Lok Sabha Question No. 362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Age Limit of Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of two wheeler and four wheeler vehicles registered in the country at present;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, petrol, diesel and electric vehicle-wise;
- (c) whether any age limit for vehicles has been fixed by the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether old petrol vehicles have been banned in Delhi by the National Green Tribunal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  ban  vehicles  older  than  a certain specified age limit and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) Total number of two wheeler and Four wheeler vehicles registered in the country at present is as follows:

| FOUR WHEELER   | TWO WHEELER   |
|----------------|---------------|
| 4,25,30,347    | 20,58,05,287  |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 362 ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## AGE LIMIT OF VEHICLES

362.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(b)  Fuel wise details of two wheeler and Four wheeler vehicles registered in the country at present are:

| Fuel Type           | FOUR WHEELER   | TWO WHEELER              | Grand Total              |
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| CNG ONLY            | 17,767         | 362                      | 18,129                   |
| DIESEL              | 1,43,02,328    | 1,30,161                 | 1,44,32,489              |
| DIESEL/HYBRID       | 1,47,831       | 48                       | 1,47,879                 |
| DUAL DIESEL/BIO CNG |                | 1                        | 1                        |
| DUAL DIESEL/CNG     | 2              |                          | 2                        |
| DUAL DIESEL/LNG     |                | 3                        | 3                        |
| ELECTRIC(BOV)       | 25,582         | 2,80,199                 | 3,05,781                 |
| ETHANOL             | 3              | 62                       | 65                       |
| LNG                 | 6              | 1                        | 7                        |
| LPG ONLY            | 13,323         | 977                      | 14,300                   |
| METHANOL            | 4              | 27                       | 31                       |
| NOT SPECIFIED       | 1,13,304       | 2,97,501                 | 4,10,805                 |
| PETROL              | 2,41,56,580    | 20,50,49,85822,92,06,438 | 20,50,49,85822,92,06,438 |
| PETROL/CNG          | 24,32,114      | 19,922                   | 24,52,036                |
| PETROL/ETHANOL      | 1              | 2                        | 3                        |
| PETROL/HYBRID       | 3,02,448       | 20                       | 3,02,468                 |
| PETROL/LPG          | 10,18,834      | 24,557                   | 10,43,391                |
| PETROL/METHANOL     |                | 2                        | 2                        |
| SOLAR               | 220            | 1,584                    | 1,804                    |
| Grand Total         | 4,25,30,347    | 20,58,05,28724,83,35,634 | 20,58,05,28724,83,35,634 |

Note: The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per centralized Vahan  4,  except  Andhra  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Telangana,  and Lakshadweep, as they are not in centralized Vahan 4.0.

- (c)  and  (e)  No  age  limit  for   vehicles  has  been  prescribed  by  the Government.

(d) The Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, vide it s order dated 26-11-2014 passed in O.A. No. 21 of 2014 Vardhaman Kaushik & Ors V/s UOI & Ors, has banned all vehicles that are more than 15 years of age to ply in NCT of Delhi and ,vide its order dated 07.04.2015 passed in O.A. No. 21 of 2014 Vardhaman Kaushik & Ors V/s UOI,  directed that all diesel vehicles (heavy or light) which are more than 10 years old, will not be permitted on the  roads  of  NCR,  Delhi.  All  the  registering  authorities  in  the  states  of Haryana, U.P. and NCT, Delhi would not register any diesel vehicle which is more than 10 years old. Petrol vehicles which are more than 15 years old and diesel vehicles that are more than 10 years old shall not be registered in the NCR, Delhi.

Further, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in WP No 13029/1985 (M.C Mehta vs. UOI),vide its order dated 29.10.2018, directed that all the diesel vehicles more than  10 years old and petrol vehicles more than 15 years old shall not  ply  in  terms  of  the  order  of  the  National  Green  Tribunal  dated 07.04.2015.

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