High security registration vehicles now mandatory for vehicles

Vehicle owners will have to pay prices ranging from Rs 531 to Rs 879 to affix mandatory highsecurity registration plates HSRP to vehicles registered before April 1 2019 as per the Maharashtra transport department The price includes the GST and the snap lock cost The transport department payment link opened on WednesdayThe cost for fitting HSRPs to tractors and twowheelers like motorcycles and scooters will be R531 R590 for threewheelers like autorickshaws and R879 for four or morewheeled vehicles like cars buses trucks tankers tempos and trailersFor fitting HSRPs to old vehicles registered before April 2019 the state transport department has made an appointment facility available on its website and the dedicated webpage The website also mentioned HSRP rates for different types of vehicles including bifurcationsAs per the bifurcation excluding GST the cost of each HSRP plate of 200 mm x 100 mm and 285 mm x 45 mm size for twowheelers and threewheelers will be R2199 while the plates of 500 mm x 120 mm and 340 mm x 200 mm size for four or morewheelers will cost Rs 34241The cost of snap locks and the third registration mark excluding GST will be R1018 and R50 respectively for all types of vehicles The Goods and Services Tax component for affixing the HSRP will be R81 for twowheelers and tractors R90 for threewheelers and R13410 for four or morewheeled vehiclesEven old vehicles registered before April 1 2019 will also be fitted with HSRPs on the front and rear sides along with a third registration mark sticker on their windshields except for twowheelers and tractors as prescribed under Rule 50 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988Along with GST the rates include the cost of nonremovable snap locks for tractors and twowheelers while for threewheelers and four or morewheeled vehicles the price includes the cost of the third registration mark sticker which will be placed on the windscreen of all vehicles RTO sources said 18 per cent GST will be applicable on the rate for HSRPsMarch 31 2025 deadlineFor the old vehicles registered before April 1 2019 the Maharashtra Transport Commissionerrsquos Office has set a deadline of March 31 2025 for affixing HSRPs and appointed three agencies after a longdrawnout tendering process to carry out the task Authorities issued the Standard Operating Procedures SOPs for the new registration plates a day before the new Maharashtra government was sworn in in DecemberTo curb vehicle thefts and bring uniformity to vehicle identity marks the fitment of these number plates was made mandatory for the vehicles registered in Maharashtra before April 2019 and the onus of installing those was on the manufacturers Made of a rare aluminium alloy HSRP contains a retroreflective film with a verification inscription lsquoIndiarsquo a chromiumbased Ashok Chakra hologram the hotstamped letter IND in blue and a 10digit laser branding of a unique serial number making it tamperproof As per SOP the vehicle owner is responsible for getting HSRP and a third registration mark sticker installed by March 31 2025