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The Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on November 15, 2021 has issued the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. In Rule 115A(10), Table 2 (xvii) which specifies “Emission of smoke and vapour from agricultural tractors, power tillers and construction equipment vehicles driven by diesel engines”, the following proviso has been inserted: “Provided that the vehicles manufactured before the date of applicability of CEV Stage-IV and CEV Stage-V shall be registered up to eight months and six months respectively, after the respective date of implementation of this rule”.