trafficThe road transport ministry has proposed new draft rules that will make it much easier for defence personnel, government employees and others shifting from one state to another to re-register their vehicles. In a statement, the ministry said it is proposing a new system of vehicle registration, wherein allocation would be marked as “IN” series and this will be on pilot test mode.

What’s the scheme?

This scheme has been proposed in a draft notification to make it easier for the transfer and re-registration of these vehicles and make it completely hassle-free. Such people do get transferred a lot and their vehicles need to be taken to different states.

The owners can go for the “IN” series and have to pay the road tax for 2 years. It can be done online, making it easier. 

Right now, while registering private vehicles, 15 years’ road tax has to be paid upfront. If they transfer the vehicles from one state to another and apply for re-registration, road tax for the remaining years needs to be paid.  “This is a cumbersome process and many don’t pursue to get back the amount. The new regime will put an end to such a problem,” said an official. 

“In the proposed regime we have fixed what would be the road tax such as 8% for vehicles costing up to Rs 10 lakh and 12% for those costing over 20 lakh. A proper formula has been proposed to ensure that no state suffers any revenue loss. Since the road tax for 15 years has been staggered the charges would be a little more just like we pay EMI for a loan,” the official added.