Mint Explainer: How to scrap your old vehicle

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Mint delves into the policy's details. The policy aims to phase out polluting passenger and commercial vehicles to combat urban pollution, promote safety, and boost vehicle sales. Under it, commercial vehicles older than 15 years and passenger vehicles older than 20 years will be scrapped if they fail the fitness test.

n the National Capital Region (NCR), petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years are targeted for removal. While the scrapping is envisioned to be voluntary, the key determinant is vehicle fitness, regardless of its age. The government has extended the date of mandatory fitness testing through a registered ATS for heavy goods and passenger motor vehicles by 18 months to 1 October, 2024.

For medium and light vehicles, the stipulated date is 1 June, 2024. Earlier, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had said that fitness testing for heavy goods vehicles and heavy passenger motor vehicles through an ATS will be mandatory from 1 April, 2023. However, in the case of medium goods vehicles, medium passenger motor vehicles and light motor vehicles, the ministry had said the requirement will be made compulsory from 1 June, 2024.

The ministry said registration renewals for vehicles owned by government entities, including central, state, and their departments, will not be permitted after 15 years. For scrapping such vehicles, e-auctions are conducted using the platform provided by Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited (MSTC). The government has established Registered Vehicles Scrapping Facility (RVSF) for scrapping vehicles in an eco-friendly manner.