Chandigarh administration has announced that Chandigarh’s office of Registering & Licensing Authority will completely stop the registration of non-electric two-wheelers starting from the beginning of 2024.
Furthermore, from 10th February the administration has also stopped the registration process for non-EV two-wheelers for the financial year 2023.
According to the administration’s official statement, this step has been taken to achieve the aim of eco-friendly and green transportation in Chandigarh.
Chandigarh administration in its order to cease the registrations of ICE two wheelers stated, “The policy aims at encouraging electric mobility and discouraging non-electric vehicles in the interest of healthier environment. To encourage electric vehicles, waiver on road tax on electric and hybrid vehicles has been envisaged in the policy. Simultaneously, to limit and discourage non-electric vehicles, provision for capping on their registration has been made in the policy,”
The administration announced its Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022 back in September of last year.
According to this policy, a decrease of 10% in four-wheelers and 35% in two-wheelers from the previous year has been targeted for the first year by restricting their registration in the city.
So to explain the reasoning behind the capping of registrations of ICE two-wheelers from 10th of February the statement added, “Since the registration of non-electric two-wheelers has already been achieved for the current financial year, their registration is required to be immediately stopped in order to implement the provisions of EV Policy and in the interest of greener Chandigarh,”
Additionally, the administration stated, “It is for the information of the general public that non-electric two-wheelers sold on or after 10.02.2023 shall not be registered by the office of Registering & Licensing Authority, UT, Chandigarh, in the current financial year, that is, till 31.3.2023 in pursuance of Electric Vehicle Policy 2022,”
Earlier in September of last year when the administration announced the EV Policy, the minimum achievable goals for each year that a certain set of percentage would be required for electric cars to be registered were established.
The administration for the first year, i.e 2022 stated that 35% is an achievable goal for the registration of electric two-wheelers. So when 65% of the fuel-powered two-wheelers were registered this year, it stated that no further registrations of these vehicles will be accepted.
The two-owner wheelers would need to register somewhere other than Chandigarh added the administration of Chandigarh.