Delhi ban on old vehicles is turning gold for RLA – Times of India
Chandigarh: The ban on 10 and 15-year-old diesel and petrol vehicles in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) since 2018 is fuelling a spurt in their registration in the city that has no such restriction.
The Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) of the Chandigarh administration is earning a good amount of money by registering old vehicles from the two places.
The no objection certificates (NOCs) issued to old vehicles rose from 1,400 in 2017 to 1,600 in 2018, according to the UT records. In 2019, the figure was 1,900 and 2,064 in in 2020. Last year, 3,766 old vehicles of those areas were given NOCs.
“The RLA charges tax on the insurance value of these vehicles while giving the NOCs. The charges are 6% of the total insurance value for vehicles costing less than Rs 20 lakh and 8% for those above Rs 20 lakh. Besides, the authority also charges fee for transfer and issuing smart card,” sources said.
Sources said the entire exercise is hassle-free, with special windows and counters put up in the RLA building for these works. The transfer work or issuing of NOC is hardly a task. People can easily get their works done, sources added. A UT official said, “Such vehicles are also being registered in some other states of the northern region like Himachal Pradesh, but their number is increasing rapidly in Chandigarh.”
