New Delhi, September 28: The much-awaited vehicle scrappage policy that has now finally sent for a Cabinet approval is likely to see stringent registration and fitness norms for pre-2005 manufactured vehicles.
If old pollution norms are compared with new emission regulations, pre-2005 vehicles are polluting 10 to 25 times more under the new norms. The proposed policy may see imposition of certain compliances like increased registration charges for private vehicles and increased fitness certification charges for transport vehichles & there may be provisions in the proposed policy to de-incentivise such vehicles.
The policy, if finalised, may have provision that on scrapping of old vehicles, buyer of new vehicles could be given concessions by dealers on the basis of certificates of vehicle scrapping.
In two years time, the transport ministry is planning to create automated fitness regime in which no manual intervention would be required to check corruption. It will also work on making the fitness regime objective, rational and scientific.
The government on July 26 this year had proposed amendments to motor vehicle norms to allow scrapping of vehicles older than 15 years in a bid to spur adoption of electrical vehicles.
In a draft notification, the government proposed renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles older than 15 years every six months instead of the current time-frame of one year. The notification also provided that the newly purchased motor vehicles will be exempted for the payment of fees for registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark, if the purchaser produces scrapping certificate of the previously owned vehicle of the same category issued by the authorised scrapping centre/agency.
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