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Vehicle Scrapping Policy
March 20 , 2021
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- The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has introduced the Vehicle Scrapping Policy on March 18, 2021 in the Lok Sabha.
- This will come into effect from April 1, 2021.
- It was first announced by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget Speech 2021-2022 on February 1, 2021.
Note:
- 51 lakhs of the light motor vehicles which are 20 years old and more will be scrapped under this policy.
- 34 lakhs of light motor vehicles are older than 15 years while around 51 lakhs of light motor vehicles are older than 20 years.
- 17 lakh medium & heavy commercial vehicles are older than 15 years.
Hightlights:
- The scrapping policy will bring the transformational changes in automobile sector by reducing the vehicular emission of pollutants.
- The policy was introduced with the aim of creating an ecosystem to phase out the unfit, old and polluting vehicles.
- Under the policy, personal vehicles will have to undergo the fitness tests at the automated centres after 20 years.
- On the other hand, the commercial vehicles will have to undergo the fitness test after 15 years.
- If the vehicles failed to pass the fitness test for three times, the owner would not be able to drive it on the road.
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