NATRIP meaning in Ministry of Science and Technology ?

Answer: What is National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project mean?

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP), the largest and one of the most significant initiatives in Automotive sector so far, represents a unique joining of hands between the Government of India, a number of State Governments and Indian Automotive Industry to create a state of the art Testing, Validation and R&D infrastructure in the country.

The Project aims at creating core global competencies in Automotive sector in India and facilitate seamless integration of Indian Automotive industry with the world as also to position the country prominently on the global automotive map. NATRiP aim to create a testing, validation and R&D infrastructure, had announced to invest Rs 1,718 crore for setting up of seven auto testing facilities at seven locations across India by 2011. NATRIP is forging ahead at a fast pace on schedule. Currently, tenders worth more than Rs 1642.97 Cr have been floated and tenders worth around Rs 1403.98 crore have been finalized The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in their meeting held on 27 July 2016 has approved the revised time lines and escalation of cost estimate of the project. Accordingly, now the revised cost estimates is Rs. 3727.30 crore with project completion date in June 2019.

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National Automotive Testing and Research and Development Implementation Project	General
National Automotive Testing and Research and Development Infrastructure Project	General
National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project	Ministry of Science and Technology