Time to sell your old cars? 15 year rule passed!

[Gowtham]

Government released a statement:

 

 “The Minister approved the policy of deregistration and scrapping of vehicles owned by Government department and PSU, which are above 15 years in age. It is to be notified and will come into effect from April 1 2022.”

 

Autocar:

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The much anticipated vehicle scrappage policy has finally been approved by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), albeit applicable only to government vehicles for now. Under the policy vehicles of both, Central and State Governments that are older than 15 years will be scrapped. The policy was approved on January 25th this year and will come into effect on April 1st, 2022.

• Government vehicles older than 15 years to be scrapped.
• Green Tax or pollution tax also proposed for older vehicles.

 

 

 

Green tax:

1. Personal vehicles to be charged with green tax at the time of renewal of registration certification after 15 years
2. Higher green tax (50% of road tax) for vehicles being registered in highly polluted cities
3. Differential tax will also be charged depending on fuel (petrol/ diesel) and the type of vehicle.
4. Vehicles like strong hybrids, electric vehicles and those running on alternate fuels like CNG, ethanol and LPG will be exempted

 

[karthik]

12 hours ago, Gowtham said:

CNG, ethanol and LPG will be exempted

 

I will fit a dummy CNG tank in car and extend the registration. Such rules will always have workaround. New agents will pop-up with new solutions.

[shiva]

We have 3rd/4th hand cars that run well in the market upto 20 years. Shared current statistics of our car market. This rule won't be implemented. There will be a backlash. Car is still a dream for many. 

 

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NEW DELHI: India has a ratio of merely 22 cars per thousand individuals, while the country has recently embarked on urbanisation, a top government official Wednesday said.

 

 

[sagar]

These new rules have totally changed the dynamics of the market and it is just going to worsen the 2nd hand car market for the one’s which are used for more than 6 years. 
But, I strongly feel that the most of the public utility vehicles run by the Govt have to be scrapped first before they get imposed on to the countrymen.