The Ministry of Road Transport has doubled renewal fees for vehicles older than 20 years, with LMVs now at ₹10,000 and imported cars up to ₹80,000, aiming to discourage the use of ageing vehicles.
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Under the revised structure, the renewal fee for light motor vehicles (LMVs) that are more than 20 years old has been doubled from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000. For motorcycles, the fee has been raised from ₹1,000 to ₹2,000, while three-wheelers and quadricycles will now attract a fee of ₹5,000, up from the earlier ₹3,500.
The hike is even steeper for imported vehicles: the renewal fee for two- or three-wheelers brought in from abroad has been fixed at ₹20,000, and for imported four-wheelers or larger vehicles, the amount has been set at ₹80,000.
The draft amendment was first published in February this year and was finalized on August 21. This marks the second such revision in recent years, following a fee hike announced in October 2021 for motorcycles, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers.
The decision comes even as the Supreme Court earlier this month directed authorities not to take coercive action against owners of vehicles in Delhi-NCR that are more than 10 years old in the case of diesel vehicles and more than 15 years old in the case of petrol vehicles.
The Delhi government had argued before the court that enforcing an “end-of-life” policy for vehicles solely based on their year of manufacture, without assessing roadworthiness, was unfair.
With this fresh revision, the Centre has underlined its intent to gradually phase out old vehicles, citing concerns over pollution, safety, and road congestion, while vehicle owners are bracing for significantly higher costs to keep their ageing cars and bikes road-legal.
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