BENGALURU: In a major relief to about 23 crore individual vehicle owners and 1.2 crore trucks, plying in India carrying essential goods, the Road Transport Ministry has extended the validity of all required documents for vehicles from March 31 to June 30.
“It has come to the notice of the government that citizens are facing difficulties in renewing various documents, ” noted the order, which said the validity of documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 — such as driving license, vehicle fitness tests, state/national permits — will be extended to June 30, 2020.
Since there were reports that police were stopping trucks on the road for lack of proper documentation, the Ministry has said, “enforcement authorities are advised to treat documents that have expired as of Feb 1, 2020 valid till June 30,2020.”
