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Pradeep Kumar

29/08/21 10:30 AM IST

New registration mark for new vehicles “Bharat series (BH-series)”

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Government has taken a host of citizen centric steps to facilitate mobility.

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  • An IT based solution for vehicle registration is one such effort.
  • However, one of the pain points in the vehicle registration process that needed attention was re-registration of a vehicle while moving to another state.
  • This vehicle registration facility under “Bharat series (BH-series)” will be available on voluntary basis to Defense personnel, employees of Central Government/ State Government/ Central/ State Public Sector Undertakings and private sector companies/organizations, which have their offices in four or more States/Union territories.
  • The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or in multiple of two.
  • This scheme will facilitate free movement of personal vehicles across States/UTs of India upon relocation to a new State/UT.
  • After completion of the fourteenth year, the motor vehicle tax shall be levied annually which shall be half of the amount which was charged earlier for that vehicle.
The registration mark will be in a YY BH #### XX format - where YY denotes the year of first registration, BH is code for Bharat Series, #### is the randomised four digit number and XX are two alphabets.

Source: PIB

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