New centre will focus on transport, mobility and logistics economics.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to establish the NHAI Centre for Economics of Transportation, Mobility and Logistics at NCAER. The centre is being set up with a founding contribution from NHAI and is intended to serve as a dedicated research platform focused on the economics of transportation, mobility and logistics.
According to NHAI, the centre will undertake applied economic research across areas including National Highway economics, freight logistics, modal integration, regional economic impacts of highway investments, toll policy, asset monetisation, road safety interventions and technology adoption in highway operations and maintenance. NHAI will support the establishment and operation of the centre for 10 years. The centre will also function as a knowledge hub through policy briefs, reports, workshops and stakeholder consultations to support evidence-based decision-making in the transport sector.
Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB)
