Archive · 26 Jun 2025
India's Vehicle Scrapping Policy: What Happens to Old Cars?
India is starting a new plan to get rid of old cars to help the environment and make roads safer.
If your car is over 15 years old, it might need to be scrapped at special facilities.
These places take apart the cars carefully, recycling the parts.
The government is also offering deals to help people switch to new cars.
The goal is to clean up the air, make roads safer, and encourage the use of newer, more efficient vehicles.
India's Vehicle Scrapping Policy aims to remove vehicles older than 15 years.
The policy seeks to reduce pollution, enhance road safety, and formalize the scrapping industry.
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) are being established with advanced technology.
The scrapping process involves identifying parts, depollution, dismantling, and processing scrap.
Incentives include tax concessions, registration fee waivers, and OEM discounts for new vehicles.
- Who
- The Indian government and private companies like Abhishek K Kaiho Recyclers Pvt. Ltd.
- What
- India's Vehicle Scrapping Policy to remove older vehicles.
- When
- Launched on August 13, 2021
- Where
- Across India, with facilities in multiple states including Haryana.
- Why
- To reduce pollution, enhance road safety, and formalize the vehicle scrapping industry.
General Benefits
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Benefits
General Benefits
Promote safer, greener transport.
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There are no explicit opposing views.
- Policy Goal
- Phase out vehicles older than 15 years
- Program
- Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernization Program (V-VMP)
- RVSFs Operational
- 99 across 20 states and UTs
- Vehicles Scrapped
- Over 2.45 lakh
- Testing Stations
- 136 Automated Testing Stations functional
- Incentives
- Tax concessions, fee waivers, and OEM discounts
- Scrapping time
- 80 to 100 minutes