The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft of new rules that will supersede the All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation or Permit) Rules, 2021.
To simplify the procedure for All India Permit applicants and to reduce compliance burden, the provision of authorisation and All India Tourist Permit has been made independent of each other. Streamlining and strengthening the tourist permit regime is the goal envisioned with the new proposed rules.
Furthermore, categories of tourist vehicles, with lesser permit fees for lesser capacity vehicles (less than ten), have been proposed. As per the Ministry, this is expected to provide considerable financial relief to smaller tourist operators having smaller vehicles with lower seating capacity as they will now be required to pay lower fees commensurate with the seating capacity of their vehicle(s).
A streamlined regulatory ecosystem at no cost to the operator(s) has also been proposed to promote the deployment of electric vehicles in large numbers.
The Ministry has opened a 30 days window for stakeholders willing to provide suggestions regarding the draft policy.
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