Necessary checks to be done from “Vahan ” database before submission of application by vehicle owner have been specified. These checks include surrender of hire-purchase, lease or hypothecationagreement of the vehicle, no criminal record against the vehicle in records of the National Crime Records Bureau, no pending dues on the vehicle, and no record of blacklisting of the vehicle by regional transport authorities

Application for vehicles failing any of these checks shall not be submitted

New Delhi:

The Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) shall digitally verify the records of vehicles produced for scrapping, including no-pending dues and no record of blacklisting by regional transport authorities, according to the draft notification by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) for vehicle scrapping.

The ministry has issued the draft notification, pertaining to Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility Amendment) Rules, 2022.

These are amendments to the Motor Vehicles ,which lay down the procedure for establishment of Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF).

These amendments have been done to simplify and digitalize the process of vehicle scrapping for all stakeholders in the ecosystem, such as vehicle owners, RVSF operators, dealers, regional transport authorities etc.

These amendments have been done on the basis of feedback received on the rules. Processes have been made time bound to ensure ease of doing business.

Some of the key highlights of the amendments are:

-Provision for vehicle owners to apply digitally for vehicle scrapping. All applications for vehicle scrapping shall be submitted digitally. RVSFs will act as facilitation centres to help vehicle owners apply digitally to scrap their vehicles.

-Necessary checks to be done from “Vahan ” database before submission of application by vehicle owner have been specified. These checks include surrender of hire-purchase, lease or hypothecationagreement of the vehicle, no criminal record against the vehicle in records of the National Crime Records Bureau, no pending dues on the vehicle, and no record of blacklisting of the vehicle by regional transport authorities.

-Application for vehicles failing any of these checks shall not be submitted.

-Introduction of undertakings by vehicle owner and RVSF operators at the time of vehicle submission to ensure that there is transparency in the responsibility of the vehicle before and after submission for scrapping.

-Inclusion of more details in the Certificate of Deposit pertaining to the vehicle submitted for scrapping to enable transparency in trading of the said certificate. The said certificate will be available to the vehicle owners digitally and shall be valid for a period of 2 years
Introduction of Transfer Certificate of Deposit to ensure that consumers obtaining the certificate of deposit through electronic trading have a digital proof of the transaction.