<p class="title">Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he will not allow driverless cars in India as these could take away jobs of several lakh people in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Several big personalities from the country met me and said they want to bring driverless vehicles to India. I clearly told them that till I am there, I shall not allow driverless cars in India. I was asked whether I oppose new technology. I said not at all.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are 40 lakh drivers in the country and a shortage of 25 lakh drivers. I will not let the jobs of 1 crore people be snatched away," Gadkari said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME was addressing an event to distribute leather tool kits at a function organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari said that social and economic equality will not come from speeches but with real action. Distribution of tool kits to leather artisans is such an action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is a real dedication to Mahatma Gandhi's spirit, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are working regularly for economically and socially backward sectors. Now Kulhads will be used for tea at 400 railway stations which will give employment to Kumhars," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena, in his address, said that in the current financial year, KVIC would distribute another 70,000 leather tool kits among the trained artisans. </p>
<p class="title">Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he will not allow driverless cars in India as these could take away jobs of several lakh people in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Several big personalities from the country met me and said they want to bring driverless vehicles to India. I clearly told them that till I am there, I shall not allow driverless cars in India. I was asked whether I oppose new technology. I said not at all.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are 40 lakh drivers in the country and a shortage of 25 lakh drivers. I will not let the jobs of 1 crore people be snatched away," Gadkari said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME was addressing an event to distribute leather tool kits at a function organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari said that social and economic equality will not come from speeches but with real action. Distribution of tool kits to leather artisans is such an action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is a real dedication to Mahatma Gandhi's spirit, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are working regularly for economically and socially backward sectors. Now Kulhads will be used for tea at 400 railway stations which will give employment to Kumhars," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena, in his address, said that in the current financial year, KVIC would distribute another 70,000 leather tool kits among the trained artisans. </p>