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The Bengaluru Central Regional Transport Office (KA-01, HSR Layout) has emerged arsenic the highest revenue-generating RTO successful Karnataka and secured the 3rd presumption nationally, mounting a caller benchmark successful gross postulation for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025–26.
The RTO recorded a full gross of ₹1,273.8 crore during the year, placing it among the apical 3 RTOs successful the state retired of much than 1,100 specified offices. Officials said that lone the Pune and Pimpri RTOs successful Maharashtra ranked higher astatine the nationalist level.
The accomplishment is peculiarly important fixed that the Bengaluru Central RTO has often been successful the spotlight successful the past implicit allegations of irregularities and scams. Transport section officials said that the latest figures bespeak a turnaround driven by stricter enforcement, improved administration, and amended nationalist interface.
“Within Karnataka, the Bengaluru Central RTO has consistently maintained the pb and has present held the apical presumption for 3 consecutive years. In comparison, the Kasturinagar RTO generated ₹1,098 crore, portion the Jayanagar RTO recorded ₹969 crore successful gross during the aforesaid period,” an authoritative said.
A large contributor to the grounds postulation has been intensified enforcement activity, said officials. “The Bengaluru Central RTO unsocial collected ₹6.2 crore done enforcement drives, making it the highest successful the State nether this class arsenic well,” an authoritative said.
Officials attributed this to the crisp emergence successful the fig of vehicles successful Bengaluru, which has necessitated stricter implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and related rules. “Special drives were carried retired targeting vehicles with pending taxes, those operating without valid driving licences, vehicles lacking fittingness certificates, violations of licence conditions, and vehicles registered successful different States but operating successful the city. These enforcement operations person resulted successful important gross postulation done fines and taxes, helping the bureau unafraid the apical presumption successful Karnataka,” the authoritative added.
Meanwhile, the Transport Department fell abbreviated of its gross people by 14%. It collected ₹12,829.64 crore successful 2025–26 against a people of ₹15,000 crore, leaving a spread of astir ₹2,100 crore. However, this inactive marks an 8.4% summation compared to 2024–25, erstwhile the section generated ₹11,744.67 crore.
This is the 3rd consecutive twelvemonth that the section has missed its target. In 2024–25, it collected ₹11,744.67 crore against a people of ₹12,500 crore, portion successful 2023–24, it mobilised ₹11,106.67 crore, falling abbreviated of the ₹11,500 crore target. In contrast, 2022–23 remains the lone caller twelvemonth successful which the section surpassed its goal, collecting ₹9,487.23 crore against a people of ₹9,007 crore.
