The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide its notification dated 2nd August 2021 has published the Central Motor Vehicles (Sixteenth Amendment) Rules, 2021 through which it has exempted the electric vehicle from registration certificate fees.
The Amendment is brought under rule 81 which pertains to the various fees chargeable to vehicle owners ranging from grant and renewal of trade certificate for vehicles to issue of registration certificates, transfer of ownership and more.
However, through this amendment, it has exempted battery-operated vehicle from the payment of fees for issue or renewal of registration certificate.
Rule 2(u) defines a Battery Operated Vehicle as a “vehicle adapted for use upon roads and powered exclusively by an electric motor whose traction energy is supplied exclusively by traction battery installed in the vehicle” with certain exemptions.
