Archive · 31 Oct 2025
Delhi Removes One-Year NOC Limit for Old Vehicles to Move States
Imagine you have a really old car in Delhi that is no longer allowed to be driven there.
Before, if your car's registration expired, you only had one year to get a special paper called an NOC to move it to another state.
If you missed that year, your car was stuck.
Now, the Delhi government has removed that one-year time limit.
This means you can get the NOC anytime, even if your car's registration expired a long time ago.
This helps people move their old cars out of Delhi, which helps make the air cleaner and the roads less crowded.
This change helps get rid of older, more polluting cars in a planned way, and follows advice from an environmental court.
Delhi's Transport department has removed the one-year deadline for obtaining No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for end-of-life vehicles.
This allows owners of older diesel (over 10 years) and petrol (over 15 years) vehicles to re-register them in other states, regardless of when their registration expired.
The previous one-year limit created a backlog of vehicles that could neither be scrapped nor moved, leading to pollution and congestion concerns.
The decision aligns with National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives and aims to systematically phase out older vehicles from Delhi.
The change provides relief to lakhs of vehicle owners and aims to improve air quality and reduce congestion in the capital.
- Who
- The Delhi Transport department
- What
- Lifted the one-year limit for owners of end-of-life vehicles to apply for No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to re-register their vehicles in other states.
- When
- Thursday (announcement); effective immediately, suspending the previous one-year deadline from registration expiry.
- Where
- Delhi, India
- Why
- To resolve issues caused by the previous one-year deadline which left many vehicles stranded, and to facilitate the systematic phasing out of older vehicles to improve air quality and reduce congestion.
Previous Policy
New Policy
NOC Application Deadline
Previous Policy
Owners had to apply for an NOC within one year of their vehicle's registration expiry.
New Policy
The one-year limit for applying for an NOC has been removed.
Impact on Stranded Vehicles
Previous Policy
The one-year deadline created a logjam, leaving many older vehicles stranded in Delhi, neither scrapped nor moved.
New Policy
The removal of the deadline facilitates the legal transfer and removal of these vehicles, easing congestion and pollution.
- Policy Change
- Delhi Transport department removes the one-year deadline for applying for No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for end-of-life vehicles.
- Eligible Vehicles
- Diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years.
- Previous Rule
- Owners had one year from registration expiry to apply for an NOC.
- Reason for Change
- To address the backlog of stranded vehicles, reduce pollution, and ease congestion.
- Regulatory Context
- Decision follows public requests, internal reviews, and National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives.
- Affected Vehicles
- Approximately 50-60 lakh end-of-life vehicles de-registered in Delhi since January 2022.
Sources
Old Cars Get New Exit Route, As Delhi Lifts One-Year NOC Cap
One-year limit lifted for deregistered vehicles to obtain NOC
Good News: Delhi Govt Lifts 1-Year Limit On NOC Applications For Deregistered Old Vehicles
Delhi govt relaxes one-year NOC limit for end-of-life vehicles, allows re-registration outside NCR
