The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, (MoRTH) on March 15, 2024, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2024 to further amend the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. The following has been stated: In rule 5,- …
With over half a dozen manufacturers located across the state, Punjab has a potential to become one of the major manufacturing centres for e-rickshaws. However, the state levies 14.30% VAT on e-rickshaw, the highest in the Northern region, which is affecting its sale in the state. The manufacturers in Punjab …
First full working day will see all offices and schools reopen after a long weekend; prosecution figures likely to spike; Traffic Police to deploy more personnel The real test of round two of the odd-even scheme will be on Monday, a full working day when all offices, schools and other …
Supreme Court today said there was nothing wrong with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directive to restrict the entry of petrol-run vehicles in the eco-sensitive Rohtang Pass area and the order was in the interest of ecology and environment. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur refused to …
District Collector M.G. Rajamanickam, who is also the district electoral officer, has turned down the request of the Pollution Control Board to exempt it from having to part with its two vehicles for election-related works. The PCB, meanwhile, is trying to fix an appointment with the Collector to convince him …
Parking is not a "right" and a good transport policy should lead to a reduction in the demand for parking space. These principles on which Pune's proposed parking policy is based could well show the way for Delhi too. The national capital registers three times the 450-500 vehicles that the …
SC extended the ban on registration of diesel vehicles with engine capacity of over 2000 cc in the Delhi-NCR till further orders. The ban was to expire today. Observing that the “super rich and (the) show-offs” cannot make the lives of others miserable by polluting the environment, the Supreme Court …
This time, the government will engage private CNG carriers as ‘Paryavaran Bus Seva’, but school buses will be kept out, said the minister. In the second phase of the odd-even scheme that will start on April 15, the Delhi government will monitor air quality in the capital as well as …
The corporation, on a mission to address the problem, proposes a panel of experts to chalk out a policy Now, Kochiites know the reason for their parking woes. It is perhaps due to the lack of a proper parking policy. Having identified the problem, the corporation has set out to …
Public Transportation serves as a cheap and convenient mode of transport for all classes of society, saves fuel and reduces congestion and pollution. It is vital to economic development & social integration of the country. One such mode of Public Transportation in India is the State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs). …
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to implement Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) mass emission standards for four wheeled vehicles since the year 2010 onwards in select cities in a phase-wise manner. Bharat Stage-IV mass emission standards for two wheeled, three wheeled and …
POLICING TRAFFIC BMC options include ban on new car & bike registrations, ceiling on new registrations per year and congestion tax in certain zones The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India's biggest civic body , has proposed a radical overhaul of Mumbai's vehicle usage to combat rising pollution in the Maximum …
Even as the directives issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to ban plying of 15-year-old petrol and diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR) are yet to be enforced, Punjab is contemplating drafting a policy to thwart ‘dumping’ of such vehicles in the state. In November 2014, the …
Kolkata's chaotic, grinding traffic can not only be taxing on your blood pressure but also pinch your wallet. Research by Calcutta University's Centre for Urban Economic Studies (CUES) has found that commuters cumulatively lose over Rs 74,000 in just two hours of traffic jams in the city -and Rs 2.7 …
The AAP government has clarified that a commercial vehicle which is completely empty and has no goods whatsoever will be charged the environment compensation charge, or green cess, as stipulated by the Supreme Court. The CNG-fuelled vehicles, however, have now been given an exemption from the cess. A notification to …
Energy efficiency standards based on product attributes may interact with market conditions and affect the overall stringency of the standards. In this paper analyze the interaction between gasoline prices and the redesigned and tightened federal fuel economy standards. Tighter standards will tend to reduce the effect of gasoline prices on …
The odd-even experiment has prompted the Delhi government to look at alternative modes of travel.Earlier this week, transport minister Gopal Rai had promised a robust cyclesharing system for the city , adding that Delhiites opting for cycles will get a subsidy from the government, which will be funded by the …
Traffic volume during morning peak hours also decreased Thinner volume of traffic, a direct result of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's odd-even vehicle experiment, led to significant reduction in travel time across some of the most congested stretches in the National Capital Region (NCR), a study has found. The …
Nagpur: Even after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directions to bar mobile DJ music systems operating illegally on four-wheelers, the city RTO has decided to turn a blind eye to them. As a result, the number of DJ music systems blaring loud music in Nagpur has increased manifold. TOI found …
NEW DELHI: In its bid to increase use of ethanol and other alternate fuel for transportation, government will come out with a new ethanol policy focusing on producing more ethanol within a month. Against the present annual demand of about 460 crore litres annually for different purposes, only 250 crore …
Gurgaon: While authorities are focusing on ways to curb vehicular emissions, residents of DLF-III claim that broken, dug-up dusty roads of the area are also adding to the city's pollution. In fact, almost all roads that connect DLF-III with other parts of the city are in bad shape. The stretch …
