Nitin Gadkari

The government‘s targets for completion of road projects have come under a flak from road sector experts with Feedback Infrastructure Chairman Vinayak Chatterjee and MEP Infrastructure Managing Director Jayant Mhaiskar terming the targets as overambitious.

Make in India will never come into existence if we keep relying on roadways. "Waterways will be our future," Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping said, adding that this will help reduce pressure on road and railways.

Speaking about his recent visit to the American west coast, which is the global hub of hi-tech innovations, Gadkari said he spent quality time with the officials of Tesla, which is also founded by Musk, who is known for his futuristic ideas.

Rollout of the Goods & Services Tax (GST) will close doors for government to provide excise duty incentives for scrapping. Instead, a cash incentive proposal for scrappage will be taken up in the budget, sources said.

At an IACC Annual Convention, Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping and Road Transport, talked about his ministries' policies and gave an update on key measures they plan to take going forward.

Watch Shereen Bhan of CNBC-TV18 having a dialogue with Suresh Prabhu and Nitin Gadkari on India@75. The idea behind India@75 was the India of tomorrow.

Congress, TMC and Left members urged Speaker Sumitra Mahajan not to allow Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to introduce the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill saying it will otherwise set a "bad precedent". But she overruled their objections

Gadkari said the government would try to give subsidies to encourage production of electric cars, but there will always be limitations on how much subsidy could be given

In an interaction with captains of the auto industry, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari took questions on the government's stand on emmission and safety norms, its upcoming scrappage policy as well as how electric vehicles can get a boost, among others.

Over the last month, quite a few top ministers have come out supporting auto companies and it's not just the road transport or heavy industries ministers.

According to YD Murthy, executive vice-president - finance, NCC, the main problem with stalled projects are issues related to land acquisition and lack of clearances

CNBC-TV18 and Mint in a show titled Budget Verdict: The Infra Ministerial spoke to the ministers — in charge of various infrastructure-related portfolios — to understand the steps that have already been taken to push growth and in line with Budget 2016

On the construction of roads, Gadkari is confident of meeting the target of building 30 kilometres per day by the end of March. Currently the rate is around 19-20 kilometres per day

At the meet, Vinod Dasari, President of SIAM, also relayed his thoughts on the recent ban on registration of 2000cc+ cars in New Delhi, pointing out that less than 20 percent of pollution actually comes from auto emission in the city and he wishes the myth that cars are polluting India is dispelled.

The Indian government has decided to head straight for Bharat Stage (BS)-VI emission norms for automobiles from the current BS-III and BS-IV standards, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India in an interview to CNBC TV-18 today.

The government will prepare a detailed policy in this regard and table the same in a Cabinet meeting soon. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on December 5 said that the government would discontinue the move if people faced problems.

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, meltdown in China, declining oil price and low exports are hurting the company's business.

Within two years , we will get the bypass in Delhi, and that will solve the problem of traffic jam and pollution; 50 percent of traffic jam of Delhi we can solve, Road Transport minister Nitin Gadkari told CNBC-TV18

The government is moving quickly when it comes to upgrading the country's infrastructure and a lot of initiatives have been taken with respect to getting road and port projects to take off, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.

Roads secretary Vijay Chhibber says 8000 km roads were awarded last year, and this year the aim is to award 10,000 km. The strategy, going ahead, is to award atleast 10,000-12,000 km every year, he says