Central Government Departments

Road Transport of Department of Road Transport and Highways

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Transport wing of the Department of Road Transport & Highways is responsible for following legislations:-

1. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

2. Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.

3. The Carriers Act, 1865.

Ø The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has so far been amended three times in the years 1994, 2000 and 2001.

· Amendment in the year 1994. This included:

- rationalization of the definition of the various category of motor vehicles;

- mandating of a minimum one year experience of driving a light motor vehicle before a person can be granted a license for transport vehicle tightening of norms for drivers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods;

- encouraging use of battery, CNG and solar energy as an auto fuel by exempting vehicles using such fuel from the requirement of permit or fixation of fare by the State Government;

- empowering Central Government to make rule for standardizing components in Motor Vehicles;

- increasing the amount of compensation in the event of death from Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- in respect of no fault liability etc.

· Amendment in the year 2000. This included:

- authorized use of LPG as an auto fuel.

- buses used by educational institutions brought under the purview of permit regime.

- alterations made in transport vehicle without prior approval of the Registering Authority were barred.

· Amendment in the year 2001 was necessitated

- In order to bring the buses plying on CNG within the purview of State Transport Authority in respect of fixation of fares and route permits.

Ø The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 have been amended in year 2003, 2004 as well as in year 2005.

· Amendment in the year 2003. Notified amendments include:

- Tractor Emission Norms (TREM), international driving permit,

- Bharat Stage-II emission norms for two-wheeler from 1-4-2005 and

- extension of Bharat Stage-II emission norms for four wheeled vehicles throughout the country from 1-4-2005.

· Amendment in the year 2004. Notified amendments include:

- Safety norms for various components of agricultural tractors such as power steering, lamps, light, parking light, etc.;

- Extension of Bharat Stage-II emission norms for four wheeled vehicles in Solapur & Lucknow from 1.6.2004;

- Specifications of smart card and related peripherals to be used for smart card based Driving Licence (DL) and Registration Certificate (RC);

- and introduction of Bharat Stage-III emission norms in 11 mega cities from 1.4.2005.

· Amendment in the year 2005. Notified amendments include:

- Updation of the list of dangerous and hazardous goods in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules;

- The terms “Battery Operated Vehicle” and “Power Tiller” have been defined;

- The emission norms, overall dimension and other related norms for “Power Tiller” have been prescribed;

- Time limits for various functions discharged by Licensing and Registering authorities & Appellate authorities under the Motor Vehicles Act/Rules have been specified;

- It has been made mandatory for the manufacturer to supply a protective headgear conforming to BIS standards at the time of sale of two wheeler, subject to the exceptions under Section 129 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;

- Type approval rules for CNG/LPG vehicles have been rationalized;

- States have been empowered to prescribe special provisions such as fog lamp, power steering, defogging and demisting systems in the transport vehicles plying in hill areas.

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