Quick Summary:
- Maharashtra government has set a deadline of August 15, 2025, for installation of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.
- Over three deadlines have been extended previously-initially in April, then june, and finally August.
- as of July 22, approximately 52.5 lakh (5.25 million) vehicle owners have applied for HSRP installation; among them, plates have been fitted on roughly 25 lakh vehicles.
- More than half the eligible vehicles are yet to be equipped with HSRP in less than three weeks before the current deadline ends.
- The state’s transport department has divided Maharashtra into three zones and assigned agencies to expedite HSRP fitting:
– zone-1 includes major cities like Pune and Kolhapur with a total of 12 RTOs.
– Zone-2 includes Mumbai Central and kalyan among its notable locations covering a larger portion (16 rtos).- Zone-3 comprises smaller RTO hubs such as Nasik and Sangli with over two dozen centers (27 RTOs).
- GST-inclusive fees for installing these plates depend on vehicle type and number plate size. Applications need to be booked online through the transport department’s website followed by installations at designated centers.
Indian Opinion Analysis:
The efforts toward mandatory implementation of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) reflect an important step towards modernizing road safety measures in India while combating issues like vehicle cloning or duplicity crimes. However, with around half of eligible vehicles still pending installations as per reports underlining logistical challenges for compliance by the stipulated August deadline raise apprehensions among observing constituents sections adoption rollout who suggested “secutive simpler practical frame timen policymakers-dismissible