National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) sign a memorandum of understanding to establish a dedicated research centre focused on the economics of transportation, mobility, and logistics. All reports describe the centre as India’s first dedicated facility of its kind and as a platform for policy-relevant research aimed at supporting longer-term planning and investment decisions in the transport sector.
The planned work includes studies related to highways and road infrastructure, freight logistics and supply-chain movement, and how toll systems operate and affect outcomes. The research scope also covers road safety and the adoption of technology in transport and mobility. While the articles emphasize the centre’s purpose of producing inputs for infrastructure policy and planning, they do not specify timelines, funding amounts, staffing, or governance arrangements. The MoU indicates cooperation between the highway regulator and an applied research institution to develop evidence that can inform decision-making across transport economics.
