Lok Sabha Question No. 1652 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Establishment of Inspection & Certification Centres
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Inspection & Certification (I&C) centres established under  the  scheme  with  central  assistance,  and  the  States/UTs where these centres have been set up;
- (b) the  operational  status  of  these  I&C  centres  in  each  State/UT, including the types of tests being conducted at these centres;
- (c) the  total  number  of  vehicles  tested  so  far  at  these  I&C  centres across the country;
- (d) the amount  of funds allocated and released by the Union Government for the establishment and operation of these centres; and
- (e) whether the land required for the establishment of these centres has been provided by the respective State/UT Governments and if so, the current status of land availability in each State/UT?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    Government  administers  a  scheme  for  setting  up  of  one  model Inspection  &  Certification  (I&C)  Centre  in  each  State/UT  with  central assistance.  28  Inspection  &  Certification  Centres,  each  one  in  28 States/UTs, have been sanctioned as detailed at Annexure.
- (b)      Out  of  the  I&C  Centres  sanctioned  under  the  scheme,  7  I&C centres  i.e.  I&C,  Rohtak,  (Haryana),  Surat  (Gujarat),  Nelamangala (Karnataka), Nashik (Maharashtra), Cuttack (Odisha),   Jhujhuli (Delhi), Lucknow  (Uttar  Pradesh)  are  operational.   The  details  of  tests  for fitness in respect of transport vehicles are prescribed in Rule 62 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
- (c)   As per information received from the States/UTs having operational I&C  centre  under  the  scheme,  a  total  of  7,25,613  vehicles  has  been tested at these 7 operational I&C Centres since inception.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1652 ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION CENTRES

## 1652. SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (d)    The total sanctioned cost for setting up of the 28 I&C Centres is around Rs. 410 Crore. The sanctioned cost covers civil cost, test lane equipment,  operational  cost  for  2  years  and  AMC  for  5  years  after warranty period is over. The amount is released in installments as per scheme  provisions.  Out  of  the  sanctioned  cost,  Government  has released Rs. 253 Crore till date.
- (e) As per the Scheme Guidelines, the total requirement for establishment of I&C centre is around 3 acre and same is provided by the State Government as per the scheme provisions.

Annexure ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1652  ANSWERED  ON  05 TH   DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION CENTRES.

| S No.               | State/ UT                   | Location               |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.                  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair             |
| 2.                  | Andhra Pradesh              | Vizag (Vishakhapatnam) |
| 3.                  | Assam                       | Guwahati               |
| 4.                  | Bihar                       | Patna                  |
| 5.                  | Chandigarh                  | Raipur Kalan           |
| 6.                  | Chhattisgarh                | Raipur                 |
| 7.                  | Gujarat                     | Surat                  |
| 8.                  | Haryana                     | Rohtak                 |
| 9. Himachal Pradesh | Solan                       |                        |
| 10. Jammu & Kashmir | Samba                       |                        |
| 11. Jharkhand       | Dhanbad                     |                        |
| 12. Karnataka       |                             | Bengaluru              |
| 13.                 | Kerala                      | Kochi                  |
| 14. Madhya Pradesh  | Chinndwara                  |                        |
| 15. Maharashtra     | Nashik                      |                        |
| 16. Meghalaya       | Shillong                    |                        |
| 17. Mizoram         | South Hlimen                |                        |
| 18. Nagaland        | Dimapur                     |                        |
| 19.                 | Odisha                      | Cuttack                |
| 20. Puducherry      | Puducherry                  |                        |
| 21. Punjab          |                             | Kapurthala             |
| 22. Rajasthan       |                             | Railmagra              |
| 23.                 | Sikkim                      | Ranipool               |
| 24.                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad              |
| 25. NCT of Delhi    |                             | Jhujhuli               |
| 26.                 | Uttarakhand                 | Rishikesh and Kotdwar  |
| 27. Uttar           | Pradesh                     | Lucknow                |
| 28.                 | West Bengal                 | Kolkata                |

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