Today 2YoDo will tell you everything which you need to know about the process of scrapping your car and the incentives you can get and also all your Questions and Answers offen comes to your mind regarding the policy.
What is Vehicle Scrappage Policy?
Government’s new scrappage policy aims to reduce India’s impact on the environment by isolating and recycling cars that don’t meet pollution standards.
The new policy allows cars to be driven for as long as they can meet regulations.
The policy defines the conditions of a vehicle’s registration renewal, mandates testing and inspection, and provides incentives for end-of-life recycling to new car buyers who scrap their old cars.
But what does this new change mean as a car owner, potential car buyer?
Under what Conditions is your Car Liable to be Scrapped?
You can send your car in for scrapping if :
- When your car’s registration certificate is already expire.
- When your car fails inspection/or the fitness test at one of the registered inspection centres.
- When your car was irreparably damage in a natural calamity or accident.
- When your car was impound.
When these conditions, decommission government vehicles and abandone cars will also be scrapped.
Know that the scrapping of a car is completely voluntary, but a car can’t be driven on public roads if it fails inspection.
Where can Car Scrapped or Tested?
When your car’s registration certificate expiration date comes then you’ll have to drive it down to a registered automated vehicle inspection centre if you want to keep your car, or to a scrapping station if you want to dispose of it.
As per reports the government plans to set up 75 inspection centres in the first phase of the scrapping scheme’s implementation, and 26 centres have already opened up.
After sometime there could be 450-500 such inspection centres across the country.
If you plan to scrap your car then you may have to wait until a registered scrapping centre comes up near your area.
The government projects that 50-70 scrapping facilities will open up in India over the next 4-5 years.
All scrapping facilities and inspection centres are expect to be connect to the VAHAN database.
You can also get your car scrap at existing large government-registered recycling centres such as the CERO MSTC and Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Tsusho’ facility in Noida.
Tata’s upcoming scrapping facility in Gujarat will also be on the list of registered recycling centres in India.
What will Government Test During an Inspection?
Although the full testing procedure hasn’t been officially yet but the inspection procedure could be similar to the safety and emissions testing procedure that is follow in many other countries.
Expect these details check of the safety equipment in your car like (seatbelts, airbags), a pollution test (according to BS4 or BS6-based standards, whichever applicable) and other tests such as headlight alignment checks.
You can expect authorities to test your car’s brakes and engine components, and check for structural damage and rust.
They can also inspect electronic components.
How much will it Cost to get 15-Year-Old Car Inspected?
Two-wheelers: Rs 500 for fitness testing + Rs 1,000 for RC renewal (Rs 1,500 total)
Private cars: Rs 1,500 for fitness testing + Rs 7,000 to Rs 12,000 for RC renewal (Rs 8,500 to Rs 13,500 total)
If you have an imported motorbike then you’ll have to pay Rs 10,000 for registration renewal.
Imported cars will be renew for Rs 40,000.
You’ll have to pay road tax for the next 5 years.
How Long can keep the Car if it Passes Inspection?
When a 15-year old car passes inspection and gets a renewed RC then you can drive it for up to 5 years.
Then after you’ll have to repeat the inspection and registration renewal process and pay the fees and taxes to drive your car for another 5 years, and so on.
If Car Fails Inspection then What Options do I have?
Each car is allow one more re-test after you get the necessary repairs perform.
If it fails the re-test then your car will not get a renew registration and it’ll be declare an end-of-life vehicle (ELV), un-drivable on public roads.
What is the Process to Get Car Scrapped?
There are plenty of automotive scrapyards spread across our cities and towns.
But to avail the incentives under this scheme then you’ll have to get your car to a register scrapping station.
They’ll look up the car on the VAHAN database then check your identity and take your car’s papers.
When the verification process is complete then they’ll hand you a certificate of scrapping.
The registered scrapping facility will remit the agreed scrap value of the car to your bank account.
You can get the amount in a bank cheque.
What Incentives/Benefits can Expect if Old Car Scrapped?
When you go to buy a new car after getting your scrapping certificate then you’ll get a concession of up to 25% on road tax from the state government for the first 15 years of the car’s life.
Registration fees are expect to be fully waive, and carmakers have been advise to offer a 5% discount on the purchase of a new vehicle as well.
It remains to be seen which carmakers will offer this discount.
What Happens to Car at the Scrapping Facility?
The scrapping facility starts by stripping down your car and segregating the parts and components.
All the fluids are drain out like engine oil, brake fluid, fuel etc.
They remove the wheels, tyres and battery.
The engine, transmission, infotainment system, alternator and other electronic and mechanical subassemblies might still be serviceable and can be sold on.
This is a labour-intensive manual job and if done properly increases the profit margins of the scrapping centre.
When the car is fully strip of most of its parts and it goes for further processing then often to an off-site facility.
The air conditioning unit, pipes, and heater core are often intact and can be salvage.
All glass and plastic bits are remove and all the paint is sand off.
The shell that remains gets crushed, shredded, and recycled to form new metal.
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