‘No consensus among States on scrappage policy’
The HinduA small drive in the city and it is not difficult to find vehicles emitting thick black smoke. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has formulated the Vehicle Scrappage Policy to encourage owners to discard their old vehicles and go for new ones that are complaint with existing emission norms. “There is, however, no consensus among the States on implementation of the scrappage policy. Some activists say that even as EVs will not cause environmental pollution, the thermal power plants cause much higher pollution in the process of generating electricity. Renewal of registration for the second time is normally ruled out but, if the vehicle condition is exceptionally good and the owner has used it sparingly, renewal of registration for the second time will be considered,” says Deputy Transport Commissioner G.C.