Year End Recap of MoRTH

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Context (PIB): Year End Review 2023- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) was released.

Bharatmala Pariyojana

The primary focus is optimising the efficiency of moving goods and people across the country.
The Pariyojana emphasised a “corridor-based National Highway development” to ensure infrastructure symmetry and consistent road user experience.
Phase I, approved in October 2017, focuses on bridging critical infrastructure gaps by developing 34,800 km of National Highways.
Key components: Economic corridor development, Inter-corridor and feeder routes development, National corridor efficiency Improvement, Border and International Connectivity Roads, Coastal and Port Connectivity Roads and Expressways are critical components of the scheme.
35 Multimodal Logistics Parks will be developed as part of Bharatmala Pariyojana.

MMLP is a transportation hub integrating different modes of transport at one location to enable efficient freight transport.
India’s first International MMLP is being constructed in Jogighopa, Assam.

“RajmargYatra“ is a citizen-centric Mobile Application with an in-built complaint redressal system.
“NHAI One” is a mobile app facilitating the execution of National Highway Projects.

This has come into force with effect from 2021.
It has been incorporated in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
It is voluntary to Defense personnel, Central Government/ State Government/ Central/ State Public Sector Undertakings employees and private sector companies/organisations with offices in four or more States/Union territories.

Implementing Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 is under the purview of the State Governments/UT administration, though the act is central.

A gap is observed in the vehicle’s emission performance in laboratory testing and actual driving conditions.
It was first introduced in Europe, and now India has also introduced RDE regulations along with Bharat Stage IV norms.