added in the month of July and pulled up officials and other stake holders to speed up the process to achieve the target of building 30 kms of highways per day in the next two years. Admitting that impediments like land acquisition bill+environmental clearances + Defence +Railways land had stalled many projects, the Minister informed that upto 80 % of the projects stuck for environment and forest clearances have been solved and land acquisition process and clearances from Railways and Defence are being expedited.
Minister urged the Indian Roads Congress to concentrate on Research and Development and Designing as per the global standards. He said, this is the right time for the road sector and there will be no dearth of resources including foreign funding but all should focus on time-bound completion of projects.
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The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari lighting the lamp to inaugurate the 203rd meeting of the Indian Road Congress in New Delhi on August 19, 2014.
The Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Vijay Chhibber is also seen.