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Originally Posted by Everlearner I appreciate the intent, but this will also lead to many people abusing this. If someone has a disabled relative, he/she can register the car in that person's name and get tax benefits. |
The implementation process is so exhausting that only a person with strong will can last the journey
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. So misuse would be limited.
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Originally Posted by Chhanda Das Persons with disabilities who own a vehicle and hire a driver can’t be deprived of getting the vehicle registration under the “Divyangjan” category. This means now it is the ownership of the vehicle and not the type of vehicle that will be the deciding factor for registration under the “Divyangjan” category. |
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I am a Left above knee amputee who just went through the wringer in
Tamil Nadu, and believe you me when I say that it is 10x times difficult and more strenuous than for a regular person.
The intent is good from MORTH. But MORTH does not have control over the individual state transport commissioner and this is where everything turns grey.
The process I followed for registering a non- GST waiver qualified vehicle would also be a part of the narrative, in case any one needs it in future.
The said circular was issued in late 2020 itself by MORTH. But many states have still not converted this into GO and so RTOs are happily following 1970s issued GOs with some amendments.
The RC in TN does not even have the ownership category column for "Divyangjan" ( as against INDIVIDUAL) in TamilNadu.
Earlier, at least in the RTO perspective, you are considered to be a Divyangjan ONLY if you register the vehicle as an "Invalid Carriage". Now they have changed it to "Adaptive Vehicles".
But even then, you NEED to make modifications to the vehicle to be registered as such. So it is the Vehicle that needs to be validated rather than the person, which breaks the spirit of the rule.
Then there is this whole Central Government/ State Government thing going on. This is not a simple "I have got a central government issued Unique Disability ID card, so please consider" kind of a scenario with the issuing RTO.
One has to prove to the RTO that they are a Divyangjan. For that the RTO needs a certificate of sorts from the STATE Office of the Welfare for differently abled.
For them to give the Documentation, one has to get a certificate from the District rehabilitation center of their district AFTER undergoing an examination ( as they dont consider certificate older than 5 years) .
And each center has heir own Queer way of going about it. In some Places they do this ONLY on Wednesdays or any one weekday. In some places you have to do registration between 8 AM and 9 AM only for the examination to happen. And the list would be more as most Govt. offices are very innovative when it comes to harassing the public.
Then comes the actual registration part.
If one is eligible for a GST waivable model ( < 1200/1500 CC, sub 4 meter, < 7L ( I think) ) one needs to book the vehicle and apply for certificate in the Ministry of Heavy Industries which would get approved taking its own time.
The site is
https://gecs.heavyindustries.gov.in . Here the manufactures and models are preloaded.
If the chosen model does not have GST waiver, then we can give this step a skip.
But remember that even if you get the waiver, you would still need to mechanically modify the vehicle to qualify for registering it as Adaptive vehicle.
In Tamilnadu, there is no way one can register as Divyangjan because the category is not recognized as Transport Commissioner is yet to send out that GO ( or at least my RTO did not know ).
After all this hullabaloo, you would need to apply for "Exempted Fastag" from IHMCL. For that you need to upload RC, proof for Exemption to the portal.
Based on that the Regional Officer from NHAI would verify in Vahan/RC that the vehicle is registered as "Adaptive" or the Ownership Category as "Divyangjan" and sends it to the Central Office.
My original application got rejected because the RO couldnt find the "Divyangjan" keyword in the Vahan portal.
In my case, I could not register my vehicle as Adaptive because I did not want to make Jugaad mechanical changes to my XUV700 AT AWD and so I paid the Registration Charges when met with resistance from RTO. I cited the MORTH Circular for which the RTO replied that they havent gotten the GO from State Transport Commissioner.
The workaround which I found was that there is something called the RC extract. This is nothing but form24 duly filled and signed by the RTO that comes for a Rs.50 fee. I got the RTO to write Ownership Category as "Divyangjan" and got the official seal in the RC extract (Form24).
I uploaded that along with my RC in the portal and finally the RO approved it. Again there was not much response for a month. Then Raised a public Grievance in pgportal.gov.in without much hope. But surprisingly it worked and the process was taken to completion.
So, the path of least resistance would be
1) Notwithstanding the circulars, better to go for a sub 4 M/ Sub 7L vehicle and get the GST waiver from
https://gecs.heavyindustries.gov.in
2) Make some mechanical modifications ( in Govt. Certified workshop )
3) Register as "Adaptive Vehicle"
4) Apply for Pan india Exempted Fastag at
https://exemptedfastag.nhai.org/exemptedfastag
Skipping any of the step would have its own implications in the turnaround time and tiresome workarounds.