{"id":119933,"date":"2021-07-20T20:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T15:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=119933"},"modified":"2021-07-24T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T06:30:09","slug":"explained-in-new-policy-what-owners-can-or-cant-do-with-their-vintage-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-in-new-policy-what-owners-can-or-cant-do-with-their-vintage-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: In new policy, what owners can or can\u2019t do with their vintage vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/in-new-policy-what-owners-can-or-cant-do-with-their-vintage-vehicles-7412770\/\"><strong>Indian Express <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Government of India has released the Draft Vintage cars Policy. The policy aims to not only regulate vintage cars and two-wheelers with strict dos and don\u2019ts but also preserve and promote the heritage of vintage vehicles.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are Vintage Vehicles?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Currently, <\/strong>the Central Motor Vehicle Rules(CMVR), 1989 do not define what vintage vehicles are.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The new policy<\/strong> defines vintage vehicles as any vehicle, four- or two-wheeler which is more than 50 years old from the date of first registration after the first sale, including any vehicle imported into India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This will be subject to the condition <\/strong>that such vehicles should be maintained in their original form and should not have undergone any substantial overhaul.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>How can vintage vehicles be used?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The policy <\/strong>seeks to mandate that vintage vehicles cannot be used for commercial purposes or put to regular use. This means you cannot use your vintage vehicle to, say, commute to work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other than that, <\/strong>the owners can use their vintage cars in any way they wish \u2014 such as an exhibition, or a ride from time to time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Registration of Vintage Vehicles:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Old Vintage vehicles <\/strong>which already carry their registration numbers will continue to do so.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For new ones, <\/strong>like imported vintage vehicles or old Indian cars over 50 years old seeking to enter the vintage category, a new numbering system will come into effect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>These vehicles <\/strong>will carry a registration plate displaying the state code in two letters followed by VA for vintage, then a two-letter series, and finally a four-digit series between 0001 and 9999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The registration certificate<\/strong> will be valid for 10 years and renewable thereafter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sale and purchase of vehicles<\/strong> registered as vintage are permissible. But the buyer and seller have to inform their respective State Transport Authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Will the upcoming vehicle scrappage policy apply to these vehicles?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong>. Vintage vehicles are protected from the scrappage policy. If a vehicle is more than 15 years old but within 50 years, the owner can continue to keep it by passing fitness tests every five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Indian Express What is the News? The Government of India has released the Draft Vintage cars Policy. The policy aims to not only regulate vintage cars and two-wheelers with strict dos and don\u2019ts but also preserve and promote the heritage of vintage vehicles. What are Vintage Vehicles? Currently, the Central Motor Vehicle Rules(CMVR), 1989&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-in-new-policy-what-owners-can-or-cant-do-with-their-vintage-vehicles\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: In new policy, what owners can or can\u2019t do with their vintage vehicles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[8526],"class_list":["post-119933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-vintage-vehicles","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704708246},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}