Lok Sabha Question No. 4608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4608

ANSWERED ON 21 st  AUGUST, 2025

## VOLUNTARY VEHICLE FLEET MODERNISATION PROGRAMME

4608. SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  vehicles  scrapped  under  the  Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (VVMP) since its launch in 2022, State-wise;
- (b) the quantity of ferrous (iron and steel) and non-ferrous (such as aluminum and copper) scrap generated from these scrapped vehicles that has  been  utilised  in  domestic  automobile  parts manufacturing; and
- (c) whether  the Government  has  taken  any  steps to ensure traceability  and  quality  assurance  of  recycled  metals  used  in automobile production, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)    As on 12 th  August, 2025, a total of 2,76,990 vehicles have been

scrapped  at  Registered  Vehicle  Scrapping  Facilities  (RVSFs).  The details  of  vehicles  scrapped  by  RVSFs  established  in  respective States are provided in the Annexure.

- (b)  and  (c)       Rule  13(10)  of  the  Motor  vehicles  (Registration  and functions  of  Vehicle  Scrapping  Facility)  rules,  2021  states  that  in case Scrapping Yards do not have adequate capability or provisions for  responsible  recycling  of  hazardous  waste  (like  e-waste,  lead acid batteries, lithium-ion components, or for recovery of rare earth metals, etc.), or for recycling of scrap material which is outside its scope, then such materials shall be sold to duly authorised recyclers or agencies, who have adequate capability and license.

Further,  Government  in  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and Climate Change has issued the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles)  Rules,  2025,  under  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act, 1986, on January 6, 2025 which came into force on April 1, 2025, introducing the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework to regulate the management, recycling, and disposal of ELVs in an environmentally  sustainable  manner  and  to  promote  circularity  in the automotive sector.

These  rules  outline  the  various  responsibilities  of  Producers (Manufactures, Brand Owners and Importer of Vehicles), Registered Owner & Bulk Consumers, Collection agent and Registered Vehicle scrapping  facilities  (RVSF)  to  ensure  collection,  channelization, dismantling and recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles in environmentally sound  manner  while  ensuring  reduction  in  waste.  Producers  are required  to  meet  recycling  targets  for  steel  from  End  of  Life Vehicles,  starting  with  8%  in  2025-26  and  gradually  increasing  to 18% in subsequent years, for vehicles introduced or to be introduced in  the  domestic  market,  thereby promoting  sustainable recycling in automotive sectors.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4608 ANSWERED ON 21 st    AUGUST  2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  TEJASVI  SURYA  REGARDING VOLUNTARY VEHICLE FLEET MODERNISATION PROGRAMME

| State/UT             | No. of Vehicles Scrapped by RVSFs established in the State/UT   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh 11008 | Andhra Pradesh 11008                                            |
| Assam                | 6890                                                            |
| Bihar                | 2266                                                            |
| Chandigarh           | 8646                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh         | 1327                                                            |
| Goa                  | 305                                                             |
| Gujarat              | 15448                                                           |
| Haryana              | 38993                                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 741                                                             |
| Karnataka            | 5678                                                            |
| Ladakh               | 217                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 6892                                                            |
| Maharashtra          | 19310                                                           |
| Odisha               | 2737                                                            |
| Punjab               | 4553                                                            |
| Rajasthan            | 15420                                                           |
| Telangana            | 1181                                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 121206                                                          |
| Uttarakhand          | 4437                                                            |
| West Bengal          | 9735                                                            |
| TOTAL                | 276990                                                          |

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