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Road safety month Context The Madhya Pradesh bus crash shows that the accident pandemic is not waning Introduction India’s Road Safety Month, launched on January 18 as an extended form of the annual Road Safety Week for greater impact. Data on India’s road accidents India has the the world’s worst record on road safety. India has, according to the just-released World Bank-commissioned report, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities, 1% of the world’s vehicles but 11% of all road accident deaths. The Union Transport Ministry put the number of dead in 2019 at 1,51,113, and injured at 4,51,361. India’s highways, which…

18 February, 2021 Motor vehicle act

Analysis of Motor Vehicle Act

Govt extends validity of Motor Vehicle Act related documents Part of: GS-II- Governance and acts (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) In News Amid lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, the government has extended the validity of documents related to Motor Vehicle Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules till June 30. The validity has been extended for the documents whose validity expires between February 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. New MOTOR vehicle act analysis India sees more than five lakh road accidents a year leading to 1.5 lakh deaths. According to the Union Transport Minister, this could come down by half if the provisions of…

08 May, 2020 Motor vehicle act

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