Lok Sabha Question No. 4048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: End-of-life Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4048

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES

4048. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are a large number of end-of-life vehicles running in different States;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has made any assessment for the number  of  such  vehicles  in  various  States  particularly  in  Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (c)   As per the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle  Scrapping  Facility)  Rules,  2021  and  the  Central  Motor Vehicles  Rules,  1989,  the  End-of-Life  Vehicles  (ELVs)  means  all vehicles  which  are  no  longer  validly  registered  or  declared  unfit through Automated Fitness Centres or their registrations have been cancelled under Chapter IV of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or due to an order of a Court of Law or are self-declared by the legitimate registered owner as a waste vehicle due to any circumstances or which  are  not  tested  within  180  days  from  the  date  of  last  test excluding  the  day  of  test  or  from  the  date  of  expiry  of  fitness certificate, whichever is later. The  State-wise  data  of  vehicles,  as  on  17  December  2024,  not having either valid fitness or valid registration, or whose registration  certificate  has  been  cancelled  or  surrendered,  are provided in the Annexure. Action  is  to  be  taken  by  respective  State/UT  Government  on  the vehicles declared as End-of-Life, which may  be scrapped at Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) set up as per rules

notified by the Central Government.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4048  ANSWERED  ON  19 TH DECEMBER,  2024  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH  TANWAR REGARDING END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES

## State-wise details of Vehicles

| State Name               | Count of Transport Vehicle without valid fitness   | Count of Non- Transport Vehicle without valid registration   | Vehicle Count for RC Cancelled   | Vehicle Count for RC Surrendered   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Island | 8,529                                              | 39,745                                                       | 525                              | 0                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 1,206,672                                          | 3,510,170                                                    | 22,141                           | 3                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 28,265                                             | 36,747                                                       | 2,591                            | 35                                 |
| Assam                    | 461,024                                            | 331,144                                                      | 9,163                            | 57                                 |
| Bihar                    | 1,419,850                                          | 163,509                                                      | 4,871                            | 313                                |
| Chandigarh               | 21,040                                             | 147,816                                                      | 3,622                            | 20                                 |
| Chhattisgarh             | 298,277                                            | 898,544                                                      | 11,391                           | 1,501                              |
| Delhi                    | 761,261                                            | 5,929,842                                                    | 3,300                            | 4,756                              |
| Goa                      | 56,956                                             | 139,331                                                      | 10,466                           | 0                                  |
| Gujarat                  | 1,303,368                                          | 2,272,619                                                    | 44,096                           | 23                                 |
| Haryana                  | 657,929                                            | 2,291,722                                                    | 21,823                           | 1,397                              |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 178,943                                            | 358,569                                                      | 26,648                           | 1,985                              |
| Jammu and Kashmir        | 110,793                                            | 154,020                                                      | 7,742                            | 0                                  |
| Jharkhand                | 743,340                                            | 840,010                                                      | 10,960                           | 1,160                              |
| Karnataka                | 2,004,005                                          | 7,751,968                                                    | 90,533                           | 8,020                              |
| Kerala                   | 932,305                                            | 3,022,896                                                    | 135,209                          | 81,715                             |
| Ladakh                   | 7,183                                              | 2,750                                                        | 391                              | 0                                  |
| Lakshadweep              | 1,623                                              | 4,295                                                        | 266                              | 0                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 765,661                                            | 5,161,042                                                    | 50,193                           | 1                                  |
| Maharashtra              | 1,373,847                                          | 3,726,955                                                    | 98,401                           | 147                                |
| Manipur                  | 39,398                                             | 133,597                                                      | 1,286                            | 1                                  |
| Meghalaya                | 84,686                                             | 96,676                                                       | 5,782                            | 2                                  |
| Mizoram                  | 33,636                                             | 64,866                                                       | 4,894                            | 200                                |
| Nagaland                 | 114,798                                            | 44,011                                                       | 3,383                            | 5                                  |
| Odisha                   | 912,190                                            | 1,891,952                                                    | 36,319                           | 11                                 |
| Puducherry               | 33,373                                             | 462,281                                                      | 708                              | 1,254                              |

| Punjab           | 499,588    | 3,333,960   | 17,241    | 29      |
|------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
| Rajasthan        | 794,262    | 1,699,983   | 30,545    | 20,236  |
| Sikkim           | 9,352      | 11,129      | 1,048     | 74      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 1,558,539  | 5,511,149   | 44,609    | 7,690   |
| Tripura          | 70,218     | 102,474     | 7,093     | 135     |
| UT of DNH and DD | 22,159     | 125,147     | 1,503     | 0       |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1,686,661  | 8,349,473   | 402,210   | 36,922  |
| Uttarakhand      | 176,433    | 603,354     | 34,276    | 26,274  |
| West Bengal      | 1,085,345  | 2,449,632   | 9,996     | 1,239   |
| Grand Total      | 19,461,509 | 61,663,378  | 1,155,225 | 195,205 |

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