As per AITWA’s latest newsletters, number of National Permit trucks is increasing at a good pace. April to December 2022 approx 10.36 lacs trucks took National Permit v/s 6.82 lacs for the same period in 2021 (51% increase). While for CY 2022 14.33 lac trucks took NP v/s 10.26 lacs in 2021 (almost 40% increase)
“Increase in the NP numbers, indicates that the Indian economy is strong and there is robust demand. Also we should consider that substantial volume is moving to rail month after month else this increase would have been much more. Truckers contribute Rs 2,365 crore to the State Governments in CY 2022 towards National Permit alone, whether or not their trucks make any money! Hopefully States, especially Madhya Pradesh which gets Rs 225 crore from truckers every year on this account alone, will stop looting them on their entry points so that more truckers can operate in & out of MP”, said Abhishek Gupta, Gen Secretary AITWA.
