The Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025, a draft of which was made public last year, will be enforced, the government stated on April 1.
Manufacturers, registered vehicle owners, registered vehicle scrapping facilities, bulk buyers, collection centers, automated testing stations, and other organizations that handle, process, and dispose of end-of-life cars will all be subject to the updated regulations.
How Do Owners Have to Get Rid of Their End-of-Life Automobiles?
According to section 56 of the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 and rule 52 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules of 1989, the registered owner and bulk buyer of the vehicles are required to make sure that they are tested.
When a vehicle reaches the end of its useful life, the owner has 180 days to drop it off at any of the manufacturer’s designated collection centers, sales outlets, or registered vehicle scrapping facilities, per the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicles Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021.
The State Board’s integrated website will ask bulk buyers to register. When filing their annual return on Form 2 by June 30 of the fiscal year, they must include information on their End-of-Life vehicles as well as those they own.
Environmental Compensation: What Is It? How Can It Be Forced Upon You?
Environmental compensation will be imposed on the bulk consumer, registered vehicle scrapping, or any manufacturer if the End-of-Life vehicle provision is broken and causes environmental harm. Under the Central Board’s guidelines, the compensation will be equivalent to the environmental loss.
Compensation will only be imposed after hearing the other party engaged in the case. The State Board will impose environmental compensation on the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility and the Central Board will impose it on the producer and bulk customer.
The producer, scrapping facility, or bulk customer will receive their environmental compensation back if they ultimately comply with the rule. The opposite party will get 75% of the environmental compensation if the conditions are fulfilled within a year; 60% of the environmental compensation after two years; and 40% of the environmental compensation after three years.
The Central Board or State Board will keep the compensation that is collected from individuals in an individual account.
To make up for the harm or loss to the environment or human health brought on by the procedures’ noncompliance, the government will use environmental compensation.
Government To Set Up Centralised Online Portal
Within six months following the release of the registration regulations and the filing of returns by producers and bulk consumers, the Central Board will create a centralized online platform.
The information related to the acceptance of End-of-Life vehicles and the waste materials from the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility shall always be reflected on the portal by the Central Board.
Through the centralized online site, producers and Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities will be able to trade Extended Producer Responsibility certificates.
The State Board will use the centralized online platform to register bulk customers and Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities. Through the portal, they will also be able to submit refunds.
