New Delhi, April 30 -- Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday presented the 57th National Awards for Export Excellence, lauding India's engineering exporters for their resilience and reaffirming the government's push towards infrastructure, innovation, and sustainability to boost global competitiveness.
Addressing the award ceremony organised by EEPC India here, Gadkari underlined that the rapid expansion of road infrastructure is set to significantly reduce logistics costs in the country.
"Earlier, logistics costs in India were as high as 16pc of GDP. Recent studies suggest this has already come down to around 10pc. With the pace at which we are developing road infrastructure, I am confident it will fall furth...