{"id":314363,"date":"2019-08-01T05:05:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T05:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314363"},"modified":"2019-09-07T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T09:54:08","slug":"rajya-sabha-passes-motor-vehicles-amendment-bill-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rajya-sabha-passes-motor-vehicles-amendment-bill-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajya Sabha passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister Nitin Gadkari thanked the Members of the House and said that this was a matter of great happiness for him. He said the much-needed amendments will improve road safety, facilitate citizens in their dealings with transport departments, strengthen rural transport, public transport and last mile connectivity through automation, computerization and online services. Gadkari reiterated that the Bill would, in no way, encroach upon the powers and authorities of the states. He said the Bill would rather empower the states. Adding to it, Gadkari said that the Bill will provide an efficient, safe and corruption free transport system in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bill has been passed with three Government amendments and will need to go back to Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill on July 23, 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is based on the recommendations of the Group of Transport Ministers (GoM) of States constituted by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to address the issue of road safety and to improve the facilitation of the citizens while dealing with transport departments.\u00a0 The GoM was headed by Yoonus Khan, the then Transport Minister of Rajasthan, and had 18 State Transport Ministers from different political parties as members.\u00a0\u00a0 On the basis of recommendations of the GoM and other pressing requirements, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways introduced the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. This, along with amendments, was passed by Lok Sabha on April 10 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bill as passed by Lok Sabha was introduced in Rajya Sabha and was referred to the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on August 8, 2017. The Select Committee presented its report to the Parliament on December 22 2017. The Bill was pending in the Rajya Sabha and lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/p>\n

The amendments in the Bill mainly focus on issues relating to citizens\u2019 facilitation while dealing with the transport department, improving road safety, strengthening rural transport, last mile connectivity and public transport, automation and computerization and enabling online services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Proposed Amendments in Various Penalties under Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill \u2013 2019<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Section<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nOld Provision \/ Penalty<\/span><\/td>\nNew Proposed Provision \/ Minimum Penalties<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
177<\/span><\/td>\nGeneral<\/span><\/td>\nRs 100<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New 177A<\/span><\/td>\nRules of road regulation violation<\/span><\/td>\nRs 100<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/span><\/td>\nTravel without ticket<\/span><\/td>\nRS 200<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
179<\/span><\/td>\nDisobedience of orders of authorities<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\nRs 2000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/span><\/td>\nUnautorized use of vehicles without licence<\/span><\/td>\nRs 1000<\/span><\/td>\nRs 5000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/span><\/td>\nDriving without licence<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\nRs 5000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
182<\/span><\/td>\nDriving despite disqualification<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\nRs 10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
182 B<\/span><\/td>\nOversize vehicles<\/span><\/td>\nNew<\/span><\/td>\nRs 5000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/span><\/td>\nOver speeding<\/span><\/td>\nRs 400<\/span><\/td>\nRs 1000 for LMV<\/span><\/p>\n

Rs 2000 for Medium passenger vehicle<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

184<\/span><\/td>\nDangerous driving penalty<\/span><\/td>\nRs 1000<\/span><\/td>\nUpto Rs 5000\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
185<\/span><\/td>\nDrunken driving<\/span><\/td>\nRs 2000<\/span><\/td>\nRs 10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
189<\/span><\/td>\nSpeeding \/ Racing<\/span><\/td>\nRs 500<\/span><\/td>\nRs 5,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
192 A<\/span><\/td>\nVehicle without permit<\/span><\/td>\nupto Rs 5000<\/span><\/td>\nUpto Rs 10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
193<\/span><\/td>\nAggregators (violations of licencing conditions)<\/span><\/td>\nNew<\/span><\/td>\nRs 25,000 to<\/span><\/p>\n

Rs 1,00,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

194<\/span><\/td>\nOverloading<\/span><\/td>\nRs 2000 and<\/span><\/p>\n

Rs 1000 per extra tonne<\/span><\/td>\n

Rs 20,000 and<\/span><\/p>\n

Rs 2000 per extra tonne<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

194 A<\/span><\/td>\nOverloading of passengers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nRs 1000 per extra passenger<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194 B<\/span><\/td>\nSeat belt<\/span><\/td>\nRs 100<\/span><\/td>\nRs 1000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194 C<\/span><\/td>\nOverloading of two wheelers<\/span><\/td>\nRs 100<\/span><\/td>\nRs 2000, Disqualification for 3 months for licence<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194 D<\/span><\/td>\nHelmets<\/span><\/td>\nRs 100<\/span><\/td>\nRs 1000 Disqualification for 3 months for licence<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194 E<\/span><\/td>\nNot providing way for emergency vehicles<\/span><\/td>\nNew<\/span><\/td>\nRs 10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
196<\/span><\/td>\nDriving Without Insurance<\/span><\/td>\nRS 1000<\/span><\/td>\nRs 2000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/span><\/td>\nOffences by Juveniles<\/span><\/td>\nNew<\/span><\/td>\nGuardian \/ owner shall be deemed to be guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 yrs imprisonment. For Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
206<\/span><\/td>\nPower of Officers to impound documents<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSuspension of driving licenses u\/s 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D, 194E<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
210 B<\/span><\/td>\nOffences committed by enforcing authorities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTwice the penalty under the relevant section<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister Nitin Gadkari thanked the Members of the House and said that this was a matter of great happiness for him. He said the much-needed amendments will improve road safety, facilitate citizens in their dealings with transport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":314364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[11665,4027,96,11687],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314366,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314363\/revisions\/314366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}