Lok Sabha Question No. 886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Tracking of Passenger Service Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken for tracking of passenger service vehicles using GPS for the safety of women in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of companies whose devices have been certified along with the number of devices installed in such vehicles during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  or  has  issued  any guidelines to the said companies to strengthen the tracking system in vehicles; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 886

## ANSWERED ON 21 ST  JULY, 2022

## TRACKING OF PASSENGER SERVICE VEHICLES

886. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has mandated installation of vehicle location tracking devices and emergency buttons for new public service vehicles registered on and after 1 st  January 2019 under rule 125H of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 vide notification GSR 1095(E) dated 28th November, 2016 and further amendments vide notifications S.O 5454 (E) dated 25th October, 2018 and GSR 808(E) dated 23rd Oct 2019.

Government of India has approved a scheme, namely 'Development, Customization,  Deployment  and  Management  of  State-wise  vehicle tracking platform for Safety & Enforcement as per AIS 140 Specifications",  in  States  /  UTs  under  Nirbhaya  Framework  on  15th January 2020.

- (b) Number of devices installed in such vehicles during the last three years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  are  provided  in  the Annexure.

The  Vehicle  Location  Tracking  devices/systems  are  certified  by Automotive  Research  Association  of  India  (ARAI)  and  International Centre for  Automotive  Technology (ICAT).  The  list  of  such  certified devices can be found on their respective websites at https://www.araiindia.com/ and https://icat.in/.

(c) and (d) Automotive Industry Standard-140 has been formulated in order  to  standardize  the  specification  of  Vehicle  Location  Tracking devices  and  Emergency  buttons  across  the  country.  The  standard mainly  includes  the  specifications  for  Vehicle  Location  Tracking device (VLTD) and vehicle tracking backend system.

| Sr. No.     | State Name              | Year   | Year   | Year   | Year   | Grand Total   |
|-------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|
| Sr. No.     | State Name              | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   | Grand Total   |
| 1           | Andaman &Nicobar Island |        |        | 1      | 1      | 2             |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh          |        |        | 18     | 2      | 20            |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh       | 2      | 16     | 4      |        | 22            |
| 4           | Assam                   | 5      | 149    | 43     | 3      | 200           |
| 5           | Bihar                   | 4      | 38     | 13     | 85     | 140           |
| 6           | Chandigarh              | 211    | 171    | 482    | 793    | 1,657         |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh            | 5,264  | 3,379  | 3,759  | 4,201  | 16,603        |
| 8           | Delhi                   | 8,237  | 4,420  | 11,688 | 11,163 | 35,508        |
| 9           | Goa                     | 10     | 10     | 8,409  | 1,245  | 9,674         |
| 10          | Gujarat                 | 47     | 366    | 433    | 175    | 1,021         |
| 11          | Haryana                 | 239    | 203    | 222    | 134    | 798           |
| 12          | Himachal Pradesh        | 4,990  | 1,244  | 1,992  | 6,143  | 14,369        |
| 13          | Jammu &Kashmir          | 505    | 267    | 259    | 314    | 1,345         |
| 14          | Jharkhand               | 11     | 94     | 441    |        | 546           |
| 15          | Karnataka               | 3,389  | 1,019  | 500    | 81     | 4,989         |
| 16          | Kerala                  | 770    | 988    | 482    | 151    | 2,391         |
| 17          | Ladakh                  | 1      | 4      |        | 11     | 16            |
| 18          | Madhya Pradesh          |        |        | 1      |        | 1             |
| 19          | Maharashtra             | 10,529 | 11,972 | 11,233 | 15,438 | 49,172        |
| 20          | Manipur                 |        | 1      |        |        | 1             |
| 21          | Meghalaya               |        | 2      | 269    | 2      | 273           |
| 22          | Mizoram                 | 1      | 35     | 9      | 25     | 70            |
| 23          | Nagaland                | 19     | 44     | 77     | 2      | 142           |
| 24          | Odisha                  | 45     | 156    | 73     | 19     | 293           |
| 25          | Puducherry              | 56     | 4      | 4      | 31     | 95            |
| 26          | Punjab                  | 88     | 208    | 581    | 59     | 936           |
| 27          | Rajasthan               | 440    | 388    | 3,486  | 118    | 4,432         |
| 28          | Sikkim                  | 1      |        |        | 3      | 4             |
| 29          | Tamil Nadu              | 325    | 582    | 897    | 258    | 2,062         |
| 30          | Telangana               |        |        | 1      | 9      | 10            |
| 31          | Tripura                 |        | 8      | 1      | 5      | 14            |
| 32          | UT of DNH and DD        | 14     | 21     | 26     | 6      | 67            |
| 33          | Uttar Pradesh           | 380    | 341    | 261    | 289    | 1,271         |
| 34          | Uttarakhand             | 4,312  | 4,500  | 4,437  | 4,120  | 17,369        |
| 35          | West Bengal             | 50     | 276    | 15     | 8      | 349           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total             | 39,945 | 30,906 | 50,117 | 44,894 | 1,65,862      |

Note: - The figures in the table are as per Vahan 4 data.

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