The Bill also provides for a uniform driving licence and vehicle registration processes across various states through the creation of national registers
Current Affairs:-The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will reintroduce in Parliament a bill that changes driving guidelines in India without evolving the “soul” of a slipped by enactment.
The Union Cabinet will take up the Motor Vehicles Bill in its next gathering. Changes in the draft basically imply that time of the Motor Vehicles Bill 2016 will change to 2019 other than other such specialized alterations.
“In any case, the substance of the bill continue as before,” the authority stated, the enactment will be presented in the Budget session after Cabinet endorses it.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has spoken about street wellbeing yet the section of Bill did not move as arranged. As per the draft, violators of authorizing guidelines would be punished with fines of up to Rs 1 lakh.
The Bill likewise accommodates a uniform driving permit and vehicle enrollment forms crosswise over different states through the making of national registers.
Gatekeepers or proprietors will be considered blameworthy for offenses submitted by adolescents. These offenses would pull in a punishment of Rs 25,000 alongside three years detainment.
The adolescent would be attempted under the Juvenile Justice Act and the enlistment of the vehicle will be dropped.
The Bill proposes heavy punishments going from Rs 500 to Rs 1 lakh and those state governments can even expand the fine up to multiple times.
Aditi Mehta 