registration waiver of new vehicles for those scrapping older ones renewal of fitness certificates reregistration fee for older vehicles etc would help implement the scrappage policy faster by nawneet vibhawlast year india overtook germany to become the fourth largest auto market in the world while highlighting the opportunities in the new car market this also underlines some serious challenges as new vehicles become more affordable the number of cars per 1000 individuals has been increasing we have been witnessing poor auto sales this year primarily due to the transition from bsiv to bsvi but it would not be incorrect to state that the number of vehicles has almost doubled in the last decade and the sector has witnessed a 10 growth rate advt however while adding more cars rapidly old cars have not been scrapped at the required rate since diesel vehicles have been allowed a 10year term and petrol vehicles a 15year life term the older vehicles have to be dismantled and scrapped indias wait for a nationwide scrappage policy still continues however if recent reports are to be believed we will soon have a vehicle scrappage policy which will let us know what to do with our endoflife vehiclesdelhi has more than one crore vehicles as per the economic survey 201718 delhi has 556 motor vehicles per thousand people twowheelers form close to twothird of the total vehicles last year it was submitted on behalf of the government of delhi before the honble supreme court that out of the 11 crore vehicles on delhi roads 40 lakh vehicles have been deregistered by the delhi government as they are either more than 15 years old petrol vehicles or diesel vehicles more than 10 years old on august 24 2018 the delhi transport department issued guidelines for scrapping of motor vehicles in delhi 2018 scrapping guidelines the scrapping guidelines were definitely a welcome step and a great initiative at the instance of delhi government the guidelines provided that the vehicles registered in delhi shall be scrapped only by an authorised scrapper after expiry of 90 days from the date of their issuance advt however since considerable time has passed since then delhi still does not have the necessary infrastructure be it in terms of authorised scrapping centres or even spaces to store the confiscated vehicles which are past their lifetime the scrapping guidelines which were framed in furtherance of the orders from the national green tribunal dated 26112014 and 20072016 provide for the impounding of the petrol and diesel vehicles which are more than 15 years old the scrapping guidelines define elv or end of life vehicles to mean petrol vehicles which have completed 15 years of registration and diesel vehicles which have completed 10 years of registration and those vehicles which have become unusable due to accidents or otherwise however so far as the impounding procedure is concerned the scrapping guidelines provide for impounding of diesel vehicles and seizure of petrol vehicles which are more than 15 years old