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Government may ban commercial vehicles more than 15 years old

04 Dec 2015 Evaluate

The government may ban trucks and buses more than 15 years old to curb record pollution levels. Road transport and highways secretary Vijay Chhibber has reportedly said that the ban will come into effect in April and will be announced in more detail in the next two weeks. He said that “We are going to make 15 years the end of life for all commercial vehicles.”

Chhibber said that air pollution will get worse every year unless we do something. As per the World Health Organization (WHO) report, last year India has 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities and air pollution causes more than 600,000 premature deaths in India each year.

In addition to addressing the issue of pollution, the decision would create incremental demand for new trucks. The domestic market for large commercial vehicles is quite big and a higher volume will mean higher tax revenue for the government, too.

The country is estimated to have 2.7 million registered trucks in the year 2000. A total of 195,918 medium and heavy goods commercial vehicles were sold in the year ended March 31, 2015. The government can impose the ban by amending the Motor Vehicles Act and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules.

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