The Centre on Saturday unveiled a new registration mark for personal vehicles to facilitate their smooth transfer across states.
The step will benefit those people who frequently move around within the country. If they get the Bharat Series or BH mark, they will not have to re-register their vehicles.
Currently under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, a person is allowed to keep the vehicle for not more than 12 months in any state other than the state where the vehicle is registered, but a new registration with the new state- registering authority has to be made within the stipulated time of 12 months.
The government said that the new registration facility will help ease their concerns. It will come into effect from September 15.
This vehicle registration facility under “Bharat series (BH-series)†will be available on voluntary basis to Defense personnel, employees of Central Government/ State Government/ Central/ State Public Sector Undertakings and private sector companies/organizations, which have their offices in four or more States/Union territories. The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or in multiple of two. This scheme will facilitate free movement of personal vehicles across States/UTs of India upon relocation to a new State/UT. After completion of the fourteenth year, the motor vehicle tax shall be levied annually which shall be half of the amount which was charged earlier for that vehicle.
