Lok Sabha Question No. 1807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Registered Motor Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Chahar

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total registered transport motor vehicles by category of number with  Speed  Limiting  Devices  (SLDs)  and  those  having  provisions  for SLD fitment;
- (b) the total registered motor vehicles, valid driving and valid learner licenses and reasons for low issuance of licenses;
- (c)  the  total  valid  insurance  policies  and  Pollution  Under  Control Certificates (PUCCs) issued for motor vehicles;
- (d) the reasons for insufficient enforcement of the Motor Vehicles Act, including  levying  of  penalties  and  suspensions  of  licenses  despite available data on SLDs, licenses, insurance and PUCCs; and
- (e) the total e-challans issued in the last five years across the country, States/UTs-wise, with corresponding fine amounts collected thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1807 ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES

1807.         SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

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)  As per Rule 118 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, every transport  vehicle  notified  by  the  Central  Government  under  subsection (4) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), save as provided herein, and manufactured on or after the 1st October, 2015 shall be equipped or fitted by the vehicle manufacturer, either in the  manufacturing  stage  or  at  the  dealership  stage,  with  a  speed governor  (speed  limiting  device  or  speed  limiting  function)  having maximum  pre-set  speed  of  80  kilometre  per  hour  conforming  to  the Standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time.

Provided further that the transport vehicles that are-

- (i) two wheelers;
- (ii) three wheelers;
- (iii) quadricycles;
- (iv) fire tenders;
- (v) ambulances;
- (vi) police vehicles;
- (vii) verified and certified by a testing agency specified in rule 126 to have maximum rated speed of not more than 80 kilometer per hour; shall  not  be  required  to  be  equipped  or  fitted  with  speed  governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function).

As on 30 th  November, 2024, out of 2.18 Crore transport vehicles, 10.70  lakh  transport  vehicles  are  fitted  with  Speed  Limiting  Devices (SLDs).

- (b)  As  on  30 th   November,  2024,  as  per  National  Register  of  motor vehicles i.e. Vahan 4.0, the total number of registered motor vehicles is  approximately  38.51  Crore.   As  per  National  Register  of  driving license i.e. Sarathi 4.0, the total number of valid driving licenses and valid learner licenses are 18.20 Crore and 95.79 Lakh respectively. As per the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 multiple classes of vehicle  may  be  added  in  a  driving  license.  Further,  an  individual  or

entities  like  companies,  NGOs,  Government,  local  bodies,  etc.,  may own more than one motor vehicle in their name.

- (c)  As  per  data  received  from  Insurance  Information  Bureau  (IIB)  on Vahan 4.0, the total number of insured motor vehicles is 17,54,37,351. Further,  the  total  number  of  valid  Pollution  Under  Control  Certificate (PUCC) for motor vehicles is 5,34,30,822. As per sub-rule (7) of rule 115 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 new motor vehicles which have not completed one year from the date of their initial registration are not  required  to  undergo  PUCC.  Further,  as  per  sub-rule(1)  and  (2) of rule  115  of  Central  Motor  Vehicles  Rules,  1989,  battery  operated vehicles  and  non-self-propelled  vehicles  (trailers,  etc.)  are  exempted from having a Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC).
- (d)  The  role  of  Central  Government  is  to  notify  the  rules/regulations under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989  in terms of the provisions contained in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The implementation of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the  Central  Motor  Vehicles  Rules,  1989  comes  under  the  purview  of concerned authorities of the States/Union Territories.
- (e) As per data available on e-Challan portal, the State-wise details of the number of e-Challan issued and revenue accrued to the States/Union  Territories  (except  the  States  of  Telangana,  Arunachal Pradesh,  Nagaland  and  the  Union  Territory  of  Lakshadweep  and Andaman & Nicobar, where e-Challan was not implemented in the said period)  in  the  last  five  years  w.e.f.  1 st   of  January,  2019  to  31 st December, 2023 are as under:

|   S.No. | State/Union Territory   | Number of challan issued   | Revenue collection (in Rupees)   |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | Tamil Nadu              | 5,57,62,916                | 7,55,58,16,274                   |
|       2 | Uttar Pradesh           | 4,40,03,150                | 24,95,18,72,926                  |
|       3 | Kerala                  | 1,88,35,738                | 6,90,92,02,912                   |
|       4 | Haryana                 | 1,03,90,665                | 14,65,17,51,846                  |
|       5 | Delhi                   | 90,22,711                  | 5,71,43,38,802                   |

| S.No.      | State/Union Territory                  | Number of challan issued   | Revenue collection (in Rupees)   |
|------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 6.         | Rajasthan                              | 58,55,678                  | 13,93,47,99,915                  |
| 7.         | Odisha                                 | 54,11,511                  | 5,00,06,47,690                   |
| 8.         | Bihar                                  | 43,41,219                  | 14,03,85,98,368                  |
| 9.         | Himachal Pradesh                       | 36,06,736                  | 3,81,74,53,286                   |
| 10.        | West Bengal                            | 33,44,857                  | 3,18,46,88,520                   |
| 11.        | Gujarat                                | 33,31,209                  | 6,80,31,93,071                   |
| 12.        | Maharashtra                            | 30,91,878                  | 9,44,11,27,057                   |
| 13.        | Goa                                    | 25,86,910                  | 78,30,56,228                     |
| 14.        | Chandigarh                             | 22,90,051                  | 1,49,99,55,378                   |
| 15.        | Madhya Pradesh                         | 20,19,408                  | 69,21,38,896                     |
| 16.        | Assam                                  | 18,08,274                  | 3,51,13,99,862                   |
| 17.        | Jammu & Kashmir                        | 17,62,845                  | 50,38,34,565                     |
| 18.        | Uttarakhand                            | 14,30,163                  | 1,65,34,12,974                   |
| 19.        | Tripura                                | 8,24,362                   | 26,80,74,243                     |
| 20.        | Jharkhand                              | 6,71,941                   | 50,07,44,416                     |
| 21.        | Chhattisgarh                           | 4,93,068                   | 33,79,34,672                     |
| 22. Punjab |                                        | 4,07,691                   | 31,53,48,085                     |
| 23. Andhra | Pradesh                                | 3,87,676                   | 77,49,215                        |
| 24.        | Pondicherry                            | 2,90,868                   | 6,29,94,200                      |
| 25.        | Karnataka                              | 2,79,957                   | 5,28,61,700                      |
| 26.        | Meghalaya                              | 70,531                     | 6,58,82,600                      |
| 27.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 57,985                     | 3,51,64,187                      |
| 28.        | Mizoram                                | 15,709                     | 1,38,12,800                      |
| 29.        | Manipur                                | 7,128                      | 4,25,99,12                       |
| 30.        | Sikkim                                 | 1,564                      | 73,03,090                        |
| 31.        | Ladakh                                 | 651                        | 2,96,625                         |
| TOTAL      | TOTAL                                  | 18,24,05,050               | 1,26,31,97,14,315                |

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