This is the second and final post on Motor vehicle act amendments, 2016 presented to Lok Sabha. We have also made a video for the same.
Speedy assistance to accident victims
- Protection of Good Samaritans who help accident victims
- Heavy Penalties on those not giving way to ambulance
- Cashless treatment during golden hour
- Faster and hassle-free provisions for compensation of Rs five lacs for grievous hurt and ten lac for death
- Enhanced compensation of Rs two lacs in case of death and fifty thousand for grievous hurt for victims of hit and run accidents
Simplification and Citizen Facilitation
- Permitting issue of driving license anywhere in state
- Facilitating grant of online learning license
- Registration of new vehicles at the dealer’s end including grant of registration number before the delivery of the vehicle is given
- Increasing the timeline for the renewal of driving license from on month to six months before and after the expiry date
- Renewal of transport license after five years as against present provision of three years
- Renewal of driving license up to the age of sixty years for 10 years
Reforms
- National Register of Driving License
- National Register of vehicle registrations
- Documentation permissible in electronic form
- Innovation to be promoted. Government allowed to grant exemption from any provision of the act to permit innovation
- Provision for recycling of vehicles
- Insurance litigation can be continued by the successors of the deceased victims
- NHAI empowered for National Highways traffic
Transport License
- Requirement of Educational qualification done away
- Requirements of one year gap between permanent license and transport license can be removed if the person undergoes a prescribed training in a recognized driving school
- Renewal of Transport license after five years against present provision of three years
- For hazardous vehicles the validity of license increased from one year to three years
- Hired Driver brought under the insurance cover
Aggregators
- Aggregators recognized as a legal entity
- Aggregators brought within the ambit of licensing mechanism with guidelines to be framed by central government
- Licenses to be granted by states
- For citizen facilitation aggregators play an important role but they have to comply with the regulations laid down by regulators
- Penalty provision for violating to the extent of Rs 25000 to Rs 1 lac per default
Automation and Computerization
- Prompting use of electronic forms and documents
- Migration from state registers of driving license and vehicle registration to national
- Promoting innovation
- Recognition and regulation of aggregators for facilitation services to citizens
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Sources:-
Presentation by our Joint Secretary (Highways) Mr Abhay Damle
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=148308
