Fee to renew registration of old vehicles hiked

To discourage the public from using old and polluting vehicles, the Centre has proposed hefty fees for the renewal of registration of vehicles over 15 years old from October 1, 2021.

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued the Central Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Rules, 2021. As per the new rules, if a vehicle owner obtained the certificate for scrapping a 15-year-old vehicle, then there will be no extra fee levied on the registration certificate to buy a new vehicle. If the owner has not taken a scrap certificate before October 1, then he will not get an incentive on the old car. This will be applicable to all private vehicles and commercial vehicles older than 15 years.

As per the proposal, new registration for two-wheelers cost Rs 300, while Rs 1,000 for the renewal of a 15-year-old vehicle's registration.

For three-wheelers/quadricycles, Rs 600 to issue a new registration certificate, while Rs 2,500 for renewal.

For light motor vehicles, it will cost Rs 600 to issue a new registration certificate, while Rs 5,000 for renewal.

For imported two-wheelers and three-wheelers, new registration costs Rs 500 while renewal costs Rs 40,000.

If the registration certificate is a smart card type, then you will have to pay Rs 200 more for issuing or renewing it. Apart from this, if the renewal of the registration certificate is delayed, then an additional Rs 300 will have to be paid for the motorcycle every month of delay, for the rest of the vehicles, a Rs 500 extra charge will be applied.

The charge for conducting tests for the renewal of fitness certificates for 15-year-old vehicles has also been made expensive.

For a manual motorcycle, Rs 400 will have to be paid, while for an automated one, a fee of Rs 500 will be charged.

For manual three-wheelers, Rs 800 will be charged while Rs 1,000 has been fixed for automatics.

Medium Vehicle/Passenger Motor Vehicle - Rs 800 for manual and Rs 1,300 for automatics.

Heavy Vehicle/Passenger Motor Vehicle - Rs 1000 for Manual and Rs 1500 for automatics.

The fee for renewal of fitness certificate for commercial vehicles from October 1, 2021:

Rs 1,000 rupees for two-wheeler for renewal, while Rs 3,500 for three-wheelers or quadricycles.

Rs 5,000 for light vehicles, Rs 10,000 for medium goods/passenger motor vehicles.

Rs 12,500 for heavy goods/passenger motor vehicles.