Lok Sabha Question No. 2818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Modern Automated Vehicle Inspection Centre
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Rahul Kaswan

## be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether  the  Government  has  established  at  least  one modern automated vehicle  inspection  center  in  every  State  and Union  Territory  as  recommended  by  the  World  Bank  for  the immediate to short-term period during 2020 to 2022;
- (b)      if  so,  the  data  on  their  locations  and  the  impact they  have had on vehicle safety and compliance of regulations;
- (c)    the specific measures that are being implemented to ensure that these inspection centers operate effectively and are accessible to all vehicle owners;
- (d)      the  actions  that  have  been  taken  to  implement  weigh-inmotion  systems  at  heavy  vehicle  stations  for  enforcing  vehicle load limits, as recommended by the World Bank; and
- (e)    the data regarding the status of these initiatives at the State level during the immediate to short-term period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (e)  Government administers a scheme for setting up of one model Inspection  &  Certification  (I&C)  Centre  in  each  State/UT  with  central assistance.  28  I&C  Centres,  one  each  in  28  States/UTs,  have  been sanctioned as detailed at Annexure. Out of these centres, two centres i.e.  I&C,  Port  Blair  (A&N)  and  I&C,  Shillong  (Meghalaya)  have  been sanctioned during the period from 2020 to 2022.

Out of the I&C Centres sanctioned under the scheme, 7 I&C centres i.e. I&C, Rohtak (HR), Surat (GJ -Upto 6/2024), Bengaluru (KN), Nashik (MH), Cuttack  (OR),  Jhujhuli  (DL)  and  Lucknow  (UP)  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.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2818 ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## MODERN AUTOMATED VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE

## 2818.         SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

As per information received from the States/UTs having operational I&C centres  under  the  scheme,  a  total  of  7,25,613  vehicles  have  been tested at these 7 operational I&C Centres since inception.

The Government vide GSR No. 652(E) dated 23 rd  September, 2021 has notified  rules  for  recognition,  regulation  and  control  of  Automated Testing  Stations(ATS).  These  rules  cover  procedure  for  registration, eligibility,  infrastructure  and  manpower  requirement,  testing  process and procedure,  audit  and  assessment,  tests  to  be  conducted  at  ATS, test  lane  equipment  specification  etc.  The  test  lane  equipments  at such  centre  includes  Roller  brake  tester,  Axle  Weight  Measurement, Suspension  tester,  Side  Slip  Tester,  Joint  Play  Tester,  Electronic Steering Gear Play Detector, Semi-Automatic Head light tester, Opacimeter,  Exhaust  gas  analyzer,  Speedometer,  OBD  Scan  Tool, Sound level meter, etc.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2818  ANSWERED  ON  12 TH   DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING MODERN AUTOMATED VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE.

## Details of location of I&C Centre sanctioned under MoRTH's scheme

|   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                |

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|   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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