the centre will look to integrate informal scrapping yards with formally registered vehicle scrapping facilities a move that could go a long way in addressing the issue of pollution in cities last week the transport ministry unveiled the national vehicle scrappage policy which besides taking older polluting vehicles off the road is also aimed at providing a fillip to the auto sector the ministry issued a series of notifications as part of the policy it has proposed rules for setting up authorised vehicle scrapping centres senior officials aware of the matter said the transport ministry is looking at ways to integrate informal unregulated scrapping centres with formal ones we are discussing how to address the issue of unregulated scrapping centres a senior official told et advt we are seeing how we can integrate these centres with the eauction process of mstc metal scrap trading corporation the official said another option could be that the authorised centres could go on a collection drive from these smaller informal scrapping units the official added the delhi pollution control board last year for instance sealed around 30 illegal vehicle scrapping centres that dismantled end of life vehicles unscientifically according to the national green tribunal by the end of 2025 the number of vehicles which are 15 years or older is likely to reach over 21 million one of the biggest impacts on consumers of this policy is that they will be able to scrap their vehicles through a legal process the draft motor vehicles registration and functions of vehicle scrapping facility rules 2021 proposed by the ministry of road transport and highways lay down the procedure for establishment of a registered vehicle scrapping facility rvsf by nishtha saluja et bureau published on mar 22 2021 at 0742 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app vehicle scrappage scrap yards road transport transport ministry vehicle scrappage policy auto sector informal scrapping homenewsindustryinformal scrapyards to be integrated with registered ones