Mandatory to install location tracking devices, panic buttons in taxis, public vehicles: SCA Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan observed that it was alarming that less than one per cent of transport vehicles were eq...
13 May, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 58: The ICE veteran that quietly became an EV lightweighting storyMost auto ancillary investors think linear. Company makes Component X. EV disrupts Component X. Stock goes down. Every story does not fit t...
13 May, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
ELV rules make auto sector non-compliant; FY26 scrap target missed by 70%Industry executives blame an 'unrealistic policy' after a rule change disallowed using other steel scrap for compliance. This makes meeting...
11 May, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
Barrierless tolling to go live soon, MLFF trials underway at Delhi’s Mundka plazaDelhi is testing barrierless tolling, known as Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF), at the Mundka toll plaza, with vehicles passing through and tol...
04 May, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
10 second video, geotagging: Govt to make vehicle fitness certificates, PUC tougher to getGetting vehicle fitness and pollution certificates at home may soon end. The road transport ministry plans to make automated testing compul...
02 Jan, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Deadline extended for mandatory testing of vehicles through Automated Testing Stations“It has now been decided that mandatory testing through ATS for fitness certificates, of these categories of vehicles, will be applicable f...
31 Mar, 2023, 07.43 PM IST
Cars older than 15 yrs: Owners to shell out 8 times more for renewal of registration from Apr 2022The road transport and highways ministry has issued a notification for the renewal of the certificate of registration of old vehicles and t...
05 Oct, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
Get ready to pay eight times more to renew registration of old private or commercial vehiclesThere would be little to no impact on the vehicle owners in Delhi and neighboring areas where diesel vehicles of 10 years or more and 15-ye...
05 Oct, 2021, 05.53 PM IST
Transport ministry proposes up to 25% concession on road tax against a vehicle scrapping certificateIn case the vehicle is registered against submission of "Certificate of vehicle scrapping", the concession in the motor vehicle tax shall b...
30 Mar, 2021, 08.22 PM IST
Customers happy to buy vehicles even though petrol is over Rs 90 a litre, says Maruti’s RC BhargavaThe scrappage policy for cars is not going to come into operation before 2024. A lot of discussions will take place with the government and...
19 Mar, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Registration fee waiver for new cars, 25% rebate on road tax: Gadkari unveils vehicle scrapping policyConsumers will also get scrap value for the old vehicle given by the scrapping centre, which is approximately 4-6 per cent of ex-showroom p...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
Re-registration, fitness test fees of vehicles may be hikedOn Monday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, to phase out old and unfit vehicles. “This w...
03 Feb, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Driving License, other vehicle related documents' validity extended till September 30Considering the situation for prevention of Covid-19 still continues, and as per the requests received, Union transport minister Nitin Gadk...
09 Jun, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
Government proposes scrapping of vehicles older than 15 yearsIn a draft notification, the govt proposed renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles older than 15 years every six months instead of the...
27 Jul, 2019, 07.05 AM IST
Fitness certificate to vehicle without independent test illegal: HCThe bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Shrikant Karve, a Right to Information (RTI) activist from Pune.
28 Mar, 2018, 05.38 PM IST
High Court puts ball in Centre's court on amending Motor Vehicles ActHC asked Centre to consider amending the Motor Vehicles Act to bring in more stringent penalty for vehicles found plying without fitness ce...
18 Feb, 2016, 05.15 PM IST
GPS installation in public transport becomes mandatoryFrom today, installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) has become mandatory in all public transport vehicles plying in the national ca...
01 Jun, 2015, 11.00 PM IST