The transport ministry doubled the fitness test fee for all cars over 20 years old in an effort to deter people from keeping them, months after the government raised renewal costs for older cars. In a recent announcement on November 11, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) stated that the higher price slabs for commercial vehicles now start at 10 years rather than 15 years, placing more vehicles under the revised pricing ranges.
Three distinct age categories have been established for fitness testing: 10–15 years old, 15–20 years old, and over 20 years old. The notification states that the cost of a fitness test for light motor vehicles (LMVs) older than 20 years has been raised from ₹10,000 to ₹15,000.
The fitness test charge for heavy trucks and buses older than 20 years has undergone significant changes as a result of the notification. The fitness test will now cost ₹25,000 instead of ₹3,500. The fitness test for light motor vehicles older than 20 years will now cost ₹15,000, while medium commercial vehicles in the same age bracket would have to pay ₹20,000.
Additionally, the fitness test charge for two-wheelers older than 20 years has been raised from ₹600 to ₹2,000. In an earlier announcement in August of this year, the transport ministry raised the cost of renewing older cars. In August, the Supreme Court ruled that authorities in the Delhi-NCR may not use coercion against owners of diesel vehicles older than ten years and petrol vehicles older than fifteen.