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12 Sep 2023

Diesel Cars To Become More Expensive? Nitin Gadkari Clarifies

Diesel cars will soon become more expensive as Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reportedly proposes a 10 per cent Pollution Tax on vehicles using oil burners.

20 Jun 2023

Mandatory For Trucks To Have AC Driver Compartments From 2025 Onwards: Gadkari

From the beginning of the year 2025, all trucks are mandated to have an air-conditioned cabin, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways - Nitin Gadkari, has said.

16 Mar 2023

No Scrapping Policy For Tractors Older Than 10 Years, MoRTH Clarifies

No scrappage policy for tractors, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways affirm. The non-transport vehicles can be registered again after 15 years, it clarifies.

29 Dec 2022

Road Safety: MoRTH reveals not wearing seatbelt claimed 16,397 lives in 2021

According to the report, not wearing a helmet caused injuries to 93,763 persons, and not wearing a seat belt caused injuries to 39,231 persons during 2021, reports PTI.

Delhi-Mumbai expressway

27 Dec 2022

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari shares breathtaking PIC

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway's construction is in full swing Nitin Gadkari shared images of Khanpur Ghati section of eway Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest in the world

13 Dec 2022

Indian highways might get new toll collection system soon: Check details here

Can ANPR replace FASTag in India? Here's all you need to know about the toll collection system that the government of India plans on using in future.

10 Oct 2022

Government makes it EASIER to get BH series number plates, here's how?

To make BH series registration more accessible to people, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued new rules that allow the transfer of vehicles with BH series registration.

22 Sep 2022

Cyrus Mistry accident impact: Govt to make seat belt alarm mandatory in cars

Government likely to make seat belt alarms mandatory Reverse alarm to become mandatory too 3 level alarm to alert riders if travelling without seat belts

07 Sep 2022

‘Koshish toh hai…’ Nitin Gadkari on plans to make 6 airbags mandatory in cars

Govt trying to make it mandatory for carmakers to provide six airbags This initiative will be taken to enhance safety in vehicles Over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021

Battery Safety Norms

02 Sep 2022

Govt announces new battery safety norms for electric vehicles from October 1

MoRTH makes amendments to AIS 156 and AIS 038 Rev.2 standards New amendments to battery safety norms will come into effect from Oct 1 Changes in norms will put constraints on design aspects of battery packs, chargers and more

31 Mar 2022

Upto 8 times increase in RC renewal fees for 15-year-old vehicles from April 1

MoRTH to hike prices for renewing registration of vehicles older than 15-years Four wheeler registration cost increased upto eight times No provision of re-registering older vehicles in Delhi

24 Mar 2022

Third party motor vehicle insurance to not increase from April 1: Report

The rules are called the Motor Third Party Premium and Liability Rules There is a slight dip in the premium to be paid by two-wheeler and private car owners The total number of third party claims they settled during the year was 257,165

18 Mar 2022

MoRTH issues proposal to formalise movement of foreign personal vehicles

Documents have to be in the English language Other language documents have to be translated into English The vehicles won't be permitted to transport local passengers in India

14 Mar 2022

Govt to hike prices for renewing registration of vehicles older than 15 years

MoRTH to hike prices for renewing registration of vehicles older than 15-years Four wheeler registration cost increased upto eight times No provision of re-registering older vehicles in Delhi

09 Mar 2022

Auto LPG body vexed over MoRTH's notification on BS-VI vehicle conversion

IAC is the nodal body for the promotion of Auto LPG in India Members of the Coalition include the oil sector PSUs IAC says it is unviable and impractical to crash test converted vehicles

04 Mar 2022

Govt mandates display of Fitness Certificate, Registration Mark on vehicles

For motorcycles, it shall be displayed on a conspicuous part of the vehicle Vehicles will have to display the information in yellow colour on blue background It should be written in Arial bold script

04 Mar 2022

Govt makes mobile number mandatory for insurance claims on road accidents

The new rules will come into force from April 1, 2022 The investigating officer shall intimate the accident to the claims tribunal within 48 hours The submission of the first accident report (FAR) in Form I is necessary

Transport Ministry

04 Feb 2022

Govt makes vehicle fitness test mandatory through Automated Testing Station

Fitness certificates might be mandated for your vehicles The vehicles will be tested by an automated machine It is likely to begin by 2023

traffic violation

19 Aug 2021

Traffic rule update: Police can't issue challans by just taking photos

According to the new rules, the electronic enforcement devices include speed camera, closed-circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera, dashboard camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh-in machine (WIM) and any such other technology specified by the state government.

Road Transport and Highways Ministry

11 Aug 2021

Transport Ministry amends 2 schemes to boost electric vehicles adoption

The Ministry had received representations from a few states regarding issues in implementing the two schemes. The ministry had earlier notified guidelines for 'Rent a Cab' and 'Rent a Motorcycle' schemes.

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