TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ Bharat Series (BH-Series) for new vehicles would be beneficial to professionals who move cities. Vehicle owners would have to pay vehicle registration charges only in the state of current residency while the registration number would be valid across the country. The owner can pay registration fee for two years and the other amount in instalments in later years, in multiples of two.
According to a senior road ministry official, “Earlier the vehicle owner would pay the registration fee for 15 years and in case of a transfer/shift, the amount would be reimbursed by state governments on a pro-rata basis.”This was a cumbersome exercise we wanted to do away with.” A vehicle bearing a BH registration mark will not require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle moves to another state, said the official notification.
The issuance of the BH Series would be by states. They can continue to collect road tax the way they have been doing so over the years. “An information technology-based solution for vehicle registration is an effort to facilitate mobility. “However, one of the pain points in the vehicle registration process that needed attention was re-registration of a vehicle while moving to another state,” said a ministry statement last week.
