Urbanization and modernization are the two dimensions of the World’s growth in today’s world. Moving on with the same perception, India hasn’t let itself away and is on track to lead way in the race of developments. The Central Government along with various divisions have come up with various new initiatives to promote urbanization and inculcate technology into daily lives of citizens of India. We, at Transport Mall have summarized all the new policies of the government into the slides.

1. The New Guidelines from
the Ministry of Transport
for the Transportation
Industry

2. INTRODUCTION
Urbanization and modernization are the two dimensions of the World’s growth in today’s
world. Moving on with the same perception, India hasn’t let itself away and is on track to
lead way in the race of developments. The Central Government along with various
divisions have come up with various new initiatives to promote urbanization and
inculcate technology into daily lives of citizens of India.
We, at Transport Mall have summarized all the new policies of the government into the
upcoming slides.

3. POLLUTION
UNDER
CONTROL
CERTIFICATE
(PUC)

4. A pollution under control certificate (PUC) is given by the government to the vehicle after assessing the pollution emission
levels of the vehicle. Vehicle must follow the standard pollution regulations in order to obtain the PUC certificate. Recently government has
made certain new updates in this which are:
• MORTH (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways) has made it mandatory for every vehicle to have a PUC certificate and the same should
be linked to a government database i.e. National Register.
• Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 has made it compulsory to have a QR code on the PUC.
• One common format to be followed across the country for PUC which shall contain vehicle owner’s mobile number, vehicle owner’s name,
address, engine number and chassis number.
• PUC can be generated online through the vahan.parivahan website.
• Common format of rejection slip for the vehicle if the pollution check test result values are higher the maximum permissible values of
pollution emission.
• Connecting PUC to vehicle owner’s mobile number for OTP and SMS alerts.
• On not having PUC fine of Rs. 10000/- will be imposed for first offence and Rs. 10000/- will be imposed for the subsequent offence.
• PUC should be made after one year of expiry of first vehicle registration.

5. BS IV
and
BS VI
EMISSIONS

6. It was from April 1, 2020, the new norms for emission standards were released and have to be followed and it was to be called
Bharat Stage VI or BS 6
I. Bharat Stage IV (BS 4)
BS 4 was introduced in the year 2017 and was introduced by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to the Bharat Stage IW
norms, it was that 50 parts per million Sulphur content were allowed instead of 10 parts per million. According to the regulations set by BSES
which is the governing body, emission-related changes included tailpipe emissions, Electronic Control Unit (ECU), ignition control and some
visible changes was the Automatic Headlamp On (AHO).
II. Bharat Stage VI (BS 6)
This was an emission norm that made India equal with other countries regarding the emission standards. The Bharat Stage Emission Standards
(BSES) brought in the BS 6 recently in 2020 April which was the sixth provision to the vehicular emission standard. The BS 6 standard was
more advanced than the outgoing BS 4 because it reduced more pollution than the BS 4 engine.

7. III. Differences between Bharat Stage IV (BS 4) and Bharat Stage VI (BS 6)
 BS 6 emissions norms are stricter and effective than the BS 4 emission standards.
 BS 6 engine requires less content of Sulphur which is five times lower than a BS 4 engine
 In BS 6 diesel engine there are a 70% reduction in the Nitrous Oxide (NOx) levels as compared to the BS 4 diesel engine. While in the
Petrol engine the reduction is of 25% in the Nitrous Oxide levels compared to the BS 4 petrol engine.
 Another addition to the BS 6 emission norms was making Onboard Diagnostics (OD) mandatory to the vehicles. OD can be called an alarm
or a pop-up which the customer comes to know when there is something wrong with the vehicle and also provides some other information
about the statistics of emissions, the performance of the vehicle, the fuel economy and ECV statistics which the user can know in the
dashboard of the vehicle and these are compulsory for the vehicle which comes out with the BS 6 engine.
 SCR was also introduced with the arrival of the BS 6 emission norms. SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) is an emission counter system
that permits Nitrous Oxide (NOx) reduction reactions to take place in an oxidizing atmosphere.
 Real Driving Emission was introduced first time in BS 6 which measures the emission of the vehicle in real-life conditions.
 The fuel usage- The BS 6 vehicle needs BS 6 fuel itself as even though if it uses the BS 4 fuel it will not be following the emission norms
and if the BS 4 engine uses the BS 6 fuel emissions will increase and the engine will be hit.
 BS 6 will have less Sulphur and Nitrogen compared to the BS 4 engines.
 Under the BS 6 norms, the pollution has reduced drastically compared to the BS 4 norms.

8. GREEN TAX

9. Green Tax is also known as Pollution/Environment Tax. It is a charge for polluting the environment and directed towards
making behavioral changes in people. It can also be viewed as a penalty for polluting the planet.
Green Tax is levied on older vehicles as an old engine is detrimental to the environment. Thus, the owner of the old vehicle has to pay Green Tax
for polluting the environment.
There are certain principles which are to be followed along with the Green Tax.
• The Transport vehicles that are older than 8 years will be charged Green Tax at the time of renewal of fitness certificate, at the rate of 10 to
25 % of the road tax
• The vehicles that are used for Personal uses will be charged Green Tax at the time of renewal of Registration Certification after 15 years
• Public transport vehicles, such as city buses, to be charged lower Green tax
• Higher Green tax (50% of Road Tax) for vehicles being registered in highly polluted cities
• The green tax will be different according to the type of the vehicle whether it could diesel or petrol.
• Vehicles like strong hybrids, electric vehicles and alternate fuels like CNG, ethanol will be avoided from the green tax provision
• Vehicles used in farming, such as tractor, harvester, tiller etc. will not be included in the Green tax

10. HIGH
SECURITY
REGISTRATION
PLATES (HSRP)

11. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Delhi Transport Department has passed the order in
December 2018 and This Order may be called the Motor Vehicles (High-Security Registration Plates) Order,2018 and the order came into force
on the 1st of April, 2019. . It is compulsory that the vehicles which are being bought before 2019 have to fix the HSRP plate or the transport
department will take actions like having a fine which is very high.
The number plates which are sold after 2019 which will be only HSRP and the board has given the date until July 2022 for the users to fix the
HSRP. The plate has a hot stamped chromium-based hologram of Ashoka Chakra which is of the size 20 mm X 20 mm. this will be placed on
the top left corner and will be in blue. One another important addition on the number plate is the placement of a 10-digit permanent
identification number (PIN) which is laser branded on the bottom left corner of the number plate.
Another part that is written on the number plate is the ‘IND’ which will be along the side of the Ashoka Chakra on the right side of the plate.

12. Features of HSRP
 The HSRP will be difficult to remove and tamper as the number plates which were earlier were easy to be tampered with, removed and
changed as there can be theft of the vehicle and they could change the number plates not to get caught. As HSRP comes with non-reusable
Snap-On locks which cannot be removed and the police could track the vehicle easily as they have the tracker within it.
 The number plates which were before HSRP was available for anyone and every people could just buy that by providing the number of the
vehicle, but HSRP has an entire change and it is only given to the vehicle once he/she provides the details regarding the engine number,
chassis number etc. Due to the authorized number plate installations, the chance of counterfeit number plates is reduced.
 Earlier the registration numbers of the vehicles used to come in various font sizes and styles which will be difficult to be read by the
officials but the HSRP number plates help the officials to read the number plate as it has unified fonts and styles so it has a great advantage.
Earlier there were people who used to make the number plates in difficult fonts such that the officials don’t have a look at the rules broken
by them.
 Authorities can track down the vehicle very easily with a vehicle having HSRP as the vehicle information will be provided in the pin. The
number plates will have the information about the engine number and chassis number and which stores in the central database.

13. VEHICLE
SCRAPPAGE
POLICY

14. The vehicle scrappage policy was announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22, the policy will help phase out unfit and
polluting vehicles. The scrappage policy will come into effect immediately after the registration period of a vehicle is over; it would then have
to undergo a mandatory fitness test.
Process of Vehicle Scrappage
 A Vehicle older than 20 years, if found unfit or registration certificate is not renewed, will be De-registered
 Registered owners to handover such vehicles to a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility with Certificate of the vehicles, registration
certificate, their PAN details and other documents.
 Scrapper to verify records of the vehicles from database of the Stolen vehicles and issue a Certificate of Deposit, mandatory for the owner
to avail incentives
 The Certificate once used will be stamped “Cancelled” by the agency
 Government will make a Database of the vehicles scrapped every year.

15. FAST TAG

16. Fastag is a technology driven facility started by government of India for the ease of movement of vehicles on the highways
These are based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) which can read the initials of everything from a faraway location. Fastag
has been made mandatory from February 2021 for all National Highways in India.
The features of the same are:
• Fastag is a kind of tag which will be fitted to the vehicle to allow pass easily from the toll plazas across the country.
 It is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle and enables to drive through toll plazas without stopping for transactions.
 A FASTag is valid for five years, and can be recharged as and when required.
How to buy Fastag?
Fastags will be available on E commerce portals like Paytm, Amazon and these would be sold by various banks and it will also be available at
NHAI counters which would be near the Toll Plazas. These fastags can be recharged according the needs or the travels done. One another
question which is been asked by people is what will happen if fastags are not bought. A vehicle without the fastag would be charged the double
charge of the toll amount.

17. WAY SIDE
AMENITIES

18. Wayside Amenities in simple words is defined as the facilities given to general public on Highways of India.
Provision of wayside amenities along National Highway and Expressways is essential since both the Passengers and drivers need certain
minimum wayside facilities to make their travel safe, comfortable and convenient in order to reduce fatigue in a long-distance journey.
Salient features of the same are:
• The project has been undertaken by NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) under the jurisdiction of MORTH (Ministry of Road
Transport Highways).
• This will be spread across 600+ cities and 22 states across north, south, east and west.
• Detailing further. 69 sites in North, 40 sites in East, 23 in West, 44 in South and 94 for durable medical equipment (DME)
• It will consist of Fuel stations, Food Court/Dhabas, Hotel & Convention Centers, Guest & Meeting Rooms, Banquet & Wedding Halls,
Warehouses, automobile showrooms, auto workshops, retail arcade, truck user zones, ATM, Convenience stores, Parking areas, Washrooms,
Village Haat, Medical Clinics and many more.
• The three main blocks would be visitor block, truckers block, office block and miscellaneous.
• Each site will be approx. 4 hectares area having an investment of approx. 2 crores.
• Government is expecting a 15-30% estimated lessee return on the project.

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