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India Proposes 20-Year Limit for Commercial Vehicles
India may force commercial vehicles off the road after 20 years of service in an effort to improve air quality, the Mumbai-based Economic Times says.
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India may force commercial vehicles off the road after 20 years of service in an effort to improve air quality, the Mumbai-based Economic Times says.
The scheme would take effect in 2020, requiring trucks made in 2000 or before to be scrapped. Some 700,000 commercial vehicles currently on the road in India were first registered before 2000, according to ET.
Owners of the targeted trucks would receive tax and other incentives that reduce the cost of buying a lower-polluting new truck by about 15%.
India’s road transport and highways ministry first proposed the scrappage plan in 2016, suggesting a 15-year lifespan for commercial vehicles. ET says a committee of government secretaries assigned to work out details decided to extend the scrappage deadline to 20 years.
The measure must first be approved by the government’s cabinet and several ministries before going to the Goods and Services Tax Council.
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