Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Informs Allocation of 30 GHz Radio Frequency for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication to Reduce Road Accidents

• Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has allocated the 30 GHz radio frequency band for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, announced by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the MoRTH Consultative Committee on 23 January 2026.
• Move sits inside India's "4E" road-safety strategy — Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Emergency Care — and the national goal of halving road deaths by 2030 under the Brasilia Declaration / UN Decade of Action.
• UPSC relevance: Intersection of GS-III (S&T, infrastructure, ITS) and GS-II (governance, road safety policy).