The union transport ministry has amended the Motor Vehicles Rules to simplify and digitise the process of vehicle scrapping for all stakeholders in the ecosystem, which is also expected to further ensure ease of doing business in the sector.
The ministry has recently come out with a draft notification regarding Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility Amendment) Rules, 2022, to effect the amendments.
“These are amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules dated 23rd September 2021 ,which lay down the procedure for establishment of Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF),” the ministry said in an official statement.
The amendments have been done to simplify and digitalise the process of vehicle scrapping for all stakeholders such as vehicle owners, RVSF operators, dealers, regional transport authorities etc, it added.
These amendments have been done on the basis of feedback received on the rules. Processes have been made time bound to ensure ease of doing business.
The amendments mention provision for vehicle owners to apply digitally for vehicle scrapping. All applications for vehicle scrapping shall be submitted digitally and RVSFs will act as facilitation centres to help vehicle owners apply digitally to scrap their vehicles.
The statement also said that necessary checks will have to be done from “Vahan” database before submission of application by vehicle owner. These checks include surrender of hire-purchase, lease or hypothecation agreement of the vehicle, no criminal record against the vehicle in records of the National Crime Records Bureau, no pending dues on the vehicle, and no record of blacklisting of the vehicle by regional transport authorities.
Application for vehicles failing any of these checks will be rejected. It also mentioned about introduction of undertakings by vehicle owner and RVSF operators at the time of vehicle submission to ensure that there is transparency in the responsibility of the vehicle before and after submission for scrapping.
