{"id":25053,"date":"2026-09-08T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25053"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:19:37","slug":"e-fast-india-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/e-fast-india-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"e-FAST India Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>e-FAST India Initiative Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, NITI Aayog launched the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport (PACT) at the 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About e-FAST India Initiative<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The e-FAST India (<\/span><b>Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport &#8211; India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a <\/span><b>NITI Aayog<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> government\u2013industry platform focused on <strong>moving medium- and heavy-duty freight towards zero-emission vehicles.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It brings together <\/span><b>government and industry stakeholders<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes OEMs, logistics service providers, financiers, shippers and charge point operators &#8211; to accelerate the transition to zero-emission freight in India, <strong>particularly in the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle segments.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport (PACT)?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a flagship initiative under <\/span><b>the e-FAST India platform.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to aggregate <\/span><b>freight demand from shippers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) and other ecosystem stakeholders and translate it into deployment opportunities across identified freight corridors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It brings together shippers, LSPs, vehicle manufacturers, financiers, charge point operators (CPOs) to <\/span><b>improve demand visibility, support charging infrastructure planning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and strengthen the commercial case for <\/span><b>electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (e-MHDVs).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2307592&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e-FAST India Initiative is a NITI Aayog government\u2013industry platform focused on moving medium- and heavy-duty freight towards zero-emission vehicles. 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