Vehicle Scrapping Centres : Interest Plenty / Action Scanty
Context :
Barring few, States showing keen interest in vehicle scrappage policy: Road Secretary / BL / 30 June 2023
Extract :
Responding to reports over delays in implementing the vehicle scrapping policy, Road Transport and Highways Secretary, Anurag Jain, on Tuesday said barring a few states, most have evinced keen interest in the policy.
Earlier, speaking at a press conference on nine years of achievement of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the centre is continuously working on the scheme.
“We have been trying to get this started up. We encourage States massively to come up with scrappage centres.
The country requires a minimum 1,500-2,000 scrappage centres.
So far we have come to around 16-18 at present. The interest in this is less but we are working on it,” he added.
The Minister emphasised that there is a need to incentivise people who are buying a new vehicle or doing away with old ones.
“In this we will have to give some concession either for new vehicles or for scrapping old vehicles. We are discussing this with the Finance Ministry,” Gadkari added.
The Minister informed that the Prime Minister has instructed that central government vehicles older than 15 years should be scrapped.
Between January 2022 and January 2023, a total of 5,359 private and 67 commercial vehicles have been scrapped at Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs). Of this, Uttar Pradesh leads the tally with 4,059 vehicles, followed by Gujarat (1,053).
As of March 2023, six states have 11 registered vehicle scrapping facilities with UP and Gujarat having three each followed by two in Haryana and one each in Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh.
To incentivise scrapping of old, unfit and polluting (end-of-life vehicles) vehicles, the centre in October 2021 offered a concession in the Motor Vehicle Tax of up to 25 per cent in case of non-transport vehicles and up to 15 per cent in case of transport vehicles which are purchased against the ‘Certificate of Deposit’.
My Take :
Dear Nitinbhai Gadkariji,
In the past , I have sent to you , many e-mails with suggestions on how to rapidly ramp up the number of Vehicle Scrapping Centres to achieve the target of scrapping millions of vehicles , each year
Once again, I urge you to look-up my following 25 emails
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.hemenparekh.ai / 30 June 2023
Earlier E-mails ( 25 ) :
2016 (3 )
Ø PIYUSH PLAN ?
Ø Young or Old ?.........................
Ø From OLD to NEW ? No , go NEWER !.................. [ 22 Sept 2016 ]
2018 ( 7 )
Ø Car Grave-Yard of World ? …………………………………………[ 14 Feb 2018 ]
Ø One door closes ; Another opens …………………………….. [ 27 Feb 2018 ]
Ø Mahindra Accelo : Saluting a pioneer………………………….[ 19 June 2018 ]
Ø Scrapping Old Vehicles : Swiss Challenge Solution …..[ 24 July 2018 ]
Ø Rename it , “ Vehicle Recycle Policy “ ………………………..[ 08 Aug 2018 ]
Ø Better Late than Never !.......................
Ø Missing piece of Jigsaw Puzzle ? ………………………………….[ 15 Nov 2018 ]
2019 ( 1 )
Ø FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV……………………………………. [ 05 Mar 2019 ]
2020 ( 4 )
Ø I conceive , I conceive , I conceive !....................
Ø Dead on Arrival ? …………………………………………………………..[ 19 July 2020 ]
Ø Alang : Junkyard ? Scrapyard ? SaveYard ?................ [ 12 Dec 2020 ]
Sad : to be proven right . ………………………………………………… 20 Oct 2020
2021 ( 8 )
Ø Never Give-up Nitin Gadkariji, ………………………………….. 13 Aug 2021
Ø Vehicle Fitness Test ? A 7 year wait ?......................... 19 Apr 2021
Ø Blessing in Disguise ? …………………………………………………. 21 Mar 2021
Ø Vehicle Scrapping Policy : Most Questions Answered .. .18 Mar 2021
Ø Vehicle Scrapping Policy ……………………………………………… 03 Feb 2021
Ø Vehicle Scrapping : From Policy to Practice………………….. 11 Apr 2021
Ø Vehicle Scrapping : Time to copy M&M ?.................... 10 Apr 2021
Ø Nitinbhai - Vehicle Manufacturers cannot ignore your advice.. 27 Mar 2021
2022 ( 1 )
Ø Nitin Gadkari : looks far into Future and dreams Big… 19 Sept 2022
2023 ( 1 )
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