NHAI to undertake performance assessment & ranking of highways in country
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- National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of the highways in the country.
- The assessment audit and ranking of the National Highways is aimed to take corrective recourse, wherever needed, to improve the quality and provide higher level of service to highway commuters.
- The criteria for the assessment have been broadly categorised in three main heads. They are - Highway Efficiency, Highway Safety and User Services.
Source:AIR
Related General Knowledge
National Highways Authority of India
- The National Highways Authority of India is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1988 and is responsible for management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India.
- It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
- Founded: 1988
- Sector: Indian National Highway System
- Purpose: Development and maintenance of national highways
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Agency executive: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu( Chairman)
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in also to increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in India.
- Jurisdiction: India
- Founded: July 1942
- Headquarters: Parivahan Bhavan, 1, Parliament Street, New Delhi
- Annual budget: 91,823 crores INR (US$13 billion, 2020-21 est.)
- Officeholders: Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister)