Over 21 crore two-wheelers, 7 crore four-wheelers and above category of vehicles registered in India
New Delhi, Aug 4: The country has more than 21 crore two-wheelers and over 7 crore four-wheelers and above category of vehicles registered, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said out of the total vehicles, 5,44,643 are electric two-wheelers while 54,252 are electric four-wheelers and above, as per the centralised data base -- VAHAN -- as on August 3, 2022.
Data further revealed that there were 2,95,245 two-wheelers and 18,47,539 four-wheeler and above category of vehicles with fuel types of CNG, ethanol, fuel cell hydrogen, LNG, LPG, solar, methanol etc.
Replying to a separate question, he said the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways. National Highways are generally maintained in traffic-worthy condition.
During the rainy season, damages sometimes occur to National Highways in few places due to flooding, landslides, heavy downpour etc. But the restoration works are promptly carried out and traffic restored to normal, he added.
The minister noted that development and upgradation of National Highways is a continuous process.
He said MoRTH has been taking up projects such as the construction of expressways, capacity upgradation of existing National Highways, rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing pavements, rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing bridges and structures and construction of Road Over Bridges (RoBs) on existing National Highways depending upon traffic demand.
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Trump says Reliance to invest in new Texas oil refinery
New York/Washington, Mar 11 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has said that India’s Reliance Industries will make an investment in a new oil refinery being opened in Texas, thanking the company and "our partners in India" for the deal.
Describing it as a "historic USD 300 billion deal", Trump in a social media post on Tuesday said the project is being enabled by his administration’s "America First agenda”.
He said the deal is "the biggest in the US history" and "a massive win for American workers, energy and the great people of South Texas".
However, there has been no official communication from Reliance Industries on the deal so far.
"Thank you to our partners in India, and their largest privately held energy company, Reliance, for this tremendous investment," Trump said.
Trump said the new refinery at the Port of Brownsville will fuel US markets, strengthen national security, boost American energy production, and generate thousands of jobs.
A press release by America First Refining (AFR) said that it received a nine-figure investment in February from a "global supermajor” at a 10-figure valuation.
AFR said it also "signed a binding 20-year offtake term sheet with the same global supermajor that secures commitments to purchase, process, and distribute American-produced energy exclusively sourced from American shale oil”.
The press release did not mention Reliance Industries or specify the amount it plans to invest in the project.
The company said it plans to break ground on the refinery in the second quarter of 2026.
