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Vehicle owners successful Kerala consciousness the pinch of yet different ‘price hike’ aft the Centre accrued fittingness trial fees of vehicles up to 10 times, introducing a three-tier classification system. After the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways jacked up the fees by amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (Fifth Amendment) recently, the Kerala Motor Vehicles section (MVD) has enforced the revised rates for fittingness tests, effectual November 17.
Vehicle owners who paid the interest earlier November 17 and failed to bring the vehicles for trial earlier the declaration excessively volition person to wage the revised fee, according to an bid issued by the Kerala MVD.
The revised fees are expected to velocity up the ‘retirement’ of ageing vehicles, said officials.
As per the notification issued by the Centre connected November 11, the revised interest slabs volition present use to vehicles from the property of 10 years onwards, alternatively of the earlier 15-year threshold. The revised interest operation puts vehicles into 3 categories: 10–15 years, 15–20 years and supra 20 years, with charges exponentially expanding successful higher categories. For instance, vehicles successful the heavy-duty category, specified arsenic trucks and buses, that person crossed 20 years volition person to wage ₹25,000 for a fittingness trial now, a important leap from the earlier ₹800.
Heavy-duty vehicles successful 10–15 years and 15–20 years categories volition person to wage ₹5,000 and ₹12,500, respectively.
The revised complaint for mean commercialized vehicles that person crossed 20 years is ₹20,000, against the erstwhile ₹800; and ₹5,000 and ₹10,000 for these successful the archetypal 2 property categories.
So is the lawsuit with cars, which, having crossed 20 years, volition present outgo ₹15,000 successful interest to acquisition fittingness test, against the erstwhile ₹600.
The interest for autorickshaw successful the 3rd class has been fixed astatine ₹7,000, a important leap from the earlier ₹600.
Owners of cars and autorickshaws successful the 15-20-year class volition person to wage ₹7,500 and ₹3,500, respectively. For two-wheelers supra 20 years, it is ₹2,000, and ₹1,000 for motorcycles successful the 15-20 twelvemonth category.
