National Highways Authority of India

National Highways Authority of India
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण
AbbreviationNHAI
Formation1995; 29 years ago (1995) (Act 1988)[1]
TypeGovernment Agency
Legal statusActive
PurposeDevelopment and maintenance of National Highways and Expressways.
HeadquartersSector-10, Dwarka, Delhi
Region served
 India
Official language
English and Hindi
Chairman
Santosh Kumar Yadav (IAS)
Member (Finance)
N.R.V.V.M.K. Rajendra Kumar
Member (Projects)
V. K. Rajawat
Member (Technical)
Alok Deepankar
Main organ
Board of directors[2]
Parent organisation
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Budget
162,207 crore (US$19 billion) (2023-24 est.)
Websitenhai.gov.in
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox organization with unknown parameter "Ministers Responsible"
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox organization with unknown parameter "sister_agency"
via Arun Ganesh
[3] Rationalization of Numbering Systems of National Highway of India
Headquarters of the NHAI at Sector 10, Dwarka in New Delhi, India.

The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण, romanizedBhāratīya Rāṣṭrīya Rājmārg Prādhikaraṇ) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and is responsible for management of a road network of over 50,000 km of National highways out of 1,32,499 km in India.[4] It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). NHAI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for satellite mapping of highways.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nhai-estd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "NHAI List of Board of Directors". NHAI. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Indian Road Network". NHAI. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. ^ "NHAI signs MoU". Business Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2016.