Surgical strike on transport sector by central government

[Ryzen_renoir]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), in its vehicle scrappage policy approved on January 25, confirmed the scrapping of government vehicles older than 15 years, reported CNBC TV18. The policy will come into effect from April 1, 2022.

From the aforementioned date, vehicles used by the government departments would be put off service if they are older than 15 years.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari had, in September last year, said the scrappage policy was one of the top priorities. The move is expected to reduce air pollution while simultaneously spurring demand in the automobile sector.

 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in August 2019 said a scrappage policy is in the works, when the slowdown began in the auto industry in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 26, 2019, the government had proposed amendments to motor vehicle rules to allow the scrapping of vehicles older than 15 years in a bid to spur the adoption of electrical vehicles.

In July last year, the National Green Tribunal rapped the MoRTH for the delay in issuing guidelines on the scrapping of vehicles.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel had said a proper mechanism to set up authorised recycling centres compliant with environmental norms was an urgent need in view of a large number of 'End of Life Vehicles' (ELV).

The draft scrappage policy, whose details were yet to be shared in public domain by MoRTH, was also expected to offer incentive to motorists who decide to scrap their old vehicles.

The incentives were expected to be a waiver of the registration fee and a discount on the road tax. The old vehicles would be used in recycling clusters - thereby, cutting the cost of raw materials.

The scrappage policy is expected to boost demand for new vehicles in a COVID-hit economy. It is considered as crucial for the revival of India's auto sector, which was struggling since a year before the onset of pandemic.

Apart from the above incentives, a number of disincentives for those retaining old vehicles were also reportedly discussed. The latter, which includes higher fee for fitness certificates of 15-year-old personal vehicles, was announced through the Green Tax policy

[Ryzen_renoir]

My first reaction is RTC in every state would be completely destroyed or hike fees by 20-25% to survive and comply with these new rules 

To boost demand for coorporates they are screwing over citizens .

They already increased fuel prices by around 20% rupees this year and this move will result in unprecedented bribes for RTO officers 

[kalaa_pipaasi]

yes RTC will be most hit. eventually hire buses tho nadipistharu ika

Also mostly villages, small towns lo...chinna chinna business cheskune local vendors old vehicles use chesthuntaru mostly

those ppl are clueless with this.

[Ryzen_renoir]

13 minutes ago, kalaa_pipaasi said:

yes RTC will be most hit. eventually hire buses tho nadipistharu ika

Also mostly villages, small towns lo...chinna chinna business cheskune local vendors old vehicles use chesthuntaru mostly

those ppl are clueless with this.

 

Opposition ledhu , valla istam . Elections time ki ayodhya temple kattali ani plan vesaru .

There will be no logical debates in the election , they will try to whip up religious frenzy all over the country 

 

 

[kalaa_pipaasi]

2 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Elections time ki ayodhya temple kattali ani plan vesaru

is govt officially funding this project,pinching funds from other sources?

[Ryzen_renoir]

Just now, kalaa_pipaasi said:

is govt officially funding this project,pinching funds from other sources?

Completely private fundraiser by RSS affiliated organizations . 

 

[Jambhalheart]

in states like TG (where RTC not part of state govt ) TSRTC has to buy more electric buses from their pocket without much help from govt & hence they will have to increase fares on them , not to mention that TSRTC has to pay green taxes for older buses from their pocket as state govt doesn't help them in budget

 

 but in states like AP (where RTC is merged into state govt) they will allocated separate budget to buy more electric buses or even paying taxes will not from APSRTC's pocket for older buses

 

so maa jaganaluki bagaa mudhu choopu tho RTC tho merge chesaadu

[kalaa_pipaasi]

11 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

There will be no logical debates in the election

india lo politics antha mature avvvale inka..oka common platform meeda parties madhya logical debates petti, to see whose stand is what on key issues.

[kalaa_pipaasi]

and moreover they have the complete data with them like how many public vehicles have an age >8 years and how many private vehicles have an age >15 years based on a vehicles first registration date and link it with the pollution levels of vehicles based on its age. They should have made this data public for people to understand

[Kool_SRG]

42 minutes ago, kalaa_pipaasi said:

is govt officially funding this project,pinching funds from other sources?

 

40 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Completely private fundraiser by RSS affiliated organizations . 

 

Govt funding emi ledhu individual donations also organizations door to door vachi collection program started..

[krishnaaa]

1 hour ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

My first reaction is RTC in every state would be completely destroyed or hike fees by 20-25% to survive and comply with these new rules 

To boost demand for coorporates they are screwing over citizens .

They already increased fuel prices by around 20% rupees this year and this move will result in unprecedented bribes for RTO officers 

 

Too bad....fuel should have been hiked by 200% rather than paltry 20%.

This policy is very good for citizens. There is no excuse to continue polluting this world. Imagine the number of lives that would be saved.

 

[Ryzen_renoir]

30 minutes ago, krishnaaa said:

 

Too bad....fuel should have been hiked by 200% rather than paltry 20%.

This policy is very good for citizens. There is no excuse to continue polluting this world. Imagine the number of lives that would be saved.

 

Emi matladuthunavu ? 99% of india does not have any transport infrastructure outside of fossil fuel vehicles  

Chandrababu , Jagan 4 rupees pencithey pressmeets petti dobbutharu , 20 rupees penchithey silent ga untaru

[AndhraneedSCS]

Old RTC buses anni scrap vallaki isthara?

New vehicle registrations tho ika dabbule dabbulu ayithe 

[krishnaaa]

11 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Emi matladuthunavu ? 99% of india does not have any transport infrastructure outside of fossil fuel vehicles  

Chandrababu , Jagan 4 rupees pencithey pressmeets petti dobbutharu , 20 rupees penchithey silent ga untaru

Temperory pain untundhi....but will benefit everyone.