THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI MAHADEO SINGH KHANDELA)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) and the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) have
already agreed to the proposal of creation of the National Road Safety and Traffic Management
Board recommended by Sundar Committee. A draft Cabinet Note in this regard has been circulated
to the concerned Ministries/Departments seeking their comments. Since the procedure involved
for creation of the National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board through an Act of
Parliament is quite lengthy and depends on the observation/decision of appropriate authorities
such as Union Cabinet, Parliament etc., no definite timeframe for creation of the Board can be
envisaged at this stage.
(c)&(d) The proposed National Road Safety and Traffic Management Bill suggested by Sundar
Committee also envisages enabling provision to create similar State Level Road Safety and
Traffic Management Boards for the States. The report was circulated to all the states/UTs
for their comments and was also discussed with the States in various meetings. The State
Governments have endorsed the report of Sundar Committee. As such, the States have not been
requested separately to create similar Boards in their States;
(e) The State Governments are responsible for providing efficient and well coordinated
public transport in their respective States. However, keeping in view the precarious financial
position of various public transport institutions such as State owned Road Transport
Undertakings, Planning Commission has allocated funds in the 11th Five Year Plan for providing
central assistance to the States for strengthening public transport system in the country.
Planning Commission has also given its in-principle approval on a draft scheme prepared by
this Ministry.
