Source: LiveMint.com, June 20, 2017
New Delhi: India ratified the Transports Internationaux Routiers or International Road Transports (TIR) Convention, IRU, the global road transport organization said in a statement on Monday.
The multilateral international transit treaty—Customs Convention on International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets—is also referred to as the TIR Convention and functions under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Source :Financial Express 5 May 2017
Tata Motors believes that electric buses are imminently suitable for city transportation although it is still not sure if the users would be ready to pay higher prices for tickets.
Tata Motors plans test runs for its 9-meter and 12-meter electric buses across the country to generate interest among the State transport corporations, even as it urges government to pay higher subsidy on electric vehicles compared with hybrid vehicles under the upcoming electric vehicle policy. “We have already started test runs of our 9-meter electric vehicles in the state of Himachal Pradesh, and it is our intent to make a number of these vehicles available all across the country to generate interest,” Ravindra Pisharody, executive director, commercial vehicles of Tata Motors said. Tenders have already been floated by Pune city for 100 buses, BEST for 6 buses, and similarly by Himachal Road Transport Corporation that the company plans to participate in.
Source: LiveMint.com, Mar 15, 2017
New Delhi: India has firmed up the contours of its ambitious multi-modal programme to reduce logistics costs and make the economy competitive.
The strategy involves a reset of India’s logistics sector from a “point-to-point” model to a “hub-and-spoke” model and involves railways, highways, inland waterways and airports to put in place an effective transportation grid.This includes setting up 35 multi-modal logistics parks at an investment of Rs50,000 crore, development of 50 economic corridors and an investment template which involves roping in the states and the private sector for setting up special vehicles for implementation.
To implement this, the government plans to host a multi-modal summit—India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit—in May, on the lines of the maritime summit to pitch project opportunities to the investors.
Source: The Economic Times, Oct 14, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to allow foreign-registered planes to operate in India in its endeavour to make it easier for aircraft leasing companies to do business here.
Currently, any aircraft that is being brought to India has to be first registered with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a rule that has been seen as an obstacle in taking planes on lease by airlines at a time when India is pushing for increased regional air connectivity.
Exemption from this rule will make it easier for the lessor to take back the aircraft in case of a dispute with the airline operating the aircraft. Since there will be less risk of their planes getting stuck in India, the leasing companies could also reduce the rentals, helping local airlines. On Thursday, the civil aviation ministry called a meeting of aircraft lessors as part of efforts to ensure availability of aircraft to implement the regional connectivity scheme. “We heard the suggestions made by the lessors in the meeting. We should be able to allow foreign-registered aircraft to operate in India,” said a senior aviation ministry official, who did not want to be named.
Source: Financial Express, Oct. 12, 2016
New Delhi: Aiming to reduce travel time significantly, Railways will ink a pact with Germany for running high-speed trains in the country.
Accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, German Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt, will meet Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on October 14.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between the two countries for bilateral cooperation in the rail sector, said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Dobrindt is visiting India from October 12 to 15. According to railways, it is a “follow-up” to Prabhu’s visit to Germany in April.
The German minister will hold talks with Prabhu in Rail Bhavan. Both ministers will focus on deepening collaboration and strengthening ties in the field of railways and high–speed trains.
After the meeting, the MoU will be signed between Indian Railways and DB Engineering and Consulting GmbH.
| Origin | Destination | Flight No. | Departure | Arrival | Days of Operation |
| Delhi | Madrid | AI-135 | 1425 | 2020 | Tue, Thu & Sat |
| Madrid | Delhi | AI-136 | 2150 | 1110 +1 | Tue, Thu & Sat |
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is a cosmopolitan city with a large cultural and artistic heritage, a legacy of centuries of exciting history. This heritage merges seamlessly with the city’s modern and convenient infrastructures, a wide-ranging offer of accommodation and services. These conditions, together with all the drive of a dynamic and open society –as well as high-spirited and friendly– have made this metropolis one of the great capitals of the European world.
Madrid, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It’s renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum’s works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The Prado, one of the world’s most important art galleries, forms a “Golden Triangle” with the Reina Sofía Museum dedicated to contemporary Spanish art and containing works by Picasso (home to “Guernica”), Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Juan Gris, among others and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, with over 800 paintings ranging from primitive Flemish artists through to the avant-garde movements.
The jewel in the crown of Madrid is the Royal Palace, an imposing building dating from the 17th century featuring a mixture of Baroque and classicist styles. Beside it is the Plaza de Oriente square, the Teatro Real opera house, and the modern cathedral of La Almudena which was consecrated in 1993 by Pope John Paul II.
Other important heritages in Western history includes the Pantheon of Illustrious Men, the Descalzas Reales Monastery, the Royal Monastery of La Encarnación, the El Pardo Royal Palace, the Aranjuez Royal Palace, the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, the Casita del Príncipe in El Escorial, the Casita del Infante in El Escorial and the Benedictine abbey of Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos.
A major pilgrimage centre for soccer lovers. Real Madrid, the dominant soccer club, plays at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
Madrid’s two Conference Centres, the modern trade fair ground in the Campo de las Naciones, and over 80,000 places in other meeting centre’s make Madrid one of Europe’s most attractive business hubs.
Source: Auto Economic Times, Sept 18, 2016
NEW DELHI: Government may soon come up with an ambitious Rs 3-lakh-crore Economic Corridor project to develop 35,000 km of highways for faster movement of freight.
This would be the second largest project in the sector after the flagship road building programme of NHDP which saw development of 50,000 km of National Highways network as per global standards including the Golden Quadrilateral project.
The Golden Quadrilateral project aims at connecting all four metropolises and North-South Corridor connecting Srinagar to Kayakumari and East-West Corridor joining Porbandar to Silchar.
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