Rajasthan govt decides to reduce penalty brought by new provisions of Central Motor Vehicles Act

The Rajasthan government has decided to reduce the penalty amount decided as per the new provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Act.

Rajasthan transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, while speaking to India Today, mentioned, "Will reduce, that which is impractical in this, the penalty amount is extremely excessive, that will be reduced. I will discuss with the chief minister as well. But we are going to reduce the penalty amount. This is extremely impractical."

A high-level meeting was held to review penalty provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Act. The meeting, held at the State Secretariat in Jaipur and presided over by the state transport minister, reviewed penalty provisions to decide on whether to make changes to it or not.

On Sunday (September 1), the new provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Act became applicable in Rajasthan. However, the state government has decided to review the penalty provisions brought about by changes in the act and for that, it had called for a meeting on Monday.

The state transport minister, in an interview to India Today on Sunday, had mentioned that the Rajasthan government cannot stop the Central Motor Vehicle Act of the Centre but the compounding amount can be reviewed, and that it has the right to reduce it and that it will be reviewed.

"Central Motor Vehicle Act is applicable in the entire country from September 1, it is applicable in Rajasthan as well. We cannot stop the central government with regard to the Central Motor Vehicle Act. We have to write to bring about change in the compounding amount of the fine. I believe that the public should have the capacity to pay the fine," Pratap Singh Khachariyawas told India Today on Sunday.

"When the Central Motor Vehicle Act became applicable in the entire country, then it became applicable in Rajasthan as well. We want that the accidents should stop, that when the motorcycle stops, then it should not run far away from the fear of paying the fine, the penalty should be such that the person says that I will pay," he added.