Author: Aditi Agrawal

Goa has announced that from January 2024, all of its new tourist vehicles as well as rental cabs and motorbikes will be electric vehicles. This declaration was made by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday, July 12.   India has been promoting adoption of electric vehicles all over the country by providing various incentives, benefits and waivers. Supporting the movement, state governments are making additional efforts to promote EVs in their area. Out of the 28 states and 8 Union territories, Goa ranks fourth in terms of percentage of total EVs purchased. To keep up with their performance, the state has…

Traffic Violations in NCR are one of the major causes of severe road accidents. President of IRTE, Rohit Baluja gave his take on road traffic violations… Delhi experiences approximately 436 million Road Traffic Violations on a daily basis. According to a study conducted by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (ITRE), 25% of these violations are due to faulty road engineering and environment. Analysing the government data, almost 1,50,000 people are getting killed annually because of road accidents. Majority of these get blamed on rash driving, driver of the vehicle, or problem with the vehicle. But studies at ITRE show…

India has been experiencing heavy rainfalls across several states, making the state governments issue alerts for flooding in multiple areas. On top of this, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a forecast of an active southwest monsoon phase in the coming week.  While a number of states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are experiencing flood wreckage due to continuous rains for the past quarter of the month, some states of the country are experiencing a deficiency in rainfall as compared to normal rates. The south-west monsoon has created a low-pressure area and by Tuesday it is assumed that another cyclonic…

To date, FAME-II subsidies allotted for 2-wheelers have almost been used up as the total sale of electric 2-wheelers has reached almost 1 million in the country. Subsidies given under FAME-II for two-wheelers have been reduced by the Ministry of Heavy Industries of India and have been in effect from the start of June. Previously the subsidy provided was INR 15,000/kwh for electric two-wheelers and was capped at 40% of the vehicle’s price. Now it has been reduced to INR 10,000/kwh capped at 15% of the 2-wheeler’s price. In simpler terms, if the vehicle cost is 1,00,000, then a customer…

Streaming platforms in India have been growing at an exponential rate over the last few years. Online streaming of movies, series, and dramas that offer a wide variety of culturally different content has started becoming a norm. Giants in these industries like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney have been publishing a wide variety of content on their platforms including a great number of genres. Disney Hotstar alone enjoys 55 million subscribers in India followed by 22.3 million by Amazon and 6.1 million by Netflix. Looking at the types of content available for people to stream online, the Indian government called a…

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter, India (MSI) have launched their new product in India- The Dio 125, a sturdy and sporty-looking scooter in India, today. Customers can choose from the two variants offered by the company.  Dio 125 will be available in a Standard variant and a Smart variant. Both models will be priced at INR 83,400 and INR 91,300 respectively. The price does not include additional prices like tax, registration etc. charges. Automotive design of Dio 125 Honda MSI has focused on giving its new product a sporty look that looks sturdy and stylish. The front of the scooter supports…

Altigreen- an automobile company manufacturing electric cargo 3-wheelers have partnered up with Lohum, a company engaged in recycling, and repurposing raw materials of electric vehicles to provide a sustainable way of disposal and recycling of its electric vehicles.  The Government of India published Battery Waste Management rules back in August 2022 in wake of the increasing number of electric vehicles on road. According to the article, it is mandatory for every EV manufacturer to be responsible for their vehicles’ battery waste management. Every EV manufacturer has an obligation to fulfil the recycling goals set by the central government. In the…

India is the largest sugar producer and 2nd largest exporter of sugar production in the world. It holds the record for producing 34,300,000 tonnes of raw sugar, a part of which also gets exported across the globe. The country is experiencing very low rainfall this monsoon season and as a water-intensive crop, sugarcane production is also getting affected. Monsoon in India is said to start from July at full force, but seeing the current condition of rainfall, farmers growing sugarcane are worried about this year’s yield.  The sugar production of the country took a hit last year and was looking…

The Green Credit program is an incentive-based initiative that aims to reward those who work towards environmentally friendly practices in their operations of business and daily life. The reward will encourage more people to change their lifestyle practices and adopt nature-friendly options. The Government of India launched an initiative called- “ Lifestyle for Environment” (LiFE) during the COP26 at Gaslow. It was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote an environmentally friendly lifestyle for the people of the country. Regarding mission LiFE, the government has now put forward the draft rules for the Green Credit Program program. It is…

Feeder bus services are available at the Metro stations of Bengaluru. The City’s current Metro service covers an area of 70 km and has 63 stations for the people to ride the Metro. But the buses are only available on 17 of these 63 stations. According to statistics, Bengaluru Metro accommodates an average of 6.1 lakh people daily and still has the potential to indulge more passengers. It still remains far from reaching its full potential. The reason for this falls on the lack of last-mile connectivity of metro stations to the people’s houses. Need for Feeder Bus Services at…