The particulars submitted by Union highway transport minister Nitin Gadkari to the Parliament final week present that at the very least 4 crore vehicles registered throughout states are greater than 15 years outdated and practically 50% of these are older than 20 years. The precise quantity could be extra since this quantity has been collated from the digitised car information from the central car registration database of Vahan 4. Moreover, the centralised information would not embody the small print of three massive states – Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.
The particulars of these vehicles turn out to be necessary in the sunshine of the federal government’s announcement to mandatorily de-register outdated vehicles – 15-years-outdated industrial and 20 -years-outdated private vehicles – in the event that they fail to move the health take a look at from June 1, 2024. “Currently, there is no mechanism to de-register vehicles until and unless the owners approach RTOs. So, there may be huge number of unused vehicles which are still in the category of registered vehicles,” stated an official.
In its bid to discourage individuals to carry on to their outdated vehicles, the federal government has began taking a sequence of steps together with the transfer to formulate pointers for imposition of “green tax” on older vehicles by states and UTs. The highway transport ministry has circulated the proposal to states and UTs for his or her feedback. It has additionally issued draft notifications to extend the fees for renewal of registration of private vehicles and health renewal prices for industrial vehicles that are over 15 years.
“I’m wondering what could be the reaction of the government on 15-year-old private petrol vehicles that are very well maintained and so would pass the pollution test with flying colours. This proposal is overlooking a sizeable chunk of vehicle owners who fall in this category,” stated Geetika Dogra, a car proprietor.