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In line with Sustainable Development will accelerate over the next two technology to speed up the clearance
Goals 2030, ensuring safety of citizens decades. In addition, ministries should processes for efficient freight movement.
will be a key focus area of infrastructure focus on increasing the share of public Efficient clearance processes at MMLPs,
development. This would include the transport and 100% use of green Ports and Airports would help in reducing
design and construction of safer technologies in public transport. Various delays in the freight movement.
infrastructure that will minimize hazards state governments, such as Andhra
and will improve safety for users. There Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil To achieve this vision of AmritKaal, all the
is already an increased focus on Nadu etc have committed to the adoption stakeholders will need to come together
adopting the latest technologies to of electric vehicles for public transport to develop a multi-year National
reduce accident risks. Indian Railways vehicles. This is also supported by Transport Strategy which includes wide
and MoRT&H have continuously focused schemes such as FAME-II, PLI for the range of policy measures and
on safety via implementation of KAVACH auto and batteries and other incentives to investments, such as building new
and Advanced Traffic Management consumers and the industry. The focus infrastructure, modernizing existing
System respectively, to achieve the areas now also need to include infrastructure, investing in new
vision of zero accidents. In addition, development of the overall ecosystem technologies, improving the regulatory
implementation of more safety features beyond just vehicles. environment, and promoting the use of
such as Advanced Driver Assistance alternative modes of transportation
Systems in vehicles along with the focus Along with faster, safer, and sustainable aiming to improving the efficiency,
on post-accident care to reduce fatalities travel, convenience plays an important reliability, and sustainability of the
will further make our infrastructure safer role in realizing the full potential of transportation system. The Government
for all. infrastructure. Ministries have embarked of India will need to continue supporting
on this journey via development of way this infrastructure growth over the next
About 7-10% of India's carbon emissions
side amenities, FASTags to reduce toll couple of decades in a big way. We have
come from transport, and this will be
congestion, introduction of e-way bills, already made a positive start through the
important as we progress along our Net
Digiyatra app for hassle free check-in adoption of the PM GatiShakti National
Zero journey. The era of sustainable
during air travel, provision of 100% AC Master Plan across all ministries. It is
mobility is being ushered in with the
coaches in passenger trains etc. to critical to not take our eyes off the
advent of electricity and alternate fuel-
provide a convenient journey to the ultimate prize – which is building a large,
driven transport. India is already at an
users. All the relevant ministries are prosperous economy with world class
inflection point in EV adoption, and this
already working on adoption of infrastructure.

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