Vehicles Registration Fee Hike: Renewing the registration of old vehicles will be expensive, the government has increased the fees heavily

The purpose of the huge increase in registration renewal fees by the government is to discourage people from keeping older vehicles, so that people themselves stop using old vehicles and get them scrapped.

Vehicles Registration Fee Hike: If you have an old vehicle, whose registration needs to be renewed, then now you will have to spend a huge amount. Yes, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has increased the registration renewal fee for vehicles older than 20 years by a huge amount. The purpose of the government’s huge increase in registration renewal fees is to discourage people from keeping older vehicles, so that people themselves stop using old vehicles and get them scrapped.

Now a fee of Rs 10,000 will be charged for light motor vehicles

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a notification saying that the fee for renewing the registration of light motor vehicles (LMVs) older than 20 years has now been increased from Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000. Similarly, the renewal fee for 20-year-old two-wheelers has been increased from Rs 1000 to Rs 2000, while for three-wheelers and quadricycles, this fee has been increased from Rs 3500 to Rs 5000.

Huge increase in fees for imported vehicles as well

Now a fee of Rs 20,000 will have to be paid on registration renewal of imported two-wheelers and three-wheelers and Rs 80,000 on four-wheelers or larger imported vehicles. The draft amendment issued in this regard was made public in February and it was finalized on August 21. The ministry had earlier increased vehicle registration and renewal fees in October 2021 as well.

The Supreme Court had put a stay on strict action

Let us tell you that in early August, the Supreme Court had ordered not to take strict action against the owners of 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in Delhi-NCR. The Delhi government had appealed to the Supreme Court that a policy of decommissioning vehicles should be implemented based on their actual usage instead of their manufacturing year.

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