The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide its notification dated 25th March 2022 has notified the Draft Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment)Rules, 2022 and has invited Objections and suggestions from the public which shall be addressed to the Joint Secretary (Transport), email: comments-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001 within 30 days.
These draft rules propose amendments in the following aspects:
- Eligibility criteria for establishing automated testing station (ATS), automatic transmission of test results from equipment to the server, enabling vehicles registered in one state to be tested in another state, and the criteria to declare a vehicle as end-of-life vehicle.
- The owner or operator of an automated testing station shall have a minimum net worth of three crore rupees during the last financial year.
- Certain minor changes have also been proposed in two tables, which provide the list of tests to be conducted and specifications of the equipment to be installed in an ATS.
- Certain new equipment’s have also been added for the testing of Electric Vehicles.
- A new standardized format has been added for test results. The endeavour is to facilitate owners of vehicles and promote ease of doing business.
