The Ministry of road transport has decided to impose the additional taxes.
It will be on old vehicles that are no more fit on road.
Green tax is also called as the pollution tax or environmental tax
The decision was taken to curb pollution.
It will also make the polluter to pay for creating pollution.
It will also motivate people to switch to environment-friendly alternatives to the vehicles.
Under the Green Tax norms, the transport vehicles older than eight years will be charged with the green tax at the time of renewal of fitness certificate.
They will be charged at the rate of 10 to 25% of road tax.
While, the Public transport vehicles like city buses will be paying lower Green Tax.
However, the vehicles used in farming like tractor and harvester will be exempted from the tax.