Sanjay Aggarwal calls on Transport Minister

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29: Sanjay Aggarwal, Chairperson, Federation of Automobiles Dealers Associations (FADA) today called on Satish Sharma, Transport Minister.
Aggarwal was accompanied by FADA Jammu regional directors, Kanav Aggarwal and Manik Batra.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the various issues and challenges faced by automobile sector in J&K.
During their meeting, Aggarwal highlighted that scrappage policy has not yet been rolled out in UT of J&K as a result of which the consumers here are not able to take the benefit of scraping their end of life vehicles.
Also, there is no scrapping unit available in J&K, due to which the people of J&K have to go to neighboring states to get their vehicle scrapped and obtain Certificate of Deposit (COD).
There are almost 2 lakh End of Life vehicles in J&K which are due for scrappage.
He said, “The scrappage policy should be implemented at the earliest and discount should be given to customers on registration tax on new vehicle after scrapping its old vehicle whose life has ended under Vehicle Scrapping Policy.”
Aggarwal also shared the data of various states / UT which are giving 15-25% rebate on Road Tax against scrapping their end of life vehicles and suggested that exemption of Road Tax on Hybrid and CNG Vehicles should be given in J&K as per the green initiatives taken by the Government of India.
He raised the issue of End-of-Life Vehicles – ELVs which are coming for re-registration from other states in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir leading to regulatory concerns and proposed the introduction of a Green Tax @ 10% on such unsafe and unfit polluting vehicles and said that the GST imposed on Road Tax should be stopped immediately. Double taxation is not applicable as per laws.
Satish Sharma, Transport Minister gave a patient hearing to all the issues and suggestion given by FADA Jammu and said that the issues discussed are quite relevant and will be given due consideration.
He said, “Automobile sector should provide ample employment opportunities to the youth of J&K and the proposal by FADA regarding Formation of Automobile Service Center Cluster in Jammu and Kashmir can be looked into as it will generate lot of employment opportunities at various districts.”

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