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Diesel cars will soon become more expensive as Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reportedly proposes a 10 per cent Pollution Tax on vehicles using oil burners.

From the beginning of the year 2025, all trucks are mandated to have an air-conditioned cabin, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways - Nitin Gadkari, has said.

No scrappage policy for tractors, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways affirm. The non-transport vehicles can be registered again after 15 years, it clarifies.

According to the report, not wearing a helmet caused injuries to 93,763 persons, and not wearing a seat belt caused injuries to 39,231 persons during 2021, reports PTI.

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway's construction is in full swing Nitin Gadkari shared images of Khanpur Ghati section of eway Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest in the world

Can ANPR replace FASTag in India? Here's all you need to know about the toll collection system that the government of India plans on using in future.

To make BH series registration more accessible to people, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued new rules that allow the transfer of vehicles with BH series registration.

Government likely to make seat belt alarms mandatory Reverse alarm to become mandatory too 3 level alarm to alert riders if travelling without seat belts

Govt trying to make it mandatory for carmakers to provide six airbags This initiative will be taken to enhance safety in vehicles Over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021

MoRTH makes amendments to AIS 156 and AIS 038 Rev.2 standards New amendments to battery safety norms will come into effect from Oct 1 Changes in norms will put constraints on design aspects of battery packs, chargers and more

MoRTH to hike prices for renewing registration of vehicles older than 15-years Four wheeler registration cost increased upto eight times No provision of re-registering older vehicles in Delhi

The rules are called the Motor Third Party Premium and Liability Rules There is a slight dip in the premium to be paid by two-wheeler and private car owners The total number of third party claims they settled during the year was 257,165

Documents have to be in the English language Other language documents have to be translated into English The vehicles won't be permitted to transport local passengers in India

MoRTH to hike prices for renewing registration of vehicles older than 15-years Four wheeler registration cost increased upto eight times No provision of re-registering older vehicles in Delhi

IAC is the nodal body for the promotion of Auto LPG in India Members of the Coalition include the oil sector PSUs IAC says it is unviable and impractical to crash test converted vehicles

For motorcycles, it shall be displayed on a conspicuous part of the vehicle Vehicles will have to display the information in yellow colour on blue background It should be written in Arial bold script

The new rules will come into force from April 1, 2022 The investigating officer shall intimate the accident to the claims tribunal within 48 hours The submission of the first accident report (FAR) in Form I is necessary

Fitness certificates might be mandated for your vehicles The vehicles will be tested by an automated machine It is likely to begin by 2023

According to the new rules, the electronic enforcement devices include speed camera, closed-circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera, dashboard camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh-in machine (WIM) and any such other technology specified by the state government. 

The Ministry had received representations from a few states regarding issues in implementing the two schemes. The ministry had earlier notified guidelines for 'Rent a Cab' and 'Rent a Motorcycle' schemes.