Amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989

The Gazette of India

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PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

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No. 439] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026/JYAISTHA 27, 1948

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th June, 2026

G.S.R.490(E).— The following draft of certain rules, further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles
Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (4) of section 59 and clause (p) of section 64 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) is hereby
published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely
to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration
after expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in
the Official Gazette are made available to the public;

Objections or suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary
(Transport), email: comments-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan,
Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.
Objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules
before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government.

DRAFT RULES
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called The Motor Vehicles (Registration
and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2026.

(2) These rules shall come into force on the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021, (hereinafter
referred to as the said rules), in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), the clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted,
namely, —

““End-of-Life Vehicles” means all vehicles which are no longer validly registered or declared Endof-Life Vehicle under the provisions of Chapter XI of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 or their
registrations have been cancelled under Chapter IV of the Act or due to an order of a Court of Law
or are self-declared by the legitimate registered owner or Central Government or State Government
or any person or authority having the right to dispose of such vehicle under these Rules, as a waste
vehicle due to any circumstances as specified in these rules;”

3. In the said rules, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), after clause (p), the following new clause shall be inserted,
namely: –
“(q) “Portal” means the centralized platform developed and maintained by the Central Government,
currently designated as ‘Vscrap’, integrated with the VAHAN database, or such other platform
developed or notified by the Central Government from time to time for the purposes of these rules.”

4. In the said rules, in rule 5, in sub-rule (f), the words “, or shall have applied for the same, at least 60 days”
shall be omitted.

5. In the said rules, after rule 8, the following rule shall be inserted, namely, —
“8A. Cancellation of registration in case of destruction or scrapping of vehicle. —
(1) The Registering Authority referred to under sub-section (1) of Section 55 of the Act, shall not
accept any report for cancellation of registration of a motor vehicle on the ground of being destroyed,
unless such report is accompanied by a Certificate of Vehicle Scrapping in Form 4 issued by a
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility and duly verified electronically through the VAHAN
database:
Provided that Certificate of Vehicle Scrapping shall not be required where a motor vehicle has been
destroyed on account of fire, riot, natural calamity or any other cause, and cannot be recycled.”

6. In the said rules, in rule 10, in sub-rule (1), in clause (xvii), for the words, “six months”, the words “twelve
months” shall be substituted.

7. In the said rules, in rule 12, in sub-rule (1), after the words “shall install”, the words “and maintain”, shall
be inserted.

8. In the said rules, in rule 13, —
(a) in sub-rule (6), for the words and punctuation mark “a depollution system, preferably with zero
discharge system and dismantling work shall be done using technology for processing the End-ofLife vehicles, goods and other scraps.”, the words and punctuation mark “equipment as specified in
Table A:” shall be substituted;

(b) after sub rule (6), the following provisos and table shall be inserted namely: —
“Provided that every Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility shall install, maintain and operate the
equipment specified in Table A below, conforming to the technical specifications prescribed therein.
Provided further that any Registered Vehicle Scrapping facility registered under the Motor Vehicles
(Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021, prior to the date of
commencement of these amendment rules, shall ensure full compliance with the equipment
requirements specified in Table A within a period of one year from the date of publication of this notification.”

9. In the said rules, in rule 13, in clause (b) of sub-rule 8, for the words “Certified de-polluting equipment to
ensure zero leakage of pollutants during draining of fuels or fluids or gases and liquids, certified de-risking
equipment for safe neutralization or removal of airbags, pretensioner etc., appropriate dismantling equipment
for the activities defined (such as de-risking, depolluting, dismantling, etc.),” the words “All equipment
specified in Table A along with,” shall be substituted.

10. In the said rules, in rule 14,—
(a) in sub rule (1), —
(i) in clause (b), after the words and symbol “as maintained in Form-”, the numeral “3”, shall be
inserted;
(ii) after clause (b) so amended, the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —
“(c) audit of the equipment as specified in Table A under sub-rule (6) of rule 13, to assess installation
and operational condition status.”;
(b) in sub rule (2), after the words “The audit report”, the words “, in Form 5” shall be inserted
(c) in sub rule (3), —
(i) for the words “Registered Scrapper”, the words “agency conducting the audit” shall be
substituted;
(ii) for the words and punctuation mark “of that financial year.”, the words and punctuation
mark “of that financial year:” shall be substituted;
(d) after sub rule (3) so amended, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —

“Provided that in a case where the audit report is not uploaded within the period prescribed under
this sub-rule, the Central Government or Registration Authority may suspend the registration
certificate of such Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility, until the audit report is uploaded on the
portal to the satisfaction of the Central Government or Registration Authority, as the case may be:
“Provided further that in a case where the registration certificate of a Registered Vehicle Scrapping
Facility has been suspended for more than three months, the Registration Authority may initiate
proceedings for cancellation of the registration certificate of such facility.”.

(e) after sub-rule (5), the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely,—
“(6) The Central Government may time to time issue guidelines prescribing the actions against
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities in case of breach of the rules.”

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